Esben Sloth Andersen is an emeritus professor in economics at Aalborg University.^[1]

Esben Sloth Andersen's research revolves around evolutionary economics with emphasis on innovation and its role in economic growth. Furthermore, he has worked with computer simulation and history of theory.^[1] Within this field, Esben Sloth Andersen was awarded the “Gunnar Myrdal prize” in 2010 by the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy.^[2]

Esben Sloth Andersen graduated from University of Copenhagen in 1986 and received his PhD in 1994 from Roskilde University.^[3] In 2010, Esben Sloth Andersen received his doctorate based on his doctoral thesis "Schumpeter's Evolutionary Economics: A Theoretical, Historical and Statistical Analysis of the Engine of Capitalism".^[4]