Esther-Mirjam Sent (born 9 March 1967) is a Dutch economist, academic researcher, university professor, and politician.

In 1994 she obtained her PhD in economics from Stanford University in California under the supervision of Nobel Prize winner Kenneth Arrow.

[4] Ultimately, not Sent, but Mei Li Vos was chosen as party leader, and Sent was nominated for second place on the candidate listfor the Senate.

At the end of 2019, Sent set herself up as a spokesperson for local residents who protested against the arrival of a new student complex in her neighborhood in Nijmegen.

[10][11] De Gelderlander reported in March 2024 that Sent had been investigated in 2021 following anonymous complaints by colleagues at Radboud University of unacceptable behavior and intimidation.