Susan 'Sue' Felicity Himmelweit (born 8 August 1948),
is a British economist, emeritus professor of economics for the
Open University
The Open University (OU) is a Public university, public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by List of universities in the United Kingdom by enrolment, number of students. The majority of the OU's undergraduate ...
in the UK,
and was the 2009 president of the
International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE).
Career
Other bodies which Himmelweit is connected to include: principal investigator on an
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded research project entitled, ''Gender and intra-household entitlements – a cross-national longitudinal analysis (GenIX)'';
member of an international network on care policy called ''Political and Social Economy of Care in a Globalising World (PASEC)'', funded by Nordic Centre of Excellence's REASSESS scheme looking at the
Nordic economic and social model;
member of the management committee for the Women's Budget Group;
member of the editorial board of ''
Feminist Economics
Feminist economics is the critical study of economics and economies, with a focus on gender-aware and inclusive economic inquiry and policy analysis. Feminist economic researchers include academics, activists, policy theorists, and practitio ...
'';
and member of the editorial board of the ''
Journal of Women, Politics & Policy.''
Education
Himmelweit attended
Cambridge University
The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...
where she gained a doctorate in economics.
Politics
In August 2015, Himmelweit endorsed
Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (; born 26 May 1949) is a British politician who has been Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North (UK Parliament constituency), Islington North since 1983. Now an Independent ...
's
campaign in the
Labour Party leadership election.
Selected bibliography
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Pierre Bourdieu
Pierre Bourdieu (, ; ; ; 1 August 1930 – 23 January 2002) was a French sociologist and public intellectual. Bourdieu's contributions to the sociology of education, the theory of sociology, and sociology of aesthetics have achieved wide influ ...
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Feminist economics
Feminist economics is the critical study of economics and economies, with a focus on gender-aware and inclusive economic inquiry and policy analysis. Feminist economic researchers include academics, activists, policy theorists, and practitio ...
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List of feminist economists
This is an incomplete alphabetical list by surname of notable feminist economics, feminist economists, experts in the social science of feminist economics, past and present. Only economists with biographical articles in Wikipedia are listed here ...
References
External links
Profile page: Susan HimmelweitOpen University
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1948 births
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
British economists
British women economists
Feminist economists
Living people
Presidents of the International Association for Feminist Economics