Susan Himmelweit | |
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Born | Susan Felicity Himmelweit 8 August 1948 |
Nationality | British |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Cambridge University |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Feminist economics |
Institutions | Open University,UK |
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Susan 'Sue' Felicity Himmelweit (born 8 August 1948), [1] is a British economist,emeritus professor of economics for the Open University in the UK, [2] and was the 2009 president of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE). [3]
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); [4] [5] 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; [6] [7] member of the management committee for the Women's Budget Group; [8] member of the editorial board of Feminist Economics ; [9] and member of the editorial board of the Journal of Women,Politics &Policy. [10]
Himmelweit attended Cambridge University where she gained a doctorate in economics. [11]
In August 2015,Himmelweit endorsed Jeremy Corbyn's campaign in the Labour Party leadership election. [12]
E-mail from author, 16th April 2008 (Susan Felicity Himmelweit, b. 8th Aug. 1948)