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]
Susan Himmelweit | |
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Born | Susan Felicity Himmelweit 8 August 1948 |
Nationality | British |
Academic career | |
Institution | Open University, UK |
Field | Feminist economics |
Alma mater | Cambridge University |
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Open University profile. |
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)