Nationality British Name Susan Himmelweit Alma mater Cambridge University | Field Feminist economics Institution Open University, UK | |
Full Name Susan Felicity Himmelweit Born 8 August 1948 (age 75) ( 1948-08-08 ) | ||
Education University of Cambridge | ||
Susan 'Sue' Felicity Himmelweit (born 8 August 1948), is a British economist, emeritus professor of economics for the Open University in the UK, and was the 2009 president of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE).
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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; and member of the editorial board of the Journal of Women, Politics & Policy.
Education
Himmelweit attended Cambridge University where she gained a doctorate in economics.
Politics
In August 2015, Himmelweit endorsed Jeremy Corbyn's campaign in the Labour Party leadership election.