Susan Himmelweit
Susan 'Sue' Felicity Himmelweit, 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.Career
Other bodies which Himmelweit is connected to include: principal investigator on an Economic and Social Research Council funded research project entitled, Gender and intra-household entitlements – a cross-national longitudinal analysis ; member of an international network on care policy called Political and Social Economy of Care in a Globalising World , 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.Selected bibliography
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