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|International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE)].

Career

Other bodies which Himmelweit is connected to include: principal investigator on an Economic and [Social Research Council|Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)] 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.''

Himmelweit attended Cambridge University where she gained a doctorate in economics.

In August 2015, Himmelweit endorsed Jeremy Corbyn's Jeremy Corbyn 2015 [Labour Party leadership campaign|campaign] in the Labour Party leadership election (UK)|Labour Party leadership election].