Susan Himmelweit

Susan Himmelweit
Born	Susan Felicity Himmelweit 8 August 1948
Nationality	British
Institution	Open University, UK
Field	Feminist economics
Alma mater	Cambridge University
Notes
Open University profile.

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 she 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]

Education

Susan Himmelweit attended Cambridge University where she gained a doctorate in economics.^[11]

Selected bibliography

Books

• Himmelweit, Susan F; Birke, Lynda; Vines, Gail (1990). Tomorrow's child: reproductive technologies in the 90s. London: Virago Press. ISBN 9781853811456.
• Himmelweit, Susan F; Crowley, Helen (1992). Knowing women: feminism and knowledge. Cambridge, England Cambridge, MA, USA: Polity Press in Association with the Open University. ISBN 9780745609768.
• Himmelweit, Susan F; Crowley, Helen (1992). Issues in women's studies (book 1A). Milton Keynes: Open University. ISBN 9780749201029.
• Himmelweit, Susan F; Gittins, Diana; Crowley, Helen (1992). Issues in women's studies (book 1B). Milton Keynes: Open University. ISBN 9780749201050.
• Himmelweit, Susan F; Trig, Andrew B (1998). Households. Milton Keynes, England: Open University. ISBN 9780749277352.
• Himmelweit, Susan F; Trig, Andrew B (1998). Markets. Milton Keynes: Open University. ISBN 9780749277314.
• Himmelweit, Susan (2000). Inside the household: from labour to care. New York: St. Martin's Press (capital and class series). ISBN 9780333535868.

Reviewed by Robeyns, Ingrid (2001). "Inside the household: from labour to care, edited by Susan Himmelweit". Ethical Perspectives (Taylor and Francis) 7 (3): 145–148. doi:10.1080/13545700110088331.

• Himmelweit, Susan F; Trig, Andrew B; Simonetti, Roberto (2001). Microeconomics: neoclassical and institutionalist perspectives on economic behaviour. London: Thomson Learning. ISBN 9781861525390.
• Himmelweit, Susan F; Humphries, Jane; Albelda, Randy P (2005). Dilemmas of lone motherhood. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415360180.

Book chapters

• Himmelweit, Susan; Plomien, Ania (2014), "Feminist perspectives on care: theory, practice and policy", in Evans, Mary; Hemmings, Clare; Henry, Marsha; Johnstone, Hazel; Madhok, Sumi; Plomien, Ania; Wearing, Sadie, The SAGE handbook of feminist theory, Thousand Oaks, California: Sage, pp. 446–464, ISBN 9781446252413.

Journal articles

• Himmelweit, Susan F.; Folbre, Nancy (March 2000). "Introduction - children and family policy: a feminist issue". Feminist Economics (Taylor and Francis) 6 (1): 1–3. doi:10.1080/135457000337633.
• Himmelweit, Susan F.; Bergmann, Barbara; Green, Kate; Albelda, Randy P.; Women's Committee of One Hundred; Koren, Charlotte (July 2004). "Lone mothers: What is to be done?". Feminist Economics (Taylor and Francis) 10 (2): 237–264. doi:10.1080/1354570042000217793.

Economic discussion papers

• Himmelweit, Susan F (June 1995). Number 6 – The discovery of 'unpaid work': the social consequences of the expansion of 'work'. Open University.
• Himmelweit, Susan F (December 1995). Number 10 – What is a fair wage? A critique of the concept of the value of labour-power. Open University.
• Himmelweit, Susan (December 2000). Number 28 – Alternative rationalities, or why do economists become parents? (PDF). Open University.
• Himmelweit, Susan F (August 2001). Number 42 – Making visible the hidden economy: the case for gender impact analysis of economic policy (PDF). Open University.
• Himmelweit, Susan F; De Henau, Jerome (October 2007). Number 66 – Struggle over the pie? The gendered distribution of power and subjective financial well-being within UK households (PDF). Open University.
• Himmelweit, Susan F; Trig, Andrew B; Bertie, Andrew J (January 2008). Number 68 – Modelling Bourdieu: an extension of the Axelrod cultural diffusion model (PDF). Open University. See also Pierre Bourdieu and Robert Axelrod.
• Himmelweit, Susan F; Land, Hilary (August 2010). Number 74 – Change, choice and cash in social care policies: some lessons from comparing childcare and elder care (PDF). Open University.

See also

• Feminist economics
• List of feminist economists

References

1. "Himmelweit, Susan". Library of Congress. Retrieved 26 June 2014. E-mail from author, 16th April 2008 (Susan Felicity Himmelweit, b. 8th Aug. 1948)
2. "Prof Susan Himmelweit, Emeritus Professor, Economics". Open University. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
3. "Past presidents". International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE). Retrieved 4 June 2014.
4. "Gender and intra-household entitlements. A cross-national longitudinal analysis.". Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). 1 June 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
5. "Gender and intra-household entitlements. A cross-national longitudinal analysis. Project Team – Principal Investigator". Open University. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
6. "CIRCLE (Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities) – Political and Social Economy of Care in a Globalising World (PASEC)". University of Leeds: School of Sociology and Social Policy. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
7. "NCoE Reassess: Reassessing the Nordic Welfare Model". Nordforsk. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
8. "WBG Management Committee". Women's Budget Group. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
9. "Feminist Economics: Editorial board". Taylor and Francis. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
10. "Journal of Women, Politics & Policy: Editorial board". Taylor and Francis. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
11. "Expert Group Meeting on "Equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including care-giving in the context of HIV/AIDS": Participants" (PDF). United Nations. Retrieved 4 June 2014.

External links

• Profile page: Susan Himmelweit Open University