Prof Susan Himmelweit

Emeritus Professor of Economics at the Open University

Professor Susan Himmelweit is a feminist economist whose research focuses on intra-household inequalities, the economics and policy of caring and the gender implications of economic and social policy. She is the coordinator of the policy advisory group of the Women’s Budget Group, the UK’s gender budgeting think tank, and was its founding chair.

She is a member of many advisory bodies including the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s Expert Group on “Making Fair Financial Decisions” and of UCL’s Commission on Mission-Oriented Innovation and Industrial Strategy. In 2009, she was the President of the International Association for Feminist Economics and is on the Editorial Board of its journal Feminist Economics. She is co-editor of Economics and Austerity in Europe: Gendered impacts and Sustainable Alternatives.