

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.


2019 General Election: Analysis of Party Manifesto Pledges

New PEF publication – Care and the Pandemic
The pandemic has exposed how dependent on care we are not only as individuals, but as a society. But our care system, already struggling well before the outbreak of the

PEF Council letter to FT on social infrastructure
The regeneration of Britain’s ‘national infrastructure’ must include investment in ‘social infrastructure’ such as childcare, schools and universities, regional theatres, orchestras, common spaces, and local sports.

Did social care save the NHS?
We need a public sector led National Care Service nationally funded, but locally delivered, operating with decent working conditions alongside the NHS providing support for all who need it free at the point of use.

Budget 2018: Progressive Perspectives
Since the introduction of austerity, the focus of each Budget has been on reducing the deficit and debt – to the detriment of the wider economy. In this podcast series, members of the PEF Council explore what a progressive approach to the Budget could look like.