Susan Himmelweit

Susan 'Sue' Felicity Himmelweit (born 8 August 1948), 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 (IAFFE).

Other bodies which Himmelweit 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); 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; 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 campaign in the Labour Party leadership election.

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. 7 (3): 145–148. doi:10.1080/13545700110088331.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

• 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 (eds.), The SAGE handbook of feminist theory, Thousand Oaks, California: Sage, pp. 446–464, ISBN 9781446252413.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Journal articles

• Himmelweit, Susan F.; Folbre, Nancy (March 2000). "Introduction - children and family policy: a feminist issue". Feminist Economics. 6 (1): 1–3. doi:10.1080/135457000337633.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• 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. 10 (2): 237–264. doi:10.1080/1354570042000217793.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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.