Professor Diane Elson
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Email
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Location
Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
I am now an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Sociology, enjoying a very busy 鈥榬etirement鈥� as chair of the UK Women鈥檚 Budget Group, a voluntary network of researchers, trade unionists and feminist activists that analyses the impact of UK government budgets on gender equality and low income women (see www.wbg.org.uk ). In addition, I advise UN Women and am a member of the UN Committee for Development Policy. I continue to research and publish, with a focus on fiscal policy, gender equality and human rights; and enjoy interacting with feminist scholars in Scotland, as Visiting Professor in the Women in Scotland鈥檚 Economy Research Centre at Glasgow Caledonian University. Diane Elson, with Dr Devaki Jain, H.E. Zanele Mbeki and Dr Winnie Byanyima, at a UNDP Expert Group Meeting on Gender Equality, Poverty and Economic Growth, Wivenhoe House Hotel, 21st June 2007. In 2006, I was named as one of fifty key thinkers on development in a book, see David Simon, Fifty Key Thinkers in Development, Routledge, London. Membership of organisations: International Association for Feminist Economics
Qualifications
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BA Oxford,
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PhD Manchester,
Teaching and supervision
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Master of Philosophy
Awarded date: 6/12/2018
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 4/5/2016
Publications
Journal articles (7)
Balakrishnan, R., Elson, D. and Heintz, J., (2011). . Journal of Human Development and Capabilities. 12 (1), 153-168
Vizard, P., Fukuda?Parr, S. and Elson, D., (2011). . Journal of Human Development and Capabilities. 12 (1), 1-22
Elson, D., (2010). . Gender & Development. 18 (2), 201-212
Elson, D., (2009). . Feminist Economics. 15 (3), 35-59
Balakrishnan, R. and Elson, D., (2008). . 糖心Vlog Human Rights Review. 5 (1)
Elson, D. and Gideon, J., (2004). . Journal of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies: JIGS. 8 (1/2), 133-152
Elson, D., (2004). . International Feminist Journal of Politics. 6 (4), 623-642
Books (3)
Balakrishnan, R. and Elson, D., (2011). . Zed Books. 9781848138759
Young, B., Bakker, I. and Elson, D., (2011). . Routledge. 9780415676694
van Staveren, I., Elson, D., Grown, C. and Cagatay, N., (2007). . Routledge. 978-0415436373
Book chapters (13)
Elson, D., (2012). . In: The Global Crisis and Transformative Social Change. Editors: Utting, P., Razavi, S. and Buchholz, R., . Palgrave Macmillan. 9781137002525
Balakrishnan, R. and Elson, D., (2011). . In: Economic Policy and Human Rights: Holding Governments to Account. Editors: Balakrishnan, R. and Elson, D., . Zed Books. 9781848138759
Aydiner-Avsar, N. and Elson, D., (2011). . In: Economic Policy and Human Rights: Holding Governments to Account. Editors: Balakrishnan, R. and Elson, D., . Zed Books. 9781848138759
Elson, D. and Warnecke, T., (2011). . In: Questioning Financial Governance from a Feminist Perspective. Editors: Young, B., Bakker, I. and Elson, D., . Routledge. 110- 131. 9780415676694
Elson, D., (2011). . In: The Women, Gender and Development Reader. Editors: Visvanathan, N., Duggan, L., Wiegersma, N. and Nisonoff, L., . Zed Books. 9781848135871
Elson, D. and Pearson, R., (2011). . In: The Women, Gender and Development Reader. Editors: Visvanathan, N., Duggan, L., Wiegersma, N. and Nisonoff, L., . Zed Books. 9781848135871
Aydiner-Avsar, N. and Elson, D., (2011). . In: Economic Policy and Human Rights: Holding Governments to Account. Editors: Balakrishnan, R. and Elson, D., . Zed Books. 9781848138759
Elson, D., (2010). . In: Le sexe de la mondialisation: Genre, classe, race et nouvelle division du travail. Editors: Falquet, J., Hirata, H. and Kergoat, D., . Presses de Sciences Politiques. 85- 98. 9782724611458
Elson, D. and Sharp, R., (2010). . In: The International Handbook Of Gender And Poverty: Concepts, Research, Policy. Editors: Chant, S., . Edward Elgar. 522- 527. 9781848443341
Elson, D., (2010). . In: Gender and Economics: Feministische Kritik der politischen 脰konomie. Editors: Bauhardt, C. and Caglar, G., . Springer. 221- 232. 9783531164854
Elson, D., (2008). . In: Towards full and decent employment. Editors: Ocampo, JA. and Jomo, KS., . United Nations/Zed Books. 1842778838
Grown, C., Bahadur, C., Handbury, J. and Elson, D., (2008). . In: Equality for Women: Where Do We Stand on Millennium Development Goal?. Editors: Buvinic, M., Morrison, AR., Ofuso-Amaah, AW. and Sjoblom, M., . World Bank Publications. 207- 260. 9780821374467
Elson, D., (2008). . In: International Handbook Of Development Economics. Editors: Dutt, AK. and Ros, J., . Edward Elgar. 9781845423278
