Şemsa Özar

Şemsa Özar
Þemsa Özar
Nationality	Turkish
Academic career
Field	Feminist economics and development economics
Institution	Boğaziçi University and the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE)
Alma mater	Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Vienna University of Economics and Business) Austria
Awards	International Policy Fellow, Open Society Institute

Şemsa Özar (Þemsa Özar) is a professor in the Department of Economics at Boğaziçi University, Turkey[1] and past president of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE), her tenure was 2015 to 2016.[2]

Education

Özar gained her degree and masters from Boğaziçi University in Turkey in 1977 and 1978 respectively. Her post-graduate degree came from the Institute for Advanced Studies and Scientific Research, Vienna in 1988 and her PhD came from the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Vienna University of Economics and Business) Austria in 1990. Her PhD thesis title was: The Effects of the IMF-Supported Programs on Income Distribution: Turkey as a Case.[3]

Fellowships

• 2002 International Policy Fellow, Open Society Institute[4]

See also

• Feminist economics
• List of feminist economists

References

1. "Şemsa ÖZAR, Professor". Department of Economics, Boğaziçi University. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
2. "2016-17 Officers". International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE). Retrieved 29 August 2016.
3. "Şemsa Özar: CV" (PDF). Department of Economics, Boğaziçi University. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
4. "International Policy Fellowships Full Fellows List Semsa Ozar". Open Society Institute. Retrieved 9 August 2014.

External links

• Profile page: Semsa Ozar Boğaziçi University, Turkey
• Profile page: Semsa Ozar International Policy Fellow, Open Society Institute

Non-profit organisation positions
Preceded by Alicia Girón	President of the International Association for Feminist Economics 2015–2016	Succeeded by Joyce Jacobsen