Feminist Economics, Taught by Sheba Tejani

Feminist Economics might be imagined as a way of radically reconceptualizing and reorienting the study of economics, rather than just an approach to make gender inequalities visible. This graduate-level course, offered through the Julien J. Studley Graduate Programs in International Affairs, surveys foundational and contemporary feminist scholarship on epistemology, methodology, and economic theory in order to trace their evolution over time and to explore their transformative potential.

The course is taught by Sheba Tejani, assistant professor of international affairs, who is interested in the social transformations wrought by globalization and technological change, especially as they relate to labor, labor rights, and gender inequalities. More recently, she has become interested in the political aspect, or how particular development logics have fueled the rise of ethno-nationalist and majoritarian politics in different parts of the world.

Last year, Tejani spoke with The New Context, the student journal of the Julien J. Studley Graduate Programs in International Affairs, about the field of feminist economics. Stream that conversation below.

Source: New School Course Catalog