About
Dr. Caroline Shenaz Hossein is a Canada Research Chair for Africana Development & Feminist Political Economy (tier 2). She is Associate Professor of Global Development as well as cross-appointed to the graduate programme of Political Science at the University of Toronto where she teaches the core development course to PhD students. She is Founder of Diverse Solidarity Economies (DISE) Collective and she holds an Ontario Early Researcher Award (2018-2025) and was previously funded by SSHRC (2017-2020). Hossein serves as board member to the International Association of Feminist Economics, advisor to Oxford University Press, editorial board member to the U.N. Task Force for the Social and Solidarity Economy, Review for Black Political Economy and Kerala University’s Journal ‘Polity & Society’. Hossein is the author of ‘Politicized Microfinance’ (2016), co-author of ‘Critical Introduction to Business and Society’ (2017); editor of ‘The Black Social Economy’ (2018), co-editor of ‘Community Economies in the Global South’ (2022) and ‘Beyond Racial Capitalism: Cooperatives in the African Diaspora’ (2023). Her forthcoming books are ‘The Banker Ladies’ with University of Toronto Press and 'Co-operativism' with Cambridge University Press. Prior to becoming an academic, she worked for 9 years in global non-profits and 8 years in consulting to the World Bank, UNDP, USAID, IRC, CIDA, IADB, and the Aga Khan Foundation. You can follow her on Twitter @carolinehossein
Projects
SSHRC Project
African origins in the social economy: A study of the Black Banker
Ladies and economic collectives in Canada
Africana Economies Portal
A space dedicated to resources concerning the social economy of Africans and their diasporas.
The Black Social Economy
Solidarity Economics
Diaspora Businesses
ROSCAs
Diverse Economies for Youth
Social Innovations Project
Social innovations in Ontario: An analysis of self help groups, cooperatives, diaspora businesses and social enterprises among African-Canadians and racialized people
Canada Research Chair
A paradigm shift in political economy using the design principles of international collectives, the lived experiences African diaspora co-operators, and principles mutuality and reciprocity.
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