About
Dr. Hossein is a Canada Research Chair of Africana Development and Feminist Political Economy and Associate Professor of Global Development at the University of Toronto Scarborough and she is cross-appointed to the graduate program of Political Science at the University of Toronto. She is founder and member of the Diverse Solidarity Economies (DISE) Collective working to amplify cooperativism and membership institutions. Hossein also holds an Early Researcher Award from the Ontario government since 2018. She is also a member of the Royal Society of Canada.
In 2024 Hossein was named one of Canada's most accomplished Black Women by 100abc Women. Hossein is 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, advisor to An Economy of our Own and was a recent fellow at The Postgrowth Institute. Hossein is the author of the multi-award winning ‘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’ (2023) both by Oxford UP. Her new book is ‘The Banker Ladies: Vanguards of Solidarity Economics and Community based banks' (2024) published by the Univ of Toronto Press.
Prior to becoming an academic, she worked for nine years in a number of global non-profits and 8 years as a self-employed consultant to the World Bank Group, UNDP, USAID, IRC, CIDA, IADB, and the Aga Khan Foundation to name a few.
More can be found at www.africanaeconomics.com
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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