Dr. Suzanne Bergeron

For the 99% Feminist Economics for Solidarity Economies

Economics is usually taught as if we all interact with the economy in the same way, even though we know it is not “one size fits all”. Feminist economics, as guest professor Dr. Bergeron and your host Serena Bahadur discuss, allows us to acknowledge and affirm our identities and how this impacts our economic experiences. With a mainstream economy built on exclusion, communities all over the world have built solidarity economies, which provides us with a multitude of ways to interact with the economy. With these ways, we can reclaim power over our economic experiences. 

About

Dr. Bergeron is a professor of Gender and Economic Development, who taught for over 25 years at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Since graduating with a PhD in Economics from the University of Notre Dame, she has written countless books and journal articles including “Formal, Informal and Care Economies” for Oxford University Press, among many others. From her long list of honors and awards, Dr. Bergeron has received the Women’s Studies Research Award from the University of Michigan-Dearborn both in 2000 and in 2005, as well as the Distinguished Service Award in 2013. She has developed several new courses as she innovates and highlights the role of feminist economics in transforming the way we view the economy. It is with this expertise and tact that she, as a feminist political economist, sits on the DISE Collective’s Advisory Council.