Şemsa Özar

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

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.

Fellowships

 * 2002 International Policy Fellow, Open Society Institute