Heather Joshi | |
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Born | Heather Evelyn Spooner 21 April 1946 |
Nationality | British |
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St Hilda's College, Oxford St Antony's College, Oxford |
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Discipline | Economist |
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Heather Evelyn Joshi, CBE, FBA, FAcSS ( née Spooner; born 21 April 1946) is a British academic, economist, and demographer. She is Emeritus Professor of Economic and Developmental Demography at the University of London. [1] She was Director of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies from 2003 to 2010. [2]
Joshi was born on 21 April 1946 to Guy Malcolm Spooner and Molly Spooner; her parents were both biologists. [3] [4] She went to school in Devon, England. [4] She studied politics, philosophy and economics at St Hilda's College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1967: as was traditional, her BA was later promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree. [3] [4] She undertook postgraduate studies in economics at St Antony's College, Oxford, graduating with a Master of Letters (MLitt) degree in 1970. [3] [4]
Joshi began her career as a junior research officer at the Institute of Economics and Statistics, University of Oxford (1969 to 1973), and an economic advisor with the Government Economic Service (1973 to 1979). [3] She then joined the Centre for Population Studies at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), working as a research fellow (1979 to 1983) and senior research fellow (1983 to 1988). [3] [4] [5] She moved to the Department of Economics of Birkbeck College, London, where she was a senior research fellow from 1987/1988 to 1990. [3] [5] She then returned to LSHTM where she had been appointed a senior lecturer. [3]
From 1993 to 1998, she was Professor of Social Statistics at City University London. [5] In 1994, she was appointed Deputy Director of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies. [1] From 2000 to 2011, she was director of the United Kingdom's Millennium Cohort Study. [6] In 2003, she was promoted to Director of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, and served in that role until 2010. [1] She has been a research professor at the Institute of Education of University College, London since 2016. [3]
In 1969, she married Vijay Joshi: they divorced in 1977. [3] [7] In 1982, she married for a second time to Gregory Hans David Martin. Together they had two children and step children from previous marriages. [3]
In 2000, Joshi was elected Fellow of the British Academy (FBA). [5] In the 2015 New Year Honours, she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 'for services to Longitudinal and Women's Studies'. [8]
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