Naila Kabeer
| Naila Kabeer | |
|---|---|
| Native name | নাদিয়া কবির |
| Born |
28 January 1950 Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
| Nationality | British |
| Institution |
London School of Economics University of Gothenburg Department for International Development |
| Field | Social economy |
| School or tradition |
Socioeconomics |
| Alma mater |
London School of Economics University College London |
Naila Kabeer (Bengali: নাদিয়া কবির; born 28 January 1950) is an Indian-born British Bangladeshi social economist, research fellow and writer. She works primarily on poverty, gender and social policy issues. Her research interests include gender, poverty, social exclusion, labour markets and livelihoods, social protection, focussed on South and South East Asia.
Kabeer was born in Calcutta, West Bengal, India but her family migrated to East Bengal, (now Bangladesh) soon after. She went to school at Loreto Convent in Shillong in India. In 1969, she came to the United Kingdom for further education. She did her B.Sc. in Economics at the London School of Economics, her M.Sc. in Economics at University College London and then returned to the London School of Economics for her Ph.D. which she obtained in 1985.
In 1979, Kabeer did her PhD fieldwork in a village in Bangladesh. In 1985, she completed her PhD in Economics at London School of Economics, after her undergraduate and master's degree in Economics.
In 1985, Kabeer joined the Institute of Development Studies at Sussex as a Research Fellow and later became a Professorial Fellow. In 2010, she joined the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London as Professor of Development Studies. In 2013, she joined the Gender Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science as Professor of Gender and International Development where she has been since. Kabeer was the Kerstin Hesselgren Professor at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden in between 2004–2005 and Senior Sabaticant with IDRC Regional Office in South Asia between 2005–2006. She also worked as a Senior Research Fellow at the Department for International Development, UK 2009–2010. She remains as an Emeritus Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex.
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