Heleen Mees
Heleen Mees | |
|---|---|
| Born | Heleen Nijkamp November 21, 1968 Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Alma mater | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
Heleen Mees (born Heleen Nijkamp, 1968, Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands)[1][2] is a Dutch opinion writer, lawyer and economist. She is known for her provocative feminist views. Mees is a firm advocate of female ambition and a promoter of more women in the supervisory and executive boards of big companies.[3]
Early life and education
Mees was born Heleen Nijkamp[4][5] in 1968 and raised Catholic.[6][7] Mees graduated both in economics and law at University of Groningen in Groningen, Netherlands.[when?] She has a doctorate from Erasmus University in Rotterdam.[8] The central theme of her 2012 PhD thesis was that China's boom caused the financial crisis and ensuing economic recession. Her doctoral research focused on monetary policy and the macroeconomic consequences of the rise of China and other emerging economies.
Career
Heleen Mees' breakthrough as an opinion writer in the Netherlands came in 2006 when she wrote The time is long overdue that women should go to work.[9] The same year, she co-founded Women on Top, an organization that advocates more women in top jobs.[10]
Mees is a contributor at Project Syndicate[11] and the Financial Times' Economist Forum blog.[12] From 2006 to 2010, she was columnist for NRC Handelsblad[13] and from 2012 to 2013 for Het Financieele Dagblad.[14][failed verification] Mees is the author of three books.
Mees was an employee of the European Commission in Brussels from 1998 to 2000.[15] She also worked for the Dutch Treasury in The Hague.[citation needed]
Mees was Adjunct Associate Professor of Economics at New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service from September 2012 until July 2013.[16][17] She was previously Assistant Professor of Economics at Tilburg University in Tilburg and a researcher at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam.[when?]
Personal life
In July 2013, Mees was arrested in New York on charges of stalking her former lover, the chief economist of Citigroup, Willem Buiter.[18] In March 2014, all charges against Mees were set for dismissal if Mees would comply with two conditions.[19]
Mees lives in Brooklyn, New York.[20]
Publications
- Changing Fortunes - How China's Boom Caused the Financial Crisis (2012)[8]
- Between Greed And Desire - The World Between Wall Street And Main Street (2009)[21]
- No more part-time feminism! (2006)[22]
References
- ^ "Powerfeminist Heleen Mees: 'Het liefst zou ik trouwen en kinderen krijgen' - Vrij Nederland". Vn.nl. 2009-04-25. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
- ^ "Heleen Mees Willem Buiter thesis". Business Insider. 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
- ^ Nathalie Huigsloot, 'Heleen Mees, profiel van een gevallen vrouw' (English: Heleen Mees, Profile of a Fallen Woman), HP de Tijd, 21 oktober 2013.
- ^ Heleen Mees / Ik vind het niet erg mensen op de kast te jagen
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ Heleen Mees: 'Voor Willem' mag niet in proefschrift - Nieuws.nl
- ^ a b "Changing Fortunes - How China's Boom Caused the Financial Crisis". Scribd.
- ^ "Vrouwen moeten nu eindelijke eens echt aan het werk gaan" (PDF). NRC Handelsblad. 21 January 2006.
- ^ "Women on Top". Women on Top.
- ^ "Columnist Heleen Mees". Project Syndicate.
- ^ "Interest rates should take blame for recession". Financial Times.
- ^ "Columnist Heleen Mees". NRC Handelsblad.
- ^ "Columnist Heleen Mees". Het Financieele Dagblad.
- ^ Powerfeminist Heleen Mees: 'Het liefst zou ik trouwen en kinderen krijgen' - Vrij Nederland
- ^ Heleen Mees joins China Speakers Bureau | China Speakers Bureau
- ^ [3]
- ^ "Ex-NYU prof charged in Citigroup stalk". New York Post.
- ^ "Dutch prof's NYC stalking case set for dismissal". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "Heleen Mees". Heleen Mees. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
- ^ "Tussen hebzucht en verlangen". Nieuw Amsterdam. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
- ^ "Weg met het deeltijdfeminisme!". Nieuw Amsterdam. Retrieved 2014-04-22.