Lygia Sabbag Fares

Lygia Sabbag Fares, professora no Brooklyn Institute for Social Research. Doutora em Economia do Desenvolvimento: Economia Social e do Trabalho pela Universidade de Campinas (UNICAMP) (Brasil), pesquisadora visitante na York University (Canadá). Tese sobre Trabalho e Economia Feminista. Mestre em Políticas do Trabalho e Globalização pela Universidade Kassel (Alemanha), especialização em Economia do Trabalho (UNICAMP) e bacharel em Relações Internacionais (UNIBERO). Organizadora do grupo de Gênero do Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) - Institute for New Economic Thinking. Membro de um grupo multidisciplinar de pesquisa em estudos de desenvolvimento da Universidade de São Paulo, e representante do Comitê de Jovens Acadêmicas da International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE). Interesses acadêmicos: Desenvolvimento Econômico, Economia do Trabalho, Economia Feminista, Economia Política, Macroeconomia, Economia Brasileira.

PhD in Economics with a focus on Development Economics from UNICAMP, visiting student at York University in Canada, through a Canadian government scholarship program (Emerging Leaders of America). Bachelor of arts in International Relations (University Ibero-Americana), certificate degree in Labor Economics from UNICAMP, Master?s of Arts in Labor Policies and Globalization from a joint program at the University of Kassel and School of Economics and Law in Berlin (Germany). Economics professor since 2015. I currently teach Brazilian Economic thought, Brazilian Economics, and Macroeconomics at STRONG ESAGS. I was the program assistant (2007/2008) and coordinator (2010-2012) of the International Master?s in Social Economics and Labor at the Institute of Economics of UNICAMP, where my responsibilities included, among others, liaising with national and international partners - Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, International Labor Organization (ILO), Brazilian Ministry of International Relations, Kassel University (Germany), and Witwatersrand University (South Africa); Academic support - interview and evaluation of international candidates, students tutoring and methodological support; and Coordination of academic events. I have track record of teaching in English and in multi-cultural, diverse environments. As a Professor, I take advantage of my interdisciplinary and international education to approach economics as an essential sphere of human existence, and I pursue an understanding of Brazil?s economic challenges from a cross-disciplinary lens. I believe economics to be interrelated with other spheres of life (political, sociological, cultural) at multiple levels (local, regional, national and international) therefore, our quest for understanding it must account for is multifaceted nature. In my classes, I use a multi-method approach that includes techniques of active teaching-learning methodologies, flipped classroom, gamification, practical activities, movies, music, podcasts and newspaper articles, in order to foster debate, support critical thinking, participatory construction of knowledge and applicability of economic theory. I have track record of teaching in English and in multi-cultural, diverse environments. Academic Interest: Teaching, research and extension in Development Economics, Brazilian Economics, Labor Economics, Political Economy, Feminist Economics, Brazilian Economic History, Macroeconomics and International Relations