Diane Rosemary Elson (born 20 April 1946)^[1] is a British economist, sociologist andgender and development social scientist. She is professor emerita of sociology at theUniversity of Essex and a former professor of development studies at theUniversity of Manchester.^[2]

She is noted for her work on issues of development and human rights. A theme in her more recent work isgender inequality and economic and social rights.^[3] She is the author of the booksMale Bias in the Development Process,^[4] andBudgeting for Women's Rights: Monitoring Government Budgets for Compliance with CEDAW (Concepts and Tools),^[5] and of many other publications and articles.

She has also worked as a special advisor forUNIFEM and is the chair of the UK's Women's Budget Group.^[6] She was a winner of the Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought for 2016, along with Amit Bhaduri.^[7]

Elson was born on 20 April 1946 inBedworth, Warwickshire, England, the daughter of Edwin and Vera Elson.^[1]

In 1968, she gained a degree inphilosophy, politics and economics (PPE) fromSt Hilda's College, Oxford University, and her doctorate in economics from theUniversity of Manchester in 1994.^[1]

Elson has a son.^[1]

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• 1968 – 1971 Research Assistant,Institute of Commonwealth Studies andSt Antony's College, Oxford^[1]
• 1971 – 1975 Teaching fellow,Department of Economics,University of York^[1]
• 1975 – 1977 Research officer,Institute of Development Studies,University of Sussex^[1]
• 1978 – 1979 Temporary lecturer,University of Manchester^[1]
• 1979 – 1984 Part-time consultant and occasional lecturer, University of Manchester^[1]
• 1984 – 1985 Honorary resident fellow,International Development Centre and Department of Sociology, University of Manchester^[1]
• 1985 – 1991 Lecturer, University of Manchester^[1]
• 1992 – 1995 Reader, Development Economics, University of Manchester^[1]
• 1995 – 1998 Professor of development studies, University of Manchester^[1]
• 1998 – 2000 Special advisor,United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)^[1]
• 1998 – 2000 Member, United Nations Taskforce onMillennium Development Goals^[1]
• 2000 – 2012 Professor of Sociology,University of Essex, now emeritus^[1]
• 2008 – 2010 Strategic Res. Bd.Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)^[1]
• 2012 onwards Advisor,United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)^[1]

• Elson, Diane;Streeten, Paul (1971).Diversification and development: the case of coffee. New York London: Praeger (Pall Mall Press).ISBN 9780275281915.
• Elson, Diane, ed. (1979).Value: the representation of labour in capitalism. London: CSE Books.ISBN 9780906336076.
• Elson, Diane; Pearson, Ruth (1989).Women's employment and multinationals in Europe. Basingstoke England: Macmillan.ISBN 9780333438770.
• Elson, Diane (1995).Male bias in the development process (contemporary issues in development studies). Manchester New York New York: Manchester University Press (USA and Canada – St. Martin's Press).ISBN 9780719042300.
• Elson, Diane;Balakrishnan, Radhika (2011).Economic policy and human rights: holding governments to account. London New York: Zed Books, Palgrave Macmillan.ISBN 9781848138759.
• Elson, Diane;Jain, Devaki (2011).Harvesting feminist knowledge for public policy rebuilding progress. New Delhi Thousand Oaks, Calif. Ottawa, ON: SAGE International Development Research Centre.ISBN 9788132107415.
• Elson, Diane;Fukuda-Parr, Sakiko; Vizard, Polly (2012).Human rights and the capabilities approach: an interdisciplinary dialogue. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon New York: Routledge.ISBN 9780415681032.
• Elson, Diane, ed. (2015).Value: the representation of labour in capitalism. London, England: Verso Press.ISBN 9781784782290.

• Elson, Diane (2004), "Human rights and corporate profits: the UN global compact – part of the solution or part of the problem?", inBenería, Lourdes; Bisnath, Savitri (eds.),Global tensions: challenges and opportunities in the world economy, New York: Routledge, pp. 200–214,ISBN 9780415934411
• Elson, Diane;Balakrishnan, Radhika (2011), "Introduction: economic policies and human rights obligations", in Elson, Diane;Balakrishnan, Radhika (eds.),Economic policy and human rights: holding governments to account, London New York: Zed Books, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1–27,ISBN 9781848138759
• Elson, Diane; Aydiner-Avsar, Nursel (2011), "Human rights and public expenditure in Mexico", in Elson, Diane;Balakrishnan, Radhika (eds.),Economic policy and human rights: holding governments to account, London New York: Zed Books, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 73–98,ISBN 9781848138759
• Elson, Diane; Aydiner-Avsar, Nursel (2011), "Trade policy and human rights obligations of the USA: NAFTA", in Elson, Diane;Balakrishnan, Radhika (eds.),Economic policy and human rights: holding governments to account, London New York: Zed Books, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 119–221,ISBN 9781848138759
• Elson, Diane (2015), "Women's empowerment and environmental sustainability in the context of international UN agreements", in Hawley, Jenny (ed.),Why women will save the planet, London: Zed Books, pp. 11–20,ISBN 9781783605804

• Elson, Diane; Pearson, Ruth (1980).The latest phase of the internationalisation of capital and its implications for women in the third world (discussion paper). Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex.
• Elson, Diane (1984).Women's work – women's lives. Third World First.
• Elson, Diane (November–December 1988)."Market socialism or socialization of the market?".New Left Review.172 (The economy of socialism). Retrieved1 May 2014.
• Elson, Diane (2006).Budgeting for women's rights: monitoring government budgets for compliance with CEDAW (a summary guide for policy makers, gender equality and human rights advocates). UN Women Headquarters: UNIFEM (UN Women).Pdf version
• Elson, Diane;Balakrishnan, Radhika (July 2008)."Auditing economic policy in the light of obligations on economic and social rights"(PDF).Essex Human Rights Review.5 (1).
• Elson, Diane;Balakrishnan, Radhika;Patel, Raj (March 2010). "Rethinking macro economic strategies from a human rights perspective".Development.53 (1):27–36.doi:10.1057/dev.2009.83.S2CID 86077721.
• Elson, Diane (2012).Be outraged: there are alternatives. Oxfam.Pdf version
• Elson, Diane (2015).Value: the representation of labour in capitalism. London: Verso.ISBN 9781784782313.

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