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Sarah Carmichael is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Art History at Utrecht University, specializing in social economic history. Her research addresses questions surrounding the determinants of contemporary development outcomes, with a particular focus on gender inequality and family organization. Carmichael's work involves finding novel ways to measure cultural and institutional phenomena that influence these matters. She authored a PhD dissertation under the supervision of Jan Luiten van Zanden, Tine De Moor, and Jan Kok, examining global developments in gender equality over the past 150 years. In her role as coordinator of the English language History BA program, she is responsible for various courses at both the BA and MA levels. Carmichael has experience in teaching and designing courses that introduce students to economic history and quantitative methods, and she has supervised internships and acted as an academic organizational supervisor. Additionally, she worked on the Race to the Bottom project, which focused on the developments in the textile industry as production centers shifted globally. Furthermore, Carmichael is actively involved in organizing international workshops and conference sessions, as well as serving on the editorial board of the Yearbook of Women's History and as an assistant editor for the Brill Series on Global Economic History.
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