Edward T. Jackson

Edward Jackson, Senior Research Fellow

Edward Jackson is Senior Research Fellow at the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation, Adjunct Research Professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration, and Adjunct Professor with the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, at Carleton University. His current research interests include inclusive employment in the energy transition, the gender dimensions of sustainable finance, community-university partnerships for affordable housing, social innovation, and impact management and measurement in development finance.

Dr. Jackson is a retired tenured faculty member in the graduate School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton, where he taught for more than two decades, and a former Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Affairs) in the Faculty of Public Affairs. In 1993, with the McConnell Foundation, he co-founded the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation. From 1997 to 2008, he directed the Community Economic Development Technical Assistance Program, a pan-Canadian grant-making initiative.

In 2001, he co-founded the World Bank-Carleton International Program for Development Evaluation Training. In 2011, he served as founding Principal Investigator for the $3M, SSHRC-funded Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement project that advanced knowledge partnerships and policy change in seven provinces. In 2021, with his wife Magda Seydegart, he co-founded the Jackson Family Scholarship in Community Engagement in the Master of Philanthropy and Non-Profit Leadership at Carleton University.

Dr. Jackson has served as a senior advisor to foundations, development agencies, development banks, impact funds, universities, governments, and non-governmental organizations in 60 countries. An active, multidisciplinary scholar, his published work has been cited in more than 200 peer-reviewed social-science journals. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Engaged Scholar Journal, a former Associate Editor of the Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment, Council member of the International Evaluation Academy, and served as visiting lecturer at Trent, Victoria and Warsaw universities.

Publications

Recent Publications

Jackson, E. T. and C. Robino (eds). Growing Gender Lens Investing in Emerging Markets. Special Issue of the Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment, 12 (3), 2022, 671-784. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/tsfi20/collections/Gender-investing-markets

Robino, C. and E. T. Jackson. Editorial: Growing gender lens investing in emerging markets. Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment, 12 (3), 2022, 671-683. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20430795.2022.2070121

Jackson, E. T. A Journey of Purpose: Learning to Scale Gender Change in Canadian Climate Finance in Developing Economies. A Discussion Paper. Climate Finance Division, Global Affairs Canada, 2023. 54 p. https://etjackson.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Final-Report_Learning-for-Gender-Change-in-Climate-Finance_Jan-26-2023.pdf

Jackson, E. T. and J. Read. Less Talk, More Builds: The Mixed-Income Residential Tower Model of the University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corporation, Engaged Scholar Journal, Forthcoming, 2024.

Articles in Refereed Journals

(2018). “Understanding and optimising the social impact of venture capital: Three lessons from Ghana” (with C. Barnett, P. O’Flynn, H. Ismaila and C. Agyeyomah). African Evaluation Journal 6(2), November 13, 2018, a335.

(2018). “Facing Challenges, Building the Field: Improving the Measurement of the Social Impact of Market-Based Approaches (with K. Harji). American Journal of Evaluation, 39(3), 1-6.

(2017). “Impact Investing: Measuring Household Results in Rural West Africa” (with K. Harji). ACRN Oxford Journal of Finance and Risk Perspectives, 6(4), 2017, 53-66.

(2016). “Exchanges: Conversation with Ted Jackson, Carleton University” (with N. Kahnenko-Friesen).  Engaged Scholar Journal, 2(2), 125-131. (Interviewee).

(2013). “Evaluating Social Impact Bonds: Questions, Challenges, Innovations and Possibilities in Measuring Outcomes in Impact Investing.” Community Development: Journal of the Community Development Society. 44(5) 1-9.

(2013). “Interrogating the Theory of Change: Evaluating Impact Investing Where It Matters Most.” Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment, 3(1), 95-110.

(2012). “Human Rights Training for Public Officials” (with M. Seydegart). Taiwan Journal of Human Rights, 1(3), 55-65, Published in Chinese.

(2010). “University Capital, Community Engagement and Continuing Education: Blending Professional Development and Social Change.” Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 36(2), 1-13.

Edited Books

(2013). Knowledge, Democracy and Action: Community-University Research Partnerships in Global Perspectives (edited with B.L. Hall, R. Tandon, J.-M. Fontan and N. Lall). Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press. 217p.  Link here.

Chapters in Edited Books

(2015). “Microentrepreneurs in Economic Turbulence: The Alterna Savings Microloan Program” (with S Henry and C. Amadi. In J. Quarter, S. Ryan and A. Chan (eds). Social Purpose Enterprises: Case Studies for Social Change.” Toronto: University of Toronto, 142-161. (Chapter and Book supported by SSHRC-CURA grant). Book link.

(2014). “The Architecture of Engagement: Financing the Institutional Structures that Support Community-University Partnerships.” In C. Escrigas, B. Hall and R. Tandon (eds). Higher Education in the World 5. Barcelona: Global University Network for Innovation, 50-55.

(2013). “Building Blocks of Partnerships: Lessons from Case Studies from the South and North” (with R. Tandon). In B.L. Hall, E.T. Jackson, R. Tandon, J.-M. Fontan and N. Lall (eds). Knowledge, Democracy and Action: Community-University Research Partnerships in Global Perspectives. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 17-32. (Chapters and Book supported by grants from SSHRC and IDRC). Book link.

(2013). “An Architecture Understood: Effective Support Structures for Community-University Partnerships” (with L.M. Gariba and E. Tok). In B.L. Hall et al (eds), Knowledge, Democracy and Action, 33-41.  Book link.

(2013). “Agenda for the Future” (with B.L. Hall, R. Tandon, J-M Fontan and N. Lall). In B.L. Hall et al (eds), Knowledge, Democracy and Action, 199-205. Book link.

(2013). “Mixed Methods in Social Accounting: Evaluating the Micro-Loan Program of Alterna Savings Credit Union” (with M. Tarsilla). In L. Mook (ed). Accounting for Social Value. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 117-138. (Lead Co-Author). (Chapter and Book supported by SSHRC/CURA on the Social Economy (Southern Ontario Node), managed by OISE/University of Toronto). View book only.

(2012). “Each Verse a Universe.” In J.L. Turk and C. Wahl (eds). Love, Hope, Optimism: An Informal Portrait of Jack Layton by Those Who Knew Him. Toronto: Lorimer, 44-47. 2012. Also published in Carleton Now, September 2012.

(2011). “Afterword.” In P.V. Hall and I. MacPherson (eds). Community-University Research Partnerships: Reflections on the Canadian Social Economy Experience. Victoria: University of Victoria, 201-206. (Sole Author). (Chapter and Book supported by SSHRC/CURA on the Social Economy, managed nationally by the University of Victoria). Book contents.

Entries in Encyclopaedia

(2014). “Community University Research Partnerships.” In D. Coghlan and M. Brydon-Miller (eds), The Sage Encyclopedia of Action Research. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 163-166.

Articles in Non-Refereed Publications

(2018). “At the nexus of development and finance.” Au Courant, Global Affairs Canada, June 2018, 3.

(2016). “Mobilising Private Capital for Sustainable Development” (with A. Koenig). Great Insights Magazine (ECDPM), October-November 2016, 16-19.

(2013). “Impact Investing: A Growing Global Opportunity.” The Networker, January-March, 16-17.

(2012). “Innovations in Development Finance.” Monthly Developments, July, 53.

(2010). “Regrouping, Recalibrating and Reloading: Strategies for Financing Civil Society in Post-Recession Canada.” The Philanthropist, 23(3), 359-367.

(2008). “The CUE Factor: Community-University Engagement for Social Innovation.” Open Source Business Resource, September, 38-44.

Technical and Research Reports

(2019). “Social Enterprise and Higher Education Institutions: Optimizing Development Impact. World University Service of Canada, Ottawa. 33p. Link

(2019). “Catalytic Capital for Women’s Economic Empowerment:  Report of the External Review of the Impact Investment Component of Investing in Women” (with K. Alvarez), Investing in Women Initiative, Manila. 73p.  Link

(2018). “Catalyst for Sustainability: The Achievements, Challenges, Lessons and Prospects of the University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corporation.” Summary Report and Full Report. UWCRC and the McConnell Foundation, Winnipeg and Montreal. 85p.

(2017). “Impact Investing:  A Tool for New Partnerships for Sustainable Development.  World University Service of Canada, Ottawa. 22p. Link

(2016). “Developmental Evaluation in Practice: Lessons from Evaluating a Market-Based Employment Initiative (with K. Harji).” Evaluation Office, Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 12p. (Equal Co-Author). Link

(2016). “Assessing Market-Based Solutions: Lessons from Evaluating a Youth Employment Initiative” (with K. Harji). Evaluation Office, Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 8p. Link.

(2016). “Innovative Finance for Health: Expanding Resources for Greater Impact.” (with L. Naji). Aga Khan Foundation of Canada, Ottawa. 7p. PDF.

(2016). “Private Capital for Sustainable Development: Concepts, Issues and Options for Engagement in Impact Investing and Innovative Finance.” (With A. Koenig and B. Carriere). Danida Evaluation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Copenhagen. 81p. Report.

(2015). “Streams of Social Impact Work: Building Bridges in a New Evaluation Era with Market-Oriented Players at the Table.” (With Six Others). Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 16p. Report.

(2015). “Youth at Work: Building Economic Opportunities for Youth in Africa.” (With Six Others). MasterCard Foundation, Toronto. 32p. Report

(2014). “Evaluation of SDC’s Governance Programming and Mainstreaming” (with J. Saxby and L. Nicholls), Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Bern. Report.

(2013). “Assessing Impact Investing: Five Doorways for Evaluators” (with K. Harji). Evaluation Office, Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 4p. Thematic Brief

(2013). “Field-Building for Resilience: Ten Tactics for the Impact Investing Industry” (with K. Harji). Evaluation Office, Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 4p. Report.

(2013). “Purpose-Built Networks: Ten Crucial Choices in Designing Effective, Resilient Impact Investing Networks” (with K. Harji). Evaluation Office, Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 6p. Report.

(2013). “Measurement that Matters: Ten Steps for Assessing Social Impact” (with K. Harji). Evaluation Office, Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 4p. Report.

(2013). “Growing Supply and Demand Together: Ten Priorities for the Impact Investing Industry” (with K. Harji). Evaluation Office, Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 5p. Report.

(2013). “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights: A Call for Leadership by Canada” (with I. Smillie and S. Brown). McLeod Group, Ottawa. 11p. Report.

(2012). “Unlocking Capital, Activating a Movement: The Final Report of the Strategic Assessment of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Impact Investing Initiative” (with K. Harji). Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 107p. Report.

(2012). “Accelerating Impact: Achievements, Challenges and What’s Next in Building the Impact Investing Industry” (with K. Harji). Rockefeller Foundation, New York. 86p. Full Report – PDF. Executive Summary or full report.

(2010). “The Energy of Partnership: Carleton University’s Collaborations with Local Institutions.” Report of the Working Group on Local Partnerships, Carleton University, Ottawa. 20p.

(2009). “The Oxygen of Community: Report of the Initiative for Community-University Engagement,” Carleton University, Ottawa. 80p. Report

Book Reviews

(2011). “Bob Rae: Exporting Democracy: The Risks and Rewards of Pursuing a Good Idea.” International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law, 13(4), 98-100. Republished in Canadian Not-For-Profit News, 20(3), 2012, 23-24.

Journalistic Writing/Blogging

(2023). “COP 28: Where are the Workers?” McLeod Group Blog, 23 November, 2023. (Sole Author).

(2023), “Disrupting Trust Fund Madness”. CAIDP-RPCDI Bulletin, Canadian Association of International Development Professionals, September, 2023. (Sole Author). Blog French.

(2021). “Solutions to the Care Crisis: How Social Enterprises and Impact Investing Can Transform the Care Economy.” The Next Billion, November 29, 2021 (with C, Robino, F, Mbiekop. G. Dowie, K. Carty, and A. Shetty). (Equal Co-Author) republished by the International Development Research Centre, January 21, 2022 LINK

(2021). “I’m afraid that I will die: Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ hate campaign deserves a serious response. McLeod Group Blog, 16 August, 2021. (Sole Author).

(2021). “Ghanaian diplomat Sulley Gariba, who worked to level inequalities, called Canada his second home.” Ottawa Citizen, May 19, 2021. (Sole Author).

(2021). “Fire Bad Actors in Police and Military-and Track Them Afterwards.” Ottawa Citizen. March 1, 2021 (Sole Author).

(2020). “Infrastructure bank’s $10-billion growth plan must be green, gender equal.” The Hill Times, October 5, 2020. (Sole Author).

(2020). “Catalyst for Sustainability: Tribute to Sherman Kreiner.” Video Tribute, July 5, 2020. (Sole Speaker).

(2019). “Mainstreaming Gender in Development Finance in Belize” (with D. Beaulieu, N. Ewing-Goff and A. Palacio).  NESsT Newsletter, December 10, 2019.

(2019). “Checking China’s Economic Excess in Africa: Institutional and Civic Strategies.” Posted on LinkedIn, July 16, 2019. Blog

(2019). “Tech Tonic: Are Development NGOs AI Ready?” (with B. Rowe). Posted on LinkedIn, May 7, 2019. Blog

(2018). “A unique approach on communities.” Winnipeg Free Press, October 22, 2018.

(2018). “Time to share the costs of participation in impact investing.” Institute of Development Studies, October 9, 2018.

(2018).  “The TV studio as ecosystem launchpad: Innovation in impact investing in Sri Lanka.” The Daily Financial Times, Colombo, August 3, 2018.

(2017). “Canada’s DFI should lead on gender equality,” The Hill Times, September 11, 2017, p.12.

(2017). “Training and Curriculum for Evaluating Impact Investing” (with K. Harji). AEA 365 (American Evaluating Association), March 17, 2017.

(2016). “Sovereign Wealth: Two ways African governments can hold DFIs accountable.” Evaluation for Africa, April 26, 2016.

(2016). “Setting Standards for Evaluating Impact Investing: What Does Africa Want?” Evaluation for Africa, March 29, 2016. (with K. Harji).

(2016). “Marathon Champions Race Toward Peace in Kenya.” Huffington Post Canada, April 1, 2016.

(2016). “NFL Honors Nominees Remind Us Why Giving Back Matters.” Huffington Post Canada, February 5, 2016.

(2015). “From Fuzzy to Clear: Tips from Evaluating the Swiss and Dutch Governance Programs (with A. Bichsel, G. Dijkstra and K. ter Horst). AEA365 (American Evaluation Association), November 30, 2015.

(2015). “The Evaluation as Field Builder: Experiences with Impact Investing.” AEA365 (American Evaluation Association), September 16, 2015.

(2015). “Better Pensions for Non-Profit Workers:  A Quebec Multi-Employer Plan that Works.” and “This Quebec Model Offers Better Pensions for Non-Profit Workers.” Huffington Post Canada, June 15, 2015.

(2015). “Policy from the bottom up.” Ottawa Citizen, May 24, 2015. (Sole Author).

(2015). “What is Post-Secondary Education For? To Build a Better World, Says C²UEXpo 2015” (with G. Briggs). Carleton Now, May 2015.

(2014). “Why the CRA is No Longer an Effective Instrument of Public Policy.” Huffington Post Canada, July 25, 2014.

(2013). “Translate Words into Deeds in Fight for Gay Rights” (with I. Smillie and S. Brown). Embassy Magazine Online, 11 March, 2013.

(2012). “How the LGBT Community Gets Down to Business.” Huffington Post Canada. September 12, 2012.

(2012). “Does a New President for Ghana Mean a New Direction?” Huffington Post Canada. July 31, 2012. Published first as “Black Star Beacon: What Ghana Does Next Matters.” The Mark. July 30, 2012.

(2012). “Can the World Bank be Transformed?” (with J. Sinclair). The Mark, April 1, 2012.

(2012). “Shake up World Bank chief selection and support emerging powers” (with J. Sinclair). Embassy, March 14, 2012.

(2012). “Simple Deal: Canada Gets Money, and China Gets Canada.” Huffington Post Canada February 13, 2012.

(2012). “Skating Towards the Corners.” The What Are You Skating Towards? Series. Al Etmanski’s Blog, February 8, 2012.

(2011). “Does the NHL Have Brain Damage?” Huffington Post Canada, December 11, 2011.

(2011). “Seven Questions You Should Ask About Federal Budget Cuts.” Huffington Post Canada, December 6, 2011.

(2011). “Social Gold: Strategies for Financing Non-Profits in a Turbulent World.” Al Etmanski’s Blog, November 6, 2011. (Sole Author). Also published in SocialFinance.org, November 24, 2011.

(2011). “Don’t Cut Program for Military Families: Spouses are the Key to Troop Reintegration.”Huffington Post Canada, August 3, 2011.

(2011). “K’naan, Iman and the Famine in Somalia: The Long Game Matters, Too.” Huffington Post Canada, July 27, 2011.

(2011). “Letter to Derek Jeter: How About Helping 30,000 Young People?” Huffington Post Canada, July 15, 2011.

(2011). “Feminism 2.0: ‘Lift as You Climb’.” Huffington Post Canada, July 10, 2011.

(2011). “Give Homophobia The Red Card: Cleaning Up Women’s Soccer by 2015.” Huffington Post Canada, June 30, 2011.

(2011). “Seeding Socialism: The Conservative Attack Against Unions and Young Workers.” Huffington Post Canada, June 22, 2011.

(2011). “Old Guys Rule: Experience Powers Bruins and Mavs to the Top.” Huffington Post Canada, June 16, 2011.

(2011). “Multipolarity: It’s Already Here.” Huffington Post Canada, June 8, 2011.

(2011). “Pro Athletes for Marriage Equality: Creating New Space.” Huffington Post Canada. June 2, 2011.

(2011). “Memo to the NDP: It’s Time to Get Global.” Huffington Post Canada, May 23, 2011.

(2011). “Men’s basketball dynasty leaves fan ‘awestruck.’” Carleton Now, May 2011.

(2011). “But What Should a Coalition Actually Do?” The Mark, May 1, 2011.

(2011). “What Would a Coalition Look Like, Anyway?” The Mark, April 8, 2011.

(2011). “Pathways Out of the Precariat.” The On Becoming Visible Series, Al Etmanski’s Blog, January 18, 2011.

(2010). “Why Canada Must Commit to Africa.” The Mark, November 22, 2010.

(2010). “Making homelessness history: showing what universities can do.” Carleton Now, May 2010. 2.

(2009). “Making a Difference that Matters: Moving the Community Agenda Forward.” Carleton Now, November, 2009. 2.

Share: Twitter, Facebook
Short URL: https://carleton.ca/3ci/?p=174