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Posted Jan. 12/08
- A popular instructor and accomplished graduate supervisor, Edward Jackson has taught in three of the Faculty’s professional schools—Public Policy and Administration, International Affairs, and Social Work—and is a 2007 recipient of the FPA Teaching Award. He is founding director and current chair of the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation.
Edward Jackson wants to help researchers take their work to the next level. Jackson, an associate professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration, became the Faculty’s associate dean of research and graduate affairs in July 2007. As such, he promotes research opportunities and develops policy recommendations on matters related to research in the Faculty of Public Affairs. He also provides commentary on research grant proposals from faculty in the development stage, and promotes graduate studies in the Faculty.
“People are doing excellent and committed research,” Jackson says. “My role is to help improve the sustainability of funding and to increase the impact the research has on scholars and policy makers.”
Excited by the multigenerational faculty at Carleton, Jackson says the Faculty is in a position to make a difference in society now and in the future.
“We have mature leaders with long track records and younger faculty and students who are stepping up. We can continue to make a difference over 10, 20, 30 years. Not all institutions in society can do that.”
Jackson sees four themes that define the Faculty’s strengths and that contribute to academic planning: policy relevance and innovation, community engagement, international leadership, and excellence in communications.
“The work and involvement of our faculty and students contribute to the liveability, sustainability and fairness of our community,” says Jackson. “We develop public policy solutions for Canada and other countries. Part of my role is to make sure that we communicate those stories to the world. Sometimes we’re so busy working, we don’t lift our heads up and tell everyone how good we are.”
Jackson’s own research and teaching activities revolve around questions of local government and civil-society organizations fighting poverty and promoting social responsibility in countries as diverse as Canada, China and Ghana. He explores how citizens can drive, and not be driven by, public-policy research.