Founder

Iris Geva-May, Founder JCPA/ICPA Forum

Iris Geva-May
Professor of Policy Studies

PhD, University of Manchester, UK
Post Doc, UC Berkeley, USA

Honorary Research Professor, SPPA,
Carleton University, Ottawa Canada

 

Visiting and Adjunct Professor,
The Wagner School, NYU, New York, USA

 

Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada  (Emerita)

 

Founding President, International Comparative Policy Analysis Forum Scholarly Society

 

Founding Editor-in-chief, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, Routledge, Oxford, UK

 

Areas of Expertise

Policy Studies: Policy Analysis; Comparative Public Policy; Policy & Program Evaluation; Cultural Theory; Policy Design & Formulation; Implementation; Public Policy/Affairs Administration Instruction design & delivery.

 

Policy Fields: immigration, environment, healthcare, higher education.

Research Interests

The focus of research is International and comparative:
(a) policy analysis and evaluation;
(b) developments and trends in policy/public affairs programs worldwide;
(c) impact of political cultures on public policy analysis and implementation;
(d) clinical reasoning in policy analysis as a profession.

Recent Publications

Two Decades of Comparative Policy Analysis, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, Vol.19(5);
Public Affairs Programs as Pipeline for Advancing Underserved Populations in Public Service, Journal of Public Affairs Education,Vol.19. Journal of Public Affairs Education(4);
International Library of Policy Analysis, Policy Press, UK 7-year comparative series (with Howlett);
Routledge Handbook of Comparative Policy Analysis, (with Brans, Howlett)
Thinking Like a Policy Analyst: Policy Analysis as a Clinical Profession, Palgrave/Macmillan, NY
An Operational Approach to Policy Analysis, (with Wildavsky), Kluwer, London; Wunan Pbl., Taiwan (Chinese Translation);

Forthcoming:

Foundations of Policy Analysis Methodology

Handbook of Comparative Public Policy (with Brans, Pattyn)

Comparative Policy Analysis: Classic Contributions (with Peters, Muhleison)

Recent Awards, Fellowships, Honors

Fulbright Senior Scholars Fellowship, 1995;
Enrichment Program (Canadian "Fulbright"), 1995, 1997, 2000;
British Council Award, 1999-83;
Fiocruz Foundation, Brazil 2003;
Japanese Government, 2000;
Canadian Studies, Jerusalem 2004;
Best Article Award, JPAE, NASPAA, 2014.

Honors:

Inclusion in Reuters Thomson World Who's Who for "mark on international comparative policy studies", 2008. PI in numerous research grants including Ford Foundation/ CUNY 2007-10;
Standard SSHRC (Science and Humanities Research Council equal to NSF) 2006-10;
SSHRC Publication Grant 2012-14, 2016-18.

International Positions

Tenured Full Professor of Policy Studies, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada since 2001;
Haifa University, Israel 1994-2002;
Visiting Professor: MSPIA, Baruch College of City University of New York 2014-17;
Plymouth University UK 2000-06;
Hebrew University, Jerusalem 2004;
Tel Aviv University 2000;
Kyoto University, Japan 2000;
National University of Singapore 1999;
Central European University, Budapest 1999;
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada 1997, 1998;
UC Berkeley 1993, 1995.

Recent Service

International Associate Editor Journal of Public Affairs Education, NASPAA;
Editorial board member: International Journal of Public Management;
International Public Management Review;
Member of International Committee, NASPAA;
Executive Council Member: IPPA;
Executive Council Member: IPSA R30.

Simon Fraser University