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Iris Geva-May

Professor Iris Geva-May, PhD

Professor of Policy Studies
PhD, University of Manchester, UK
Post Doc, UC Berkeley, USA

  • Honorary Adjunct Research Professor, SPPA, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
  • Visiting Adjunct Professor, The Wagner School, NYU, New York, USA
  • Distinguished Visiting Professor and Comparative Research Chair, SPPM, Tsinghua University, Beijing
  • Professor Emerita, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Founding President, International Comparative Policy Analysis Forum Scholarly Society
  • Founding Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, Routledge, Oxford, UK

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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) comparative policy analysis methodology and application in public policy
  • (b) policy analysis methodology and application in public policy
  • (c) developments and trends in (comparative) policy/public affairs programs worldwide;
  • (d) impact of political cultures on public policy analysis and implementation;
  • (e) clinical reasoning in policy analysis as a profession.

Recent Publications

Authored:

The Logic and Methodology of Policy Analysis in the 21st Century, Routledge, 2026. 

Comparative Policy Analysis Methodology, Edward Elgar, 2026 (with Guillaume Fontaine).

An Operational Approach to Policy Analysis: The Craft, Kluwer, Dodrecht, London, NY, 1998, 2011, 2013 (with Aaron Wildavsky); Wunan Press (in Chinese) 2013.

Edited:

Thinking Like a Policy Analyst: Policy Analysis as a Clinical Profession, Palgrave Macmillan, NY, 2005.

Classics of Comparative Policy Analysis, Vol 1-4, Routledge, 2019 (with Guy Peters, Eds.). 

International Library for Policy Analysis Series, Vol 1-20, Policy Press, UK. 2013-25 (with Michael Howlett, Eds.). 

Routledge Handbook for Comparative Policy Analysis, Routledge, NY, 2018 (with M. Brans, V. Pattyn, and M.Howlett, Eds.). 

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, Grants, and Awards

  • 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 Opportunities Fund SSHRC (4A), January-May 2009.

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.
  • Member: European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR).