Iris
Geva-May is the
founder and editor-in-chief of the international
Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research
and Practice (JCPA), Routledge/Taylor and Francis,
Oxford, UK and founder of the International Comparative
Policy Analysis-Forum network dedicated to promoting
the dialogue on comparative policy studies (http://www.jcpa.ca).
She has been Professor of Policy Studies in the
Doctoral Leadership Program, and Associate in
the Program of Public Policy and Department of
Political Science at Simon Fraser University,
Vancouver, Canada, since 2000 (see
here for full curriculum vitae).
Formerly, she was affiliated with the Department
of International Affairs, School of Political
Science, Haifa University, Israel. She was Visiting
Professor at a number of Graduate Schools of Public
Policy such as UC Berkeley, US, (1993, 1995),
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, (1997, 1998),
Kyoto University, Japan (2000), National University
of Singapore (1999), Central European University,
Budapest (1999), Tel Aviv University, Israel (2000),
Hebrew University, Jerusalem (2004), and Honorary
Professor at Plymouth University, UK 2000-2006,
City University of New York and Ford Foundation,
(2007).
Her PhD is from
the University of Manchester, UK (1986). She undertook
Post-doctoral research at UC Berkeley, Graduate
School of Public Policy, with Aaron Wildavsky.
She served as director of the Department of Policy
Evaluation, Analysis and Planning, Ministry of
Education; advisor in policy analysis and planning
to the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption, Ministry
of Science and Technology, the Government Commission
- Prime Minister's Office, Jerusalem; Governor's
Office, MYE Province, Japan, and others. She also
served as advisor for the planning or re-organization
of several programs of policy analysis/studies
in a number of countries.
Among others, she is Fulbright Fellowship recipient
1995, Canadian Enrichment Program (Canadian "Fulbright")
recipient 1995, 1997, 2000, British Council award
recipient 1999 and 1983, ORS, UK in 1984 and Hornby
Award, UK, 1985. In recent years she has been
Fiocruz Foundation Fellow (Brazil, 2003), Japanese
Government Fellow (2000), Canadian Studies Halbert
Fellow, Jerusalem (2004). She has recently been
honored by her inclusion in the World's Who's
Who for her contribution to international comparative
policy studies.
She is consulting
editor of the Journal of Public Affairs Education
(NASPAA); editorial board member of the International
Journal of Public Management; International Public
Management Review, Elsevier; Public Policy Review,
Blackwell; and, had been scientific reviewer for
the EU Commission - Research Committee and INTAS.
She has a considerable number of funded research
reports and grants including a Standard SSHRC
2006-2009, a Ford Foundation Grant 2007-2010,
articles in refereed journals, chapters in books,
and work-papers, several published books and a
long list of talks and international conference
presentations on various aspects of policy analysis
methodology, policy evaluation, comparative policies,
as well as immigration, higher education and health
care policies. The focus of her current research
is comparative (a) methods of policy analysis;
(b) developments and trends in policy programs
in Europe, US and Canada; (c) the impact of cultures/political
cultures on policy analysis and policy planning;
(d) implementation models; (e) clinical reasoning
in policy analysis processes; (f) immigration
policies.
Her most recent
books are devoted to the methodology of policy
analysis and its application to various policy
fields: Thinking Like a Policy Analyst: Policy
Analysis as a Clinical Profession, Palgrave Macmillan,
New York, 2005 was defined by a book reviewer
"a cutting edge book" in policy analysis
literature. The second edition of An Operational
Approach to Policy Analysis: The Craft (1997,
2000, 2002) is forthcoming with Palgrave Macmillan,
New York and a translation in Chinese with Wunan
Publishers, Taiwan. Her forthcoming book on Immigration
Policies summarizing fifteen years of study on
the subject, is forthcoming and so is Comparative
Policy Analysis Studies.
