Elected: 2023
Discipline: Public Engagement and Understanding
Professor Ima Jackson
Professor of Community Engagement in Research, Social Policy and Infrastructure Development, Glasgow Caledonian University
My work involves research, knowledge exchange, social policy and infrastructure development which all builds from community engagement with those adversely racialised and marginalised in our society. Community engagement is the core -it is not an extra.
Part of my role is to identify, make visible and where possible unlock systemic obstacles within intersectional policy and infrastructure development. This requires a deep appreciation of the historical, creative, cultural, social, psychological and political context surrounding our lives.
Recently stood down as:
• Co chair of the First Minister’s National Advisory Council on Women and Girls
• Chair of the Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA) Glasgow
Currently supporting a host of brilliant important small, often fragile community groups.
Part of my role is to identify, make visible and where possible unlock systemic obstacles within intersectional policy and infrastructure development. This requires a deep appreciation of the historical, creative, cultural, social, psychological and political context surrounding our lives.
Recently stood down as:
• Co chair of the First Minister’s National Advisory Council on Women and Girls
• Chair of the Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA) Glasgow
Currently supporting a host of brilliant important small, often fragile community groups.