Research output per year
Research output per year
Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
Contemporary art; feminist art practice and theory; self-organising; curating and exhibitions; museology; instituting art; historiography; collaborative and participatory practice; artist-run initiatives; critical practice; art and social process; the political economy of creativity; communities of practice, interest and value; models for sustainability; alternative economies (e.g. participatory budgeting).
Dr Deborah Jackson is the Director of Postgraduate Research - Art (MPhil/PhD) as well as the co-Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. She is a Lecturer in Contemporary Art Theory and Practice and has taught at ECA since 2006.
Deborah teaches in the School of Art and she supervises MPhil/PhD students and is interested in new enquiries in the areas associated with her research.
Current Supervisees:
She is also a curator, writer, Visiting Lecturer at Glasgow School of Art.
Deborah was Editor for Visual Culture in Britain, a peer-reviewed journal published by Routledge (2015-21). She was co-Director of Embassy (est. 2004), an artist-run gallery in Edinburgh (2006-2008). She has also worked as Curator/Producer for the Edinburgh Art Festival, Scotland’s largest annual visual art festival. She has also works as a Curatorial Researcher at Talbot Rice, the public art gallery of the University of Edinburgh.
Doctor in Philosophy, The Shifting Focus of Traditional Centres of Contemporary Art, University of Edinburgh
Award Date: 18 Sept 2014
Contemporary Art and Art Theory, Master of Science, University of Edinburgh
Award Date: 17 Nov 2006
BA Hons: FIne Art , Bachelor of Arts, Glasgow School of Art
Award Date: 19 Aug 1999
External Examiner, University of Reading
Jan 2021 → …
External Examiner, University of Glasgow
Sept 2019 → …
Editor , Visual Culture in Britain
2015 → 2021
Visiting Lecturer, Glasgow School of Art
Sept 2013 → …
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Deborah Jackson (Chair)
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
Deborah Jackson (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Deborah Jackson (Peer reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
Deborah Jackson (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
Deborah Jackson (Examiner)
Activity: Examination types › External Examiner or Assessor