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, University of Edinburgh
Award Date: 18 Sep 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
Sep 2019 → …
Editor , Visual Culture in Britain
2015 → 2021
Visiting Lecturer, Glasgow School of Art
Sep 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 (Peer reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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