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Jane Pulkingham
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Professor of Sociology PhD & MA (Sociology) University of Edinburgh, Scotland Email: pulkingh@sfu.ca |
Research Interests
Critical social policy; gender, inequality and welfare state restructuring; income security and labour market policy; poverty studies; critical studies in gender and health; gender and family law.
Dr. Jane Pulkingham is a Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh in Sociology and Social Policy. Her work adopts a critical social policy focus and concentrates on contemporary welfare state restructuring, social policy and inequality particularly as it relates to women’s income security and well-being, broadly defined. She is actively involved in a variety of research, service and policy networks within and outside the university setting. These include the Institute for Critical Studies in Gender and Health (ICSGH) at Simon Fraser University; Feminist Studies in Law and Society (FISLS) at Simon Fraser University; the Canadian Council on Social Development (member, Board of Directors) and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, B.C. Office (Research Advisor and Research Associate). She serves on the editorial board of Canadian Public Policy.
Dr. Pulkingham's books and monographs include:
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Human Welfare, Rights, and Social Activism: Rethinking the Legacy of J.S. Woodsworth (editor) (2010) University of Toronto Press |
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Public Policy for Women: The State, Income Security, and Labour Market Issues (co-edited with Marjorie Griffin Cohen) (2009) University of Toronto Press |
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Precarious & Vulnerable: Lone Mothers on Income Assistance. (Penny Gurstein and Michael Goldberg with Sylvia Fuller, Paul Kershaw, Jane Pulkingham and Silvia Vilches). 2008. Burnaby, BC: Social Planning & Research Council of BC. (Dec). 23 pgs. ISBN 978-09809157-8-5 |
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Living on Welfare in British Columbia: The Experiences of Longer-term "Expected to Work" Recipients. ( Klein, S. and J. Pulkingham). 2008. Vancouver, BC: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, BC Office. (April). 68 pages. ISBN 978-0-88627-580-8 |
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Remaking Canadian Social Policy: Social Security in the Late 1990s (co-edited with Gordon Ternowetsky) (1996) Fernwood Publishing |
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Child and Family Policies: Struggles, Strategies and Options (co-edited with Gordon Ternowetsky) (1997) Fernwood Publishing |
Other publications include articles in journals such as Sociology (journal of the British Sociological Association), Work, Employment and Society, Canadian Public Policy, Studies in Political Economy, Canadian Studies in Law and Society and Canadian Women's Studies.
RESEARCH AWARDS AND FUNDING
SSHRC Awarded 2005, Community University Research Alliance Program (CURA), Dean, FASS
"Lone Mothers: Building Social Inclusion"
Principal Investigator: Lea Caragata, Wilfred Laurier University.
Academic Co-Investigators: Dr. Jane Pulkingham (SFU, Sub-grant Lead Investigator BC site), Dr. Marina Morrow (SFU), Dr. Sylvia Fuller (UBC), Professor Janice Parsons (Memorial University, Sub-grant Lead Investigator Newfoundland site), Dr. Shoshana Pollock (WLU), Dr. Peter Dunn (WLU); Dr.Susan Cadell (WLU); Dr. Ernie Lightman, (University of Toronto).
2006-2010.
SSHRC. Awarded 2003. Community University Research Alliance Program (CURA)
Economic Security "Re-Defining Public Services in British Columbia: Challenges to Economic Security & Alternative Possibilities." Principal Investigators: Marjorie Griffin Cohen (Womens Studies and Political Science, SFU) and Seth Klein (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives BC Office). Institutions of Academic
Joint Investigator: Jane Pulkingham
Co-Investigators: SFU, UBC, UNBC, UVic.
2003-2008