Place of birth: Transilvania/Romania; of Austro-Hungarian and Romanian descent, raised in Israel

Parentage: daughter of Dr Ladislau May and Gilda May

Family: sister of Yael-Monica; one grandson Ori, one granddaughter Maya

Family: partner, Professor Joseph (Yossi) Berechman; one son, Tomer and one daughter, Moran

Education: PhD, Evaluation and Planning, University of Manchester, UK 1986; postdoctoral studies policy analysis methodology and comparative public policy, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley (with Aaron Wildavsky)

Career: Iris Geva-May has been Tenured Full 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. 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, USA (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 2000–06. 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 adviser for the planning or reorganization of several programmes of policy analysis/studies in a number of countries. She is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the international Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice (see url below) and Founder of the International Comparative Policy Analysis-Forum, a network of international scholars dedicated to promoting the dialogue on 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 and Public Policy Review, and had been scientific reviewer for the EU Commission – Research Committee and INTAS. She has a considerable number of funded research reports and funded research grants including, among others, the prestigious Canadian Standard SSHRC 2006–2010 and grants from the Ford Foundation. 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, and (f) immigration policies. Her most recent books are devoted to the methodology of policy analysis and its application to various policy fields. Her contribution has advanced and left a significant mark in the development of international comparative policy studies.

Honours and awards: Fulbright Fellowship 1995, Canadian Enrichment Program (Canadian ‘Fulbright’) recipient 1995, 1997, 2000, British Council Award 1983, 1999, ORS (UK) 1984, Hornby Award (UK) 1985, Japanese Government Fellow 2000, Fiocruz Foundation Fellow (Brazil) 2003, Canadian Studies Halbert Fellow, Jerusalem 2004

Publications include: several published books, including, among others, An Operational Approach to Policy Analysis: The Craft 1997, 2000 (second edition and Chinese translation both forthcoming), Thinking Like a Policy Analyst: Policy Analysis as a Clinical Profession 2005, Immigration Policies (forthcoming), Comparative Policy Analysis Studies (forthcoming); has been working (with Michael Howlett) on the preparation of a 10 years forthcoming edited series on policy analysis around the world; numerous funded research reports, articles in refereed journals, book chapters and work-papers, and numerous 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

Contact details: Address: Room EDB 8544, 8888 University Drive, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6; Address: Public Policy Program, Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings Street, Suite 3271, Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3, Canada; Tel: +1 604-291-4948; Fax: +1 604-291-5289; Email: igevamay@sfu.ca ; Website: http://www.sfu.ca/mpp/ ; Website: http://www3.educ.sfu.ca/ ; Website: http://www.jcpa.ca/icpaf/ ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13876988.asp/ .