Research output per year
Research output per year
Accepting PhD Students
Research activity per year
Civil society, democracy, development, natural resource governance, Algeria and Madagascar.
Dr. Jessica Northey has been a researcher at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations since 2014 and was Director of Postgraduate Research from 2018-2020. She gained her PhD from the European University Institute, Florence, studying relations between the EU and Algerian charitable associations. Through extensive fieldwork, she examined the impact of external funding on their work and role in political life and this was published as a book “Civil Society in Algeria” in 2018 by I.B.Tauris. As a researcher, Jessica is interested in the work of charities and local activists in different political systems and their potential to contribute to reform. She has carried out numerous research assignments, evaluations and electoral observation missions for national and international organisations, including the British Academy, the Commonwealth Secretariat, Westminster Foundation for Democracy, UK Home Office, the EU and World Bank. She has worked with civil society organisations and institutions in Algeria, Madagascar, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Mauritania. She is a country expert for Algeria with Oxford Analytica and the Bertelsmann Foundation in Germany.
I have worked for over ten years in countries dealing with environmental, political and developmental challenges in Africa and in Europe. My focus is on associations in these societies which strive to provide practical solutions and foster trust between actors. I seek to understand their work and to communicate positive examples of cooperation. I hope to develop further research initiatives to build bridges between researchers, policy makers and activists to create more enabling environments for communities, associations and the political systems in which they work.
Social and Political Science, Doctorate, External Financing of NGOs and the Construction of Civil Society: the case of Algeria and the EU, European University Institute
2009 → 2013
Award Date: 16 Jun 2015
European Politics and Public Administraion, MA, College of Europe
1 Sept 2002 → 16 Jun 2003
Award Date: 16 Jun 2003
Law, Degree, English Law with French, University of Hull
1 Sept 1996 → 19 Jun 2000
Award Date: 19 Jun 2000
Country Expert for Algeria, Bertelsmann Foundation
1 Nov 2012 → …
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Jessica Northey (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Jessica Northey (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Jessica Northey (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Jessica Northey (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Jessica Northey (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Cheruvallil-Contractor, Sariya (Recipient), Northey, Jessica (Recipient) & Weller, Paul (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)