Liz Jackson (educationalist)

Liz Jackson is an American scholar of the philosophy of education and educational theory. She is a professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong. She holds the Karen Lo Eugene Chuang Professorship in Diversity and Equity and serves as Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Education. Previously, she was head of the Department of International Education at the Education University of Hong Kong. Jackson is also a Fellow and Past President (2018-2020) of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA).

University of Hong Kong

Jackson joined the University of Hong Kong in 2012 as an assistant professor and became a tenured associate professor in 2017. She served as Director of the Master of Education programme, was elected to the Comparative Education Research Centre management committee (2014–2018) and later became its Director, and participated in university committees on gender equality, diversity, and curriculum.

Education University of Hong Kong (2020–2023)

In 2020, Jackson was appointed Professor at the Education University of Hong Kong. She became the founding leader of the Virtues in Ethics East and West Platform, co-chaired the Women Researchers in Education Network, and led the Diversity, Equity and Social Inclusion Research Group.

She was appointed Associate Dean (Research) and Karen Lo Eugene Chuang Professor in Diversity and Equity.