Davina Gainor Jackson is a Sydney based international writer and editor of books and websites promoting satellite technologies for

urban development Urban means "related to a city". In that sense, the term may refer to: * Urban area, geographical area distinct from rural areas * Urban culture, the culture of towns and cities Urban may also refer to: General * Urban (name), a list of people ...

and recording pan-Pacific architectural and maritime history. She is a fellow of the

Royal Society of Arts The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), also known as the Royal Society of Arts, is a London-based organisation committed to finding practical solutions to social challenges. The RSA acronym is used m ...

and the

Royal Society of New South Wales The Royal Society of New South Wales is a learned society based in Sydney, Australia. The Governor of New South Wales is the vice-regal patron of the Society. The Society was established as the Philosophical Society of Australasia on 27 June ...

Biography

Jackson is from New Zealand and received her undergraduate degree in 1971 after studying political history and economics at

Auckland University , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn ...

in 1973. In 1997 she was awarded a

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensiv ...

M.Arch degree in architectural history and theory with a thesis that examined the internet-era implications for pre-internet theories about the history and future of domestic living and architecture. Jackson earned her Ph.D. by publications from the

University of Kent , motto_lang = , mottoeng = Literal translation: 'Whom to serve is to reign'(Book of Common Prayer translation: 'whose service is perfect freedom')Graham Martin, ''From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury'' ...

School of Architecture in 2017. Jackson was the editor of

Architecture Australia ''Architecture Australia'' is a national magazine covering the practice and works of architects and architecture in Australia. It is published bi-monthly by Architecture Media, and is the journal of the Australian Institute of Architects. Histor ...

from 1993 until 2000. From 2002-2005, Jackson chaired the Venice Architecture Biennale Task Force, which sought funding from the Australian council to support the participation of Australians in the

Venice Biennale The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...

. In 2005 she was named an associate professor at the University of New South Wales. Jackson is known for her work on architecture in Australia, knowledge she conveys through a series of books on architecture and through directing annual city light festivals in Sydney (

Vivid Sydney Vivid Sydney is an annual festival of light, music and ideas, held in Sydney, Australia. It includes outdoor immersive light installations and projections, performances by local and international musicians, and an ideas exchange forum featurin ...

/Smart Light Sydney 2009) and Singapore (iLight Marina Bay 2010, 2012). Her books on architecture have been reviewed by multiple publications.

Selected publications

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Awards and honors

In 2007 Jackson was named a fellow of the

. In 2016 she was named an honorary life member of the

International Society for Digital Earth The International Society for Digital Earth is an international non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the Digital Earth concept. It publishes the ''International Journal of Digital Earth''. It is recognized as one of the main international ...

, and in 2018 she was named an honorary academic by Kent School of Architecture at the University of Kent. In 2020 she was named a fellow of the

(2020).

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Davina Living people Alumni of the University of Kent University of New South Wales alumni Australian women writers Australian architecture writers Fellows of the Royal Society of New South Wales Year of birth missing (living people)