Alison Mathie
Manager, Research and Publications
Alison has over 35 years of experience in the international development field in asset-based approaches to citizen-led development, monitoring and evaluation, rural livelihoods, and gender analysis. Alison has lived and worked in Papua New Guinea for eight years and Nigeria for two years. Short-term overseas work as a researcher and facilitator has taken her to South Asia, South East Asia, the South Pacific, The MENA region and sub-Saharan Africa.
At the Coady Institute, she is primarily involved in coordinating research activities at the Institute. She is directly involved in action research and collaborative evaluation of asset-based community development in Ethiopia, and case study research on citizen-led initiatives for social and economic change in North America. This builds on a collection of case studies from around the world that she co-edited: From Clients to Citizens: Communities changing the course of their own development. She also teaches in the Development Studies program at St. Francis Xavier University.
Alison holds a PhD in Program Evaluation and Planning from Cornell University, USA; a MA in Sociology from the University of Guelph, Canada; and a MA in Geography (Hons) from the University of Edinburgh, UK.
Selected Publications & Presentations
- Hodgson, J., Knight, B., & Mathie, A. (2012). The New Generation of Community Foundations, by Jenny Hodgson, Barry Knight and Alison Mathie. (468 K pdf).Mathie, A., & Ghore, Y. (2011). Innovative types of formal member-based organizations (MBOs): Interpreting the trends. Presented at the Association for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research Meetings, June 1-3, Fredericton, NB. , (600 K pdf).
- Mathie, A. (2010). Learning from communities that are driving their own development. Symposium presentation, Back to the ABCDs: Creating an enabling environment for socioeconomic development at grassroots level through community-driven initiatives, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, March 23-24.
- Mathie, A., Ghore, Y., & Gladkikh, O. (2010). Member-based organizations: Trends and innovations. Presented at the 3rd annual conference of the Association of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, Concordia University, Montreal, June 2-4.
- Mathie, A., & Puntenney, D., (Eds.). (2009). From Clients to Citizens: Deepening the Practice of Asset-Based and Citizen-Led Development, Conversations from the ABCD Forum, July 8-10, 2009. (1.2 Mb pdf).
- Mathie, A. & Cunningham, G. (Eds.). (2008). From clients to citizens: Communities changing the course of their own development. Rugby, UK: Practical Action. Purchase Information.
- Mathie, A., & Cunningham, G. (2008). From clients to citizens: Asset-based community development as a strategy for community-driven development. In J. Rothman, J.L. Erlich, & J.E. Tropman, (Eds.), Strategies of community intervention (7th ed.) (pp. 283-297). Peosta, IA: Eddie Bowers Publishing.
- Mathie, A., & Cunningham, G. (2005).Who is driving development? Reflections on the transformative potential of asset-based community development. Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 26(1), pp.175-187. (500K pdf)
- Mathie, A. & Camozzi, A. (2005). Qoualitative research for tobacco control: A how - to introductory manual for researchers and development practitioners.Ottawa: IDRC/RITC. . (774K pdf)
- Mathie, A., & Cunningham, G. (2003). From clients to citizens: Asset-based community development as a strategy for community driven development. Development in Practice, 13(5). Journal link. (575K pdf)
- Mathie, A. (2002). Including the excluded: Lessons learned from poverty targeting strategies used by micro-finance providers. Development Bulletin, 57. (60K pdf)
- Mathie, A., & Greene, J. (2002). Honoring difference and dialogue in international education and development: Mixed-method frameworks for research. In L. Bresler & A. Ardichvili (Eds.), Research in international education: Experience, theory, & practice. New York: Peter Lang.
- Mathie, A., & Dighe, A. (2001). Participatory project planning (SAVINI): Experiences and lessons. Indian Journal of Open Learning, 10(2), 175-192.
Contact
amathie@stfx.ca