The Role of Research in Making the Social Economy Matter in a World on Fire
The 2025 Jack Quarter Lectureship
OISE Library
Ontario Institute for Stuides in Education
252 Bloor Street West
Toronto ON
Canada
Listen to the talk
Join us for the 2025 Jack Quarter Lectureship, featuring Jason Spicer who will speak on "The Role of Research in Making the Social Economy Matter in a World on Fire."
About the Speaker
Jason Spicer
Jason Spicer, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs at Baruch College at the City University of New York (CUNY) and in the Social Welfare PhD program at the Graduate School and University Center (the Graduate Center) at CUNY. He was previously an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, where he founded and directed the Community Economies Lab. His work has been published in a number of leading social science journals and featured in media outlets such as The Washington Post, PBS Newshour, The Conversation, CBC, Governance, Grist, Fast Company, and Foreign Policy.
His research and teaching primarily focus on: (a) the potential of alternative economic models, such as cooperatives /social and solidarity economy organizational forms, community wealth building strategies, and community economic development approaches, to create a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable economy; and (b) the role policy and political processes play in making these models possible. Dr. Spicer's research and teaching focus on the relationship between politics and economy at multiple spatial scales, from the local to the transnational. In this keynote lecture for the 2025 Jack Quarter Lectureship on the Social Economy, Dr. Spicer shares how research is a key to facing and finding solutions to today’s complex challenges.