Jodie Carson

Jodie Carson is a Professor of Strategic Policy in Practice at Ulster University. She was educated at the Queen’s University of Belfast and holds a Masters and PhD in Finance.

Dr Carson has served as a Senior Parliamentary Adviser in the House of Commons and as a Special Adviser to the Minister of Agriculture, the Environment and Rural Development in the Northern Ireland Executive.

Previously, she was a Senior Economist within the Economic Policy Centre at UU, and subsequently a Course Director at the Business School. She has also been a Senior Economist with Oxford Economics, an Economist in the Northern Ireland Civil Service, a committee subject specialist in the Northern Ireland Assembly, and worked in corporate banking.

She has been involved in negotiations between the UK Government and Northern Ireland Executive on a financial package for the devolved government, and participated in political meetings with UK Ministers, including the current and previous Prime Ministers.