Her research focuses mainly on the development and operationalisation of educational policy within the context of globalization and discourses of the knowledge economy. She has published in the areas of policy development in employment and training in Canada and New Zealand, student experience and career outcomes, higher education reform in Canada, the role of emotion in teaching in higher education. She recently received a grant to explore the connection between academic research and educational policy making. For further information visit http://edst.educ.ubc.ca/facultystaff/jude-walker/