Audrey Jamal is Assistant Dean and Assistant Professor in the Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics at the University of Guelph. Her research focuses on the role of community engagement in advancing local economic development.

Audrey is the Assistant Dean (Strategic Partnerships and Societal Impact) and an Assistant Professor in the Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics at the University of Guelph.

Audrey is currently leading a national SSHRC-funded project that will explore strategies to scale community finance initiatives across Canada.

A community-engaged researcher, she focuses on the role of community engagement in advancing local economic development. Audrey’s research aims to build stronger, more resilient communities and explores everything from community wealth building and newcomer integration to downtown renewal and the sharing economy. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in sustainability, social entrepreneurship and nonprofit community leadership.

She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo (Urban Planning) and holds a M.A. (Conflict Analysis and Management) from Royal Roads University.