Davina Gainor Jackson is a Sydney based international writer and editor of books and websites promoting satellite technologies for urban development and recording pan-Pacific architectural and maritime history.
Jackson is from New Zealand[1] and received her undergraduate degree in 1971 after studying political history and economics at Auckland University in 1973.
[citation needed] In 1997 she was awarded a University of New South Wales M.Arch degree in architectural history and theory with a thesis that examined the internet-era implications for pre-internet theories about the history and future of domestic living and architecture.
[2] Jackson earned her Ph.D. by publications from the University of Kent School of Architecture in 2017.
[6] Jackson is known for her work on architecture in Australia, knowledge she conveys through a series of books on architecture and through directing annual city light festivals in Sydney (Vivid Sydney/Smart Light Sydney 2009) and Singapore (iLight Marina Bay 2010, 2012).