Associate Professor
Grant Walton
Associate Professor Grant Walton works at the Development Policy Centre and the Policy and Governance Program within the Crawford School of Public Policy. He is the convenor of the Integrity and Anti-Corruption specialisation of the Crawford School’s Master of Public Policy. His research primarily focuses on corruption, along with education policy, security, international development and civil society. Grant has conducted research in PNG and the Pacific, as well as in Africa and Asia - including in the Philippines. Grant has published in academic journals and books and has authored major reports for donors and NGOs. This includes articles in Political Geography; the Journal of Development Studies; Society and Natural Resources; Asia Pacific Viewpoint; Crime, Law and Social Change and Public Administration and Development. His research has also been featured in a range of media outlets, including Channel 9 News, 2GB, 6PR, 4BC, and 3AW Radio, The New Daily, Islands Business, Radio Australia, SBS News, the PNG Post-Courier, The National (PNG), The Australian, and the Canberra Times. His book, Anti-corruption and its Discontents: Local, National and International Perspectives on Corruption in Papua New Guinea, was published through Routledge in 2018.