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Education

• Ph.D., University of British Columbia, Canada, 1995.
• M.A., Flinders University of South Australia, 1990.
• B.A., (Hons)(First Class), Flinders University of South Australia, 1987.

Professional History 

• Head, Department of Asian & Policy Studies, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, The Education University of Hong Kong (formerly the Hong Kong Institute of Education), January, 2017 - April, 2020
• Associate Dean (Research & Postgraduate Studies), Faculty of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, The Education University of Hong Kong, 2012 - 2015
• Director, APEC Studies Centre, The Education University of Hong Kong, 2015 - 2016
• Co-Director, APEC Studies Centre, The Education University of Hong Kong , 2014 - 2015
• Head, Department of Asian and Policy Studies, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, The Education University of Hong Kong,  2012 - 2013.
• Vice Dean (Academic Affairs) Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, 2011 - 2012
• Associate Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of  Singapore, 2006 - 2012. 
• Lecturer / Senior Lecturer, Government & International Relations, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Sydney,  Australia, 1997 ─ 2006.

Editorships

• Co-Editor Policy & Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Policy Research (Elsevier)
• Co-Editor Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy  (Palgrave Macmillan)
• Associate Editor, Palgrave Communications (Palgrave Macmillan)

Editorial & Advisory Boards

• Asian Studies Centre, Koç University, Turkey
• Asian Affairs: An American Review
• Asian Politics and Policy
• Asian Security (USA) (Routledge)
• ICER Chronicle
• International Relations in Southeast Asia (Routledge; Book Series)
• Journal of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
• Journal of Asian Public Policy
• Open Journal of Political Science  
• Palgrave Communications
• Policy Design and Practice​

Executive Board

• Asian Political & International Studies Association (APISA)
• Asia Pacific Public Policy Network (AP-PPN)

Research Interests

• Comparative political economy
• Asia & development
• Regulation and governance
• Government – Business relations
• Comparative public policy
• ​Investment and capital flows in Asia

Teaching

• States, Markets, and Governance
• Public Management
• Government - Business Relations​