Associate Professor Grant Walton
Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Associate Professor Grant Walton is a leading expert on corruption and anti-corruption efforts in the Pacific Islands region, with most of his research focusing on Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.
About this speaker
Associate Professor Grant Walton works at the Development Policy Centre and the Policy and Governance Department 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. Associate Professor Walton draws on political geography and political science to research issues related to governance, corruption, education policy, international development and civil society. He has published in academic journals and books and has authored major reports for donors and NGOs. His book,Anti-corruption and its Discontents: Local, National and International Perspectives on Corruption in Papua New Guinea, was published through Routledge in 2018. In 2023 and 2024 Associate Professor Walton was nominated for the Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Anti-Corruption Excellence Award, Academic Research and Education (sponsored by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime). Over the past ten years he has raised over AU$2million to support his research projects.
