International Serious and Organised Crime Conference 2013
 

Professor of Public Policy, Director, Transnational Research Institute on Corruption, Australian National University

Adam Graycar is Professor of Public Policy at the Australian National University, where he is also Director of the Research School of Social Sciences, and Director of the Transnational Research Institute on Corruption.  He joined ANU in 2010 when he became the Foundation Dean of the Australian National Institute for Public Policy for two years.  He has had long experience in both academia and in government.  His most recent government position was Head, Cabinet Office, Government of South Australia, and his most recent academic post before joining ANU was Dean, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.

Adam has had long experience in policy making, research, and research management at the most senior levels in Australia.  He has acquired extensive policy experience over 22 years in senior level posts he has held in government, both Federal and State.  He has also represented Australia in various international fora (OECD, UN etc).  He has held academic positions and visiting posts in social policy, political science and criminology at several universities in Australia, Europe, Asia and the US.  He has two doctorates from the University of NSW, is the author of some 200 scholarly publications, and is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.