Dr Grant Walton
Research interests
- Corruption
- Anti-Corruption policy
- Education policy
- International Development
- Collective action
- Human Geography
- Public expenditure tracking
- Civil society
- The Pacific and PNG
- The social and environmental impacts of extractive industries
Biography
Grant Walton is a Research Fellow and Lecturer at the Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy. He researches issues related to corruption, education policy, international development and civil society. Grant’s PhD thesis, undertaken at the University of Melbourne, compared anti-corruption actors and citizens’ perspectives on corruption in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Over the past decade Grant has conducted research in PNG, Liberia and Afghanistan for academia, international donors and non-governmental organisations. Prior to joining the Development Policy Centre, Grant worked as a lecturer for the University of Melbourne, and has worked for a range of NGOs as well as the U4 anti-corruption resource centre.
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 (see below). His research has also featured in Islands Business, ABC Radio Australia, SBS News, the PNG Post-Courier, The National (PNG), The Australian, and the Canberra Times. His forthcoming book, Anti-corruption and its Discontents: Local, National and International Perspectives on Corruption in Papua New Guinea, will be published through Routledge.
Grant is currently investigating the effectiveness of public expenditure in PNG, focusing on the impact of education policy across the country. He is also conducting research on attitudes of and responses to corruption in PNG and Fiji.
Grant is also the Deputy Director (International Development) for the Transnational Research Institute on Corruption, a Research Associate of the University of Birmingham's Developmental Leadership Program, and a University House (ANU) Early Career Academic Fellow.
Publications
- Walton, G 2016, 'Gramsci's activists: How local civil society is shaped by the anticorruption industry, political society and translocal encounters', Political Geography, vol. 53, pp. 10-19.
- Walton, G & Dinnen, S 2016, The dark side of economic globalisation: politics, organised crime and corruption in the Pacific.
- Walton, G 2016, 'Silent screams and muffled cries: The ineffectiveness of anti-corruption measures in Papua New Guinea ', Asian Education and Development Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 211 - 226.
- Walton, G & Peiffer, C 2015, The limitations of education for addressing corruption: lessons from attitudes towards reporting in Papua New Guinea. (June 1, 2015). Crawford School Development Policy Centre Discussion Paper 39. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2614179
- Walton, G. 2015, Defining Corruption where the State is Weak: The Case of Papua New Guinea. Journal of Development Studies, vol. 51 iss. 1, pp 15-31.
- Howes, S, Mako, A, Swan, A et al 2014, A lost decade? Service Delivery and Reforms in PNG 2002-2012, Canberra: National Research Institute and the Development Policy Centre.
- Walton, G and Dix S. 2013, Papua New Guinean Understandings of Corruption: Insights from a Nine Province Survey. Port Moresby: Transparency International PNG. Available from: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2360437
- Walton, G. 2013, "An Argument for Reframing Debates About Corruption: Insights from Papua New Guinea." Asia Pacific Viewpoint, vol. 54, no. 1: 61–76.
- Walton, G. 2013 "Is all Corruption Dysfunctional? Perceptions of Corruption and its Consequences in Papua New Guinea". Public Administration and Development, vol. 33, no. 3: 175 - 190.
- Walton, G. 2013, "The Limitations of Neoliberal Logic in the Anti-corruption Industry: Lessons from Papua New Guinea". Crime, Law and Social Change. 60: 147-164.
- Dix, S., Hussmann, K. and Walton, G. 2012, "Risks of Corruption to State Legitimacy and Stability in Fragile Situations". U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, Tiri and The UK Department for International Development
- Walton, G. 2011, "The Rise of Economic Discourse: Corruption and Anti-Corruption in the Development Industry". In: Dahiya, S. B., Chakravarty, K., Rathee, N. & Lamba, S. V. (eds) Governance Issues and Corruption. Rohtak, India: Intellectual Foundation (India): 155-172.
- Walton, G. 2010, "A Comparison of two Papua New Guinean Anti-Corruption Agencies and their Politics". The University of Melbourne Working Papers in Development, 3/2010.
- Walton, G. 2009, "Rifling Through Corruption’s Baggage: Understanding Corruption Through Discourse Analysis". In: Dobashi, M., Hooker, J. and Madsen, P. (eds) A Survey of International Corporate Responsibility. International Corporate Responsibility Series: Volume 4. Charlottesville: Philosophy Documentation Centre: 179-190
- Walton, G. 2009, "Rural People's Perceptions of Corruption in Papua New Guinea". Port Moresby: Transparency International PNG.
- Walton, G. 2009, Johann Graf Lambsdorff. (2007), The Institutional Economics of Corruption and Reform: Theory, Evidence and Policy (Book Review), Journal of Economic Issues 43, 4: 1083-1085
- Walton, G. 2009, Thomas, A. and Mohan, G. (2007) Research Skills for Policy and Development: How to Find out Fast (Book Review), Progress in Development Studies 9, 2: 167-168.
- Walton, G. and Barnett, J. 2008 "The Ambiguities of ‘Environmental’ Conflict: Insights From the Tolukuma Gold Mine, Papua New Guinea". Society and Natural Resources, 21, 1: 1-16.
