Professor Adrian Kay, MA (Oxon), PhD (Nottingham), has worked in a series of senior roles at the Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University. He has previously held academic appointments in the UK and at Griffith University, Queensland. Prior to an academic career, Adrian was a member of the UK Government’s European Fast Stream for several years and spent a year working for the European Commission in Brussels. His major research interests are in the broad areas of comparative and transnational public policy, with a particular empirical focus on health.