Associate Professor Grant Walton works at the Development Policy Centre and the Policy and Governance Program within the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University. For more than 15 years Grant has conducted research in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific, as well as shorter stints in Africa and Asia. He has published 25 peer reviewed journal articles, 8 chapters, 1 book, 8 discussion papers and 13 policy papers.

His research has been widely cited, is regularly featured in the media, and has shaped regional and international debates about governance, corruption and education policy. 

His research has been supported by over $AUD2 million in funding. Grant has been twice (in 2023 and 2024) 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). In 2024 Grant was ranked by ScholarGPS as the second most influential corruption scholar in Australia and 46th in the world.