Tim Legrand completed his PhD in Political Science at the University of Birmingham in 2008. His thesis, The Politics and Pathways of Policy Transfer, explored the processes by which policymakers learn from the experiences of their overseas counterparts. This research involved a series of interviews with policy officials in the UK, USA, Canada, and Australia. Tim is currently a Research Fellow of the Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS) where he is engaged on an Australian Research Council project looking at Vulnerable Infrastructures and Government Coordination. He is the co-editor of a volume with Allan McConnell on International Perspectives in Emergency Policy (Ashgate, forthcoming).

Prior to joining Griffith University, Tim worked with the UK Home Office, Department of Children, Schools and Families, Ministry of Justice and Department of Health as a specialist policy advisor.