Seán Muller is an academic and public policy expert with research interests that span a wide range of areas relating to public policy, evidence use, development and applied economics. He is currently a Senior Research Fellow with Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study. Having worked in government and the legislature, he has broad experience working with societal stakeholders from civil society organisations to government officials, parliamentarians, media and private sector representatives. Among his specific areas of policy focus are public finance, legislature oversight, education and higher education, employment schemes, the energy transition, and migration.