I'm Professor of Urban Management & Planning & Director of the Cities Research Institute at Griffith University, based in South East Queensland, Australia. I'm a planner by training and an active member of the Planning Institute of Australia. Before moving here in 2007, I was Head of the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol & formerly a member of its School for Advanced Urban Studies. My research interests include the professional lives and values of planners, the theory and practice of public participation and theoretical understandings of policy-making & implementation.