Jonathan Craft

Associate Professor
SS 3048
416-978-1048

Campus

Fields of Study

Areas of Interest

  • Study of the policy process
  • Political-administrative relations
  • Policy advice
  • Government executives
  • Intersection of policymaking and technology

Biography

Jonathan Craft is an Associate Professor with the Department of Political Science and jointly appointed to the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. He specializes in comparative public policy and administration, policy analysis, and Canadian politics. He is the author of Advising Governments in the Westminster Tradition: Policy Advisory Systems in Australia, Britain, Canada and New Zealand (Cambridge University Press, 2020, with John Halligan); Backrooms and Beyond: Partisan Advisers and the Politics of Policy Work in Canada (University of Toronto Press, 2016); and is co-editor of Issues in Canadian Governance (2018, Emond Press); and Policy Work in Canada: Professional Practices and Analytical Capacities (University of Toronto Press, 2017).

Education

BA, University of Guelph
MA, Ryerson University
PhD, Simon Fraser University