He specializes in comparative public policy and administration, policy analysis, and Canadian politics. He is particularly interested in the study of the policy process, political-administrative relations, policy advice, and executive policy work and advisory arrangements. He is the author of Backrooms and Beyond: Partisan Advisers and the Politics of Policy Work in Canada (University of Toronto Press, 2016) and is co-editor of Policy Work in Canada: Professional Practices and Analytical Capacities (University of Toronto Press, 2017). Before joining the University of Toronto he worked as a federal public servant and a Legislative Assistant at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. For a full list of courses taught, publications, and current research projects please visit: www.jonathancraft.ca