Dr. Jeremy Rayner was educated at the universities of Cambridge, Durham and British Columbia and has taught most recently at the University of Victoria, Malaspina University-College, and the University of Regina (where he is currently Head of the Political Science Department). Originally trained as a historian of political thought, he wrote on seventeenth century political thought before switching his research interests to resource and environmental policy in the (probably mistaken) belief that policy analysis has more contemporary relevance than the history of political thought. While he publishes on policy issues in mainstream journals such as Governance, Policy Sciences and the Journal of Public Policy, he continues to seek ways in which the skills of the political theorist can inform the the work of the policy analyst, especially in the education of policy professionals.