Lorraine Elliott is Professor Emerita at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at the Australian National University where she previously held an appointment as Professor of International Relations. She has also held visiting appointments at the University of Oxford, LSE, the Free University of Amsterdam, the universities of Sheffield and Nottingham, and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Professor Elliott is a former Chair of the Board of Directors of the Academic Council on the United Nations System and, until recently, a member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Earth System Governance research network. She has also been an expert reviewer for the IPCC Working Group III report and for UNEP's Global Environmental Outlook. Her research explores various aspects of global and regional (Asia Pacific) environmental politics, governance, and ethics; transnational environmental crime; transitions to a green economy; and non-traditional security including human security, environmental and climate security, and has been funded by the Australian Research Council, the Japan Foundation, the US Institute of Peace, and the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, among others.