Mark Bray is Foundation Professor of Employment Studies and Head of the Newcastle Business School at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Before taking up this position in 1997, he held teaching positions at the universities of New South Wales, Wollongong and Sydney. He has taught both Australian industrial relations and comparative industrial relations over many years, while more recently he has also taught research methods and human resource management. His research interests range from micro studies of industrial relations and human resource management in industries like road and air transport, manufacturing and health care to more macro studies of national public policy and comparisons between industrial relations in Australia and other countries.