Neil Munro holds a BA (combined honours) in Chinese and Russian (Queensland, 1990) and a PhD in public policy from University of Strathclyde (2004).

He has a comparative interest in participation in governance in post-communist and developing societies and has published on a wide range of themes ranging from acceptance of bureaucratic norms through national identity, regime legitimacy, and social cohesion.

His current research focuses on these and other issues in relation to social and environmental policies in China and Tanzania.