'Professor Stuart-Fox has been Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Queensland. He has worked as a consultant to the Asian Development Bank on a feasibility study for the establishment of the National University of Laos; to the World Bank on a political analysis of the economic reform process in Laos; and to Oxiana Mining on a political risk assessment (Oxiana is the largest mining company operating in Laos). He is a member of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, the Asian Studies Association of Australia, the Australian Historical Association, and an Editorial Board member of Asian Studies Review.' (Source: The Australian Academy of the Humanities website)