Professor Jones is a leading New Zealand academic and former Dean of Education and Director of both the Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research and the Centre for Science and Technology Education Research at the University of Waikato. He is currently the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Waikato and holds visiting professorships at Kings College London, Kasetsart University and the Institute of Education Hong Kong. Professor Jones is also a Director of Cognition Education, Managing Director of the Australasian Science Education Research Association, Director of the New Zealand Science Learning Hub, and co-chairs an APEC working group on science and mathematics education.