Tracey Burns has been a research and policy analyst in the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation since 2004. She works on Teacher Education for Diversity, evidence-based policy research in education, and systemic innovation in vocational education and training systems. Previous to this she worked on social determinants of health across the life-span with Charles Ungerleider & Associates in Vancouver, Canada. As a Post-Doctoral Fellow at The University of British Columbia, Dr. Burns led a hospital-based research team investigating newborn infants' responses to language. She has been a teacher of English as a Second Language, as well as a university lecturer. Tracey Burns holds a BA from McGill University, Canada and a PhD from Northeastern University, USA.