Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Sciences, Law and Business

Professor Martin Drum

Bachelor of Arts (ANU), PhD (UWA)

Email: martin.drum@nd.edu.au
Phone: 9433 0128

• Biography

  Professor Drum is the Executive Dean for the Faculty of Arts, Sciences, Business and Law and Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Notre Dame Australia.

  He has taught and researched on a range of issues including public policy, voting, elections, and Australian politics. He has also supervised Higher Degree by Research students in these areas. He has previously held senior roles at the University, including Chief-of-Staff and Director of Public Policy.

  He has collaborated with the following WA State Government agencies: Western Australian Electoral Commission, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Department of Education, and Public Sector Commission. He has also partnered with the City of Fremantle and Shire of Christmas Island on various projects.

  He has been a WA Convenor of the Electoral Regulation Research Network since 2017 and is a member of Australasian Studies of Parliament Group.

  He has participated in a range of Commonwealth and Western Australian parliamentary government inquiries, including 2016 and 2019 Federal Elections (Cwth), 2017 WA State election (WA), Governance on Christmas Island (Cwth), Foreign Donations to political parties (Cwth), Lowering the Voting Age (Cwth), WA Local Government Act (WA). He also participated in the parliamentary inquiry into Political Donations in 2020 (WA).

  Professor Drum was appointed to the Ministerial Expert Committee on Electoral Reform in 2021. Its recommendations led to the reform of the voting system for the Legislative Council in Western Australia.

• Teaching areas

  • Australian Politics
  • Public Policy
  • Media and Politics
  • Comparative Politics
  • Service Learning and Community Engagement

• Research expertise and supervision

  • Public Policy
  • Australian Politics

• Publications

  Drum M, and Baldino D. (forthcoming 2012) “Community-based policing as an alternative to Stop and Search? The example of Northbridge, Western Australia” Public Policy 7.2.

  Drum M, and Baldino D. (forthcoming 2012) “Extended ‘Stop and Search’ Powers in Australia: A challenge for relations between police officers and citizens” GSTF Journal of Law and Social Sciences 2.1.

  Drum M, and Bowe W. (2012) "The State and Federal Seats of Fremantle: past, present and future" Fremantle Studies 7, 77-91.

  Drum M, and Tate J. (2012) Politics in Australia: a Source-based Analysis, Palgrave MacMillan.

  Drum M, Baldino D, and Wyatt B. (2010) “The Privatisation of Prisoner Transfer Services in Western Australia. What can we learn from the Ward case?” Australian Journal of Public Administration 69.4, 418-430.

  Drum M, and Baldino D. (2010) “Accountability and Control: The Politics of Privatisation in WA” Australian Political Science Association, Melbourne University.

  Drum M. (2010) “Is faith a “no go area” in modern politics? A case study of newly elected MPs in Western Australia’s State Parliament” Nebula 7.4.

  Drum M. (2010) “Faith and Rhetoric: Do Parliamentarians really use their faith to justify their decisions? A case study from Western Australia’s 38th Parliament”, Religion and the Nation State, Newcastle University.

  Drum M. (2009) “Service Learning: The Notre Dame Experience” Deans of Arts and Social Sciences Annual Conference, Newcastle University.

  Drum M. (2009) “Reconsidering the role of Central Agencies in Western Australia” Australian Political Science Association, Macquarie University

• Professional associations

  • Australian Political Studies Association
  • Australasian Study of Parliament Group