Malcolm Tull

Biography

Professor Malcolm Tull has extensive experience teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate units in economic theory, economic policy, and economic history, and a wide background in administration at Murdoch University, having performed a key role in the early development of the Murdoch Business School. He was the Dean of the Murdoch Business School from 2008-2012. Malcolm has a strong international record of publications in the disciplines of maritime economics and economic history. He was joint editor of the prestigious International Journal of Maritime History from 2000-2008, the author of A Community Enterprise: the History of the Port of Fremantle, 1897 to 1997 (1997), an Area Editor for the Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History (2007), co-editor of Port Privatisation: The Asia-Pacific Experience (2008) and co-editor of Historical Perspectives on Fisheries Exploitation in the Indo-Pacific (2014). A Fellow of Murdoch University’s Centre for Asian Studies since 1999, Malcolm was appointed Principal Investigator for the Asian History of Marine Animal Populations Project in 2006, initiating his own investigation into Indonesian shark fishing as part of this multi-national project. From 2008-2011 Malcolm was President of the Economic Society of Australia Inc., Western Australian Branch. Malcolm was Vice-President of the International Maritime History Association from 2008-2016 and in July 2016 was elected as President for a four year term. Malcolm continues to teach and to supervise honours and postgraduate students in the School of Business and Governance.

Research Interest

Malcolm Tull’s research activity is mainly in the area of maritime economic history and applied maritime economics. He has published extensively on the port and fishing industries and developed an international reputation for his work in this area.