Professor Paul Martin
Deputy Head of School, School of Law
Director, Australian Centre for Agriculture and Law
Qualifications
B.Juris / L.L.B., M.Com., Certified Practising Accountant, admitted to the NSW Bar
Contact
| Email: | paul.martin@une.edu.au |
| Room: | EBL W37 Room 4 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 3811 (or +61 2 6773 3811 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 2580 |
Professor Paul Martin joined UNE as the Director of the Australian Centre for Agriculture and Law in 2005. Professor Martin has many years of business experience, including as a director and substantial shareholder in high technology enterprises, as a director of a successful venture capital firm, and as a member of the NSW Innovation Council and the Australian government Pooled Development Funds Registration Board. He was also a senior Visiting Fellow at the Australian Graduate School of Management for 20 years, responsible for a range of programs in both law and entrepreneurship.
Prior to joining the University, Professor Martin was Chairman of the (NSW) Southern Catchment Management Board. He has authored books and studies on taxation, natural resources, and negotiation; and has advised local and international corporations and governments on strategy in a range of areas including taxation leveraged investment, harvesting and shearing robotics, chemicals, healthcare and high technology.
In early 2006 Paul published a book 'Sustainability Strategy' with Miriam Verbeek. This book is designed to give a comprehensive understanding of acheiving sustainabilty goals in the public sector, natural recource management and business.
Affiliations
Editorial Panel, Australasian Journal Natural Resources Law & Policy
Editorial Panel, IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Journal
Chief Editor, IUCN Academy of Environmental Law 2009 Conference proceedings
Research interests
Natural recource management and business, taxation leveraged investment, harvesting and shearing robotics, chemicals, healthcare and high technology
Current Research
- ARC Linkage - “The next generation rural landscape governance: the Australian dimension”
- RIRDC - Innovations in institutions to improve weed funding, strategy and outcomes
- NSW Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services (DTIRIS). - Regional innovation; strategic development community based innovation in the northen inland region of NSW
Research Grants
| 2011 | Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation (RIRDC) Innovations in institutions to improve weed funding, strategy and outcomes |
| 2010 | Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grant Next Generation Natural Resource Governance |
| 2010 | Department of Environment, Water, Heritage, and the Arts Evaluation of the strategic risks and opportunities associated with environmental property rights. |
| 2010 | Murray Darling Basin Authority Expert review of the Socio-economic reviews of the Draft Murray Darling Basin Plan. |
| 2009 | Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria. Developing a business model for landscape conservation. |
| 2008 | United Nations Global Environment Foundation Transboundary Law in the High Pamirs |
| 2007 | NSW Government Climate Action Grant, 2nd Generation Biofuels |
| 2007 | Land & Water Australia Developing a Good Regulatory Practice Model for Environmental Regulations Impacting on Farmers |
| 2006-2010 | CRC Irrigation Futures Social, Cultural and Institutional Research Programme leadership, multiple projects |
| 2006 | Land & Water Australia/Australian Farm Institute Developing a Good Regulatory Practice Model for Environmental Regulations Impacting on Farmers |
| 2005 | WWF Australia The Costs and Benefits of a proposed Mandatory Invasive Species Labelling Scheme |
| 2005 | Cooperative Research Centre for Irrigation Futures: Social, Cultural and Institutional Research programme Multi-year, multi-project research funding (additional funding, 2009). |
| 2002 | Law Society of NSW National Competition Policy discussion paper |
| 2002 | Land & Water Resources Research and Development Corporation Options for reform in Australian natural resource property rights, land tenure and land management institutions and arrangements. |
| 2000 | Land & Water Australia Cartography for Environmental Law |
| 1993 | Education and Training Foundation Commercialisation strategies, skills and techniques |
| 1992 | NSW Law Foundation - Trust and Commercial Relations |
Publications
Link to UNE's e-Publications for P. Martin's publications list.
Link to UNE's e-Publications for P.V. Martin's publications list.