Martin Bull

Current positions

Associate Dean Research & Innovation

Biography

Martin Bull is currently Associate Dean for Research and Innovation and Professor of Politics in the School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology. Previously, he has held various senior roles in his time at Salford, including being Deputy Chair of Senate, Member of University Council, Head of Department, Head of School. Associate Dean for Research in the former Faculty, Chair of the University Discipline Committee. He is former Director of the largest political science association in Europe, the European Consortium for Political Research.

Areas of Research

Martin Bull is an Italian politics and comparative politics specialist, with interests in political corruption and the political left, as well as the development of European political science. His recent publications include Maestri of Political Science, Vol. 3 (ECPR Press, 2024) (edited with Gianfranco Pasquino), Politica in Italia. I fatti dell'anno e le interpretazioni. Edizione 2025 (Mulino, 2025) (edited with Laura Polverari), and 'The Meloni government: consolidation and a return to politics', Contemporary Italian Politics, No. 2, Vol. 17, 2025.

Areas of Supervision

Contemporary Italian Politics
Comparative European Politics
Political Corruption
The Political Left
Political Parties and Party Systems
Politics of the European Union

Teaching Qualifications and Recognitions Publications

Teaching

Martin Bull currently teaches a Level 6 module entitled Corruption in Contemporary Politics.

Qualifications and Recognitions

Qualifications

Status
1986 - 1987
Politics
1980 - 1987
Politics (Hons) 1st Class
1976 - 1979

Recognitions

Exceptional Contribution to the European Consortium for Political Research
Fellow of Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS)

Publications

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Prof Martin Bull