Andrew Reeves is a Professorial Fellow at Monash University, attached to the National Centre for Australian Studies.

Trained as a historian at the University of Melbourne and La Trobe University, he subsequently worked for two decades in Australian museums and more recently as a senior policy advisor to the Federal Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.

He has published on subjects as varied as the history and material culture of Australian trade unionism, goldmining in nineteenth century Victoria and museum studies.