Dr Shevaun Drislane is a early career researcher with a PhD in political science. Her PhD explored issues of policy agenda setting and citizen collective action influence with respect to no fault compensation for serious adverse events following vaccination, both in Australia and in other countries. She is interested in vaccination policy more broadly, as well as having a strong interest in the interaction between state and individuals in relation to policy agenda setting, policy making, and policy impact. 

Shevaun is a post doctoral research fellow in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Western Australia where she is part of a large-scale, interdisciplinary project, MandEval, examining the impact of COVID-19 vaccine mandates. She is also a lecturer in political science at UWA.       

Shevuan has published on topics of vaccination and public policy.