Peter Browne

Peter Browne edits the ISR’s new website, Inside Story, which publishes essays, journalism and commentary from academic researchers and journalists. He co-edits Australian Policy Online, Creative Economy and UNSW Press’s Briefings series, and is a member of the Democratic Audit of Australia. He is former editor of the monthly magazine Australian Society and was the humanities and social sciences publisher at UNSW Press from 1997 to 2001.

Between 1994 and 2002 Peter produced a variety of broadcasts for Radio Australia, ABC Local Radio and Radio National, most recently as executive producer of The National Interest on Radio National, and he continues to produce programs for the Big Ideas series on Radio National. He has written for television and contributed articles and reviews to a range of publications, including the Age, the Australian Financial Review, the Australian, the Guardian Weekly and the New Statesman. His book, The Longest Journey: Resettling Refugees from Africa, published in 2006 by UNSW Press, was shortlisted in the non-fiction category of the 2006 Human Rights Award and the community relations category of the 2007 NSW Premiers Literary Awards.

Publications in the Swinburne Research Bank

Office: EW119
Telephone: +61 3 9214 8886
Email: pbrowne@swin.edu.au