Martin, Brian

Top Publications

Year	Title
2007	Justice ignited: the dynamics of backfire
2013	Whistleblowing: A Practical Guide
2014	The Controversy Manual

Research Areas

Research Overview

The central theme in my research is the dynamics of power, with special attention to strategies for challenging repression and exploitation. I have explored power dynamics through an interplay of theory and case studies, including nonviolent action, dissent and scientific controversies.
Research areas include strategies to oppose injustice; nonviolence and social defence; whistleblowing; suppression of dissent in science; controversies over nuclear power, fluoridation, pesticides, nuclear winter and origin of AIDS; technological vulnerability; values in science; environmental politics; institutional roots of war; plagiarism and educational methods; democratic alternatives to representative government; information alternatives; critique of experts.

Available as Research Supervisor

Available for Collaborative Projects

Member Of

Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts member
School of Humanities and Social Inquiry

Has Collaborator

Sorensen, Majken J. Person

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2021	Evil institutions: Steven Bartlett¿s analysis of human evil and its relevance for anarchist alternatives Published In Anarchist Studies
2021	JCOM Policing orthodoxy on Wikipedia: Skeptics in action? Published In Journal of Science Communication
2021	Learning from Criticisms of Civil Resistance Published In Critical Sociology
2021	Reflections on a Life in Science and STS Published In Science as Culture
2020	A program for writing Published In Australian Universities' Review
2020	Dealing with Conspiracy Theory Attributions Published In Social Epistemology
2020	Has Squier been treated fairly? Published In Prometheus: critical studies in innovation
2020	Reflection-based activism: toward mutual recognition Published In Interface: a journal for and about social movements
2020	Riots and resistance: unarmed insurrection and lessons for nonviolent struggle Published In Gandhi Marg
2020	Tactics against scheming diseases Published In Journal of Sociotechnical Critique
2020	The virus and the economy Published In Social Medicine
2020	Vaccination education subordinated to campaigning Published In On Education
2019	Bad social science Published In Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
2019	Constructivism Versus Clear Thinking? Published In Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
2019	Free speech on Australian campuses: hidden barriers Published In Australian Universities' Review
2019	Technology and Evil Published In Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
2019	Uptake of a Conspiracy Theory Attribution Published In Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
2019	What’s the Fuss about Post-Truth? Published In Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
2018	Analysis of a beat-up: The structuring of a sensational media story Published In Pacific Journalism Review
2018	Evidence-based campaigning Published In Archives of Public Health
2018	Promoting learning: what universities don’t do Published In Australian Universities' Review
2018	Researching new diseases: assumptions and trajectories Published In Research ideas and outcomes
2017	Defending university integrity Published In International Journal for Educational Integrity
2017	Investigating nonviolent action by experimental testing Published In Journal of Resistance Studies
2017	Leaks, whistleblowing and the public interest: the law of unauthorised disclosures Published In PROMETHEUS
2017	Persistent Bias on Wikipedia: Methods and Responses Published In Social Science Computer Review
2017	Preparing for advocacy, resisting attack Published In Pacific Conservation Biology
2017	Pressed for Time Published In IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
2017	Skills, training, and activism Published In Reflective Practice
2017	The playful anarchist Published In Anarcho-Syndicalist Review
2017	What happens when scientists stand up for science Published In The Conversation
2016	Expert performance: Don't undervalue the social sciences Published In Nature
2016	Failures of nonviolent action? Published In Global Change, Peace and Security
2016	Public Controversy and Partisan Deliberation Published In DEMESCI: International Journal of Deliberative Mechanism in Science
2016	Ranking by medians Published In Australian Universities' Review
2016	Reflections on Censorship Published In Secrecy and Society
2016	STS Interventions: Preparing, Defending, Learning Published In ENGAGING SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
2016	STS and Researcher Intervention Strategies Published In Engaging Science, Technology, and Society
2016	Weapons of Mass Disruption: An Academic Whistleblower's Tale Published In AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES REVIEW
2016	“Let’s protest”: surprises in communicating against repression Published In IEEE Potentials
2015	Anarchist shaping of technology Published In Anarcho-Syndicalist Review
2015	Censorship and free speech in scientific controversies Published In Science and Public Policy
2015	Challenging economic inequality: tactics and strategies Published In Economic and Political Weekly: a journal of current economic and political affairs
2015	Correcting error: strategic consideration Published In Journal of Information Ethics
2015	How activists can challenge double standards Published In Interface: a journal for and about social movements
2015	Leaking: practicalities and politics Published In The Whistle
2015	Learning from Delusions Published In IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
2015	On the suppression of vaccination dissent Published In Science and Engineering Ethics
2015	The Streisand effect and censorship backfire Published In International Journal of Communication
2015	The dynamics of nonviolence knowledge Published In Mobilization: an international journal
2014	Confronting academic snobbery Published In AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES REVIEW
2014	Government goals and policy get in the way of our happiness Published In The Conversation
2014	Graduate students as proxy mobbing targets: insights from three Mexican universities Published In Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor
2014	Resist, scientist! Countering degradation rituals in science Published In Prometheus: critical studies in innovation
2014	Snobbery in the academy is alive and well and doing harm Published In The Conversation
2014	Snowden's lessons for whistleblowers Published In IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
2014	Tactics of political lying The Iguanas affair Published In JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND POLITICS
2014	Tactics of political lying: The Iguanas affair Published In Journal of Language and Politics
2014	Tactics of political lying: the Iguanas affair Published In Journal of Language and Politics
2014	The dilemma action: analysis of an activist technique Published In Peace and Change: a journal of peace research
2014	Whatever Happened to Social Defence? Published In SOCIAL ALTERNATIVES
2014	What’s killing Tassie devils if it isn’t a contagious cancer? Published In The Conversation
2014	Why do some controversies persist despite the evidence? Published In The Conversation
2013	Academics and activism: Stephen Hawking and the Israel boycott Published In The Conversation
2013	Book review: Classified Woman by Sibel Edmonds Published In The Whistle
2013	Book review: Wilful Blindness by Margaret Heffernan Published In The Whistle
2013	Combining academia and activism Common obstacles and useful tools Published In AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES REVIEW
2013	Combining academia and activism: common obstacles and useful tools Published In Australian Universities' Review
2013	Countering supervisor exploitation Published In Journal of Scholarly Publishing
2013	Dealing with dilemmas in health campaigning Published In Health Promotion International
2013	Euthanasia tactics: patterns of injustice and outrage Published In SpringerPlus
2013	Grassroots social change: lessons from an anarchist organizer - (review of Chris Crass, Towards Collective Liberation) Published In Znet
2013	Health dissent: resisting attacks on alternative medicine Published In Townsend Letter
2013	Learning to love rejection Published In Insider Higher Ed
2013	Review of Eveline Lubbers, Secret Manoeuvres in the Dark Published In The Whistle
2013	Review of Richard N. Côté, In Search of Gentle Death: The Fight for your Right to Die with Dignity Published In Prometheus: critical studies in innovation
2013	Review of Robert G. Vaughn, The Successes and Failures of Whistleblower Laws Published In The Whistle
2013	The politics of Gene Sharp Published In Gandhi Marg
2013	Three easy steps to increase uni rankings Published In The Australian
2013	When public health debates become abusive Published In Social Medicine
2012	Book Review: "The Tyranny of Science " Published In International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
2012	Corruption tactics: outrage management in a local government scandal Published In Resistance Studies Magazine
2012	Editorial - Mobbing, suppression of dissent/discontent, whistleblowing, and social medicine Published In Social Medicine
2012	Income and happiness: why isn't research acted upon? Published In Social Alternatives
2012	Kahneman in practice Published In Prometheus: critical studies in innovation
2012	Mobbing and suppression: Footprints of their relationships Published In Social Medicine
2012	Mobbing and suppression: footprints of their relationships Published In Social Medicine
2012	Mobbing, suppression of dissent/discontent, whistleblowing, and social medicine Published In Social Medicine
2012	Non-violence versus US imperialism Published In Economic and Political Weekly: a journal of current economic and political affairs
2012	Online onslaught: internet-based methods for attacking and defending citizens' organisations Published In First Monday
2012	Reform - when is it worthwhile? Published In Anarchist Studies
2012	Suppression of dissent: What it is and what to do about it Published In Social Medicine
2012	Suppression of dissent: what it is and what to do about it Published In Social Medicine
2012	When you're criticized Published In Journal of Scholarly Publishing
2012	When you're criticized ¹ Published In Journal of Scholarly Publishing
2011	Deadly censorship games: keeping a tight lid on the euthanasia debate Published In The Conversation
2011	Debating vaccination: understanding the attack on the Australian Vaccination Network Published In Living Wisdom
2011	ERA: adverse consequences Published In Australian Universities' Review
2011	Mobbing y anulación de la disidencia/descontento: tras las huellas de sus interrelaciones Published In Medicina Social
2011	Monckton and Notre Dame: a case for free speech? Published In The Conversation
2011	On being a happy academic Published In Australian Universities' Review
2011	Participation: The happiness connection Published In Journal of Public Deliberation
2011	Participation: the happiness connection Published In Journal of Public Deliberation
2011	The Value of Techniques Published In SOCIAL ALTERNATIVES
2011	The wrongs of copyright Published In Issues
2010	How to attack a scientific theory and get away with it (usually): the attempt to destroy an origin-of-AIDS hypothesis Published In Science As Culture
2010	Opposing surveillance Published In IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
2010	Outrage management in cases of sexual harassment as revealed in judicial decisions Published In Psychology of Women Quarterly
2010	Shame, scientist! Degradation rituals in science Published In Prometheus: critical studies in innovation
2010	Sharing music files: tactics of a challenge to the industry Published In First Monday
2010	Techniques to pass on: technology and euthanasia Published In Bulletin of Science Technology and Society
2010	The Fluoride Wars: How a Modest Public Health Measure Became America's Longest-Running Political Melodrama Published In BULLETIN OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
2010	Theory for activists Published In Social Anarchism
2009	Academic patronage Published In International Journal for Educational Integrity
2009	Climate crisis? The politics of emergency framing Published In Economic and Political Weekly
2009	Climate crisis? the politics of emergency framing Published In Economic and Political Weekly: a journal of current economic and political affairs
2009	Dilemmas in promoting nonviolence Published In Gandhi Marg
2009	Dilemmas in teaching happiness Published In Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice
2009	Expertise and equality Published In Social Anarchism
2009	Managing outrage over genocide: case study Rwanda Published In Global Change, Peace & Security
2009	Nonviolent strategy against capitalism Published In Social Alternatives
2009	Research productivity: some paths less travelled Published In Australian Universities' Review
2009	Statist language Published In ETC: A Review of General Semantics
2008	Comment: citation shortcomings: peccadilloes or plagiarism? Published In Interfaces
2008	Comparing wars Published In Journal of Military and Strategic Studies
2008	Emotional Self-Management for Activists Published In Reflective Practice
2008	Enabling scientific dissent Published In New Doctor
2008	How nonviolence is misrepresented Published In Gandhi Marg
2008	My Lai: the struggle over outrage Published In Peace and Change: a journal of peace research
2008	Plagiarism Struggles Published In Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Plagiarism, Fabrication, and Falsification
2008	Psychological Dynamics of Outrage Against Injustice Published In Journal of Peace Research: an interdisciplinary and international quarterly of scholarly work in peace research
2008	Sending the protest message Published In Gandhi Marg
2008	Surviving referees' reports Published In Journal of Scholarly Publishing
2008	The American War in Indochina: Injustice and Outrage Published In REVISTA DE PAZ Y CONFLICTOS
2008	The American war in Indochina: injustice and outrage Published In Revista de Paz y Conflictos
2008	The Henson affair: conflicting injustices? Published In Australian Review of Public Affairs
2008	Writing a helpful referee's report Published In Journal of Scholarly Publishing
2008	Writing a helpful referee's report Published In Journal of Scholarly Publishing
2007	An historian's life: Max Crawford and the politics of academic freedom Published In LABOUR HISTORY
2007	Anarchist theory: what should be done? Published In Anarchist Studies
2007	Backfires: white, black and grey Published In Journal of Information Warfare
2007	Contesting testimony in scientific disputes: the case of the origin of AIDS Published In Skeptic
2007	Energising dissent Published In D!ssent
2007	Fay Anderson, an historian's life: Max Crawford and the politics of academic freedom, and Clive Hamilton and Sarah Maddison (eds), Silencing dissent: how the Australian government is controlling public opinion and stifling debate Published In Labour History: a journal of labour and social history
2007	Forecasting nuclear winter [3] Published In Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
2007	Nuclear power and antiterrorism: obscuring the policy contradictions Published In Prometheus: critical studies in innovation
2007	Opposing nuclear power: past and present Published In Social Alternatives
2007	Safeguarding your group Published In Chain Reaction
2007	Silencing dissent: How the Australian government is controlling public opinion and stifling debate Published In LABOUR HISTORY
2007	Slow injustice Published In Social Alternatives
2007	Tactics of Labour Struggles Published In Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal
2007	The globalisation of scientific controversy Published In Globalization
2006	Direct action and democracy today. Published In JOURNAL OF PEACE RESEARCH
2005	How to make defamation threats and actions backfire Published In Australian Journalism Review
2005	THE PARKIN BACKFIRE Published In SOCIAL ALTERNATIVES
2004	Disney through the web looking glass Published In First Monday
2003	Cybermethods: An assessment Published In First Monday
2003	Nonviolence and communication Published In Journal of Peace Research
2001	The politics of a scientific meeting: the origin-of-AIDS debate at the Royal Society. Published In Politics and the life sciences : the journal of the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences
2000	Searching For The Origin Of Aids Published In Science as Culture
1998	Political refutation of a scientific theory: The case of polio vaccines and the origin of AIDS Published In Health Care Analysis
1997	Negotiating expert status: Who gets taken seriously Published In IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
1997	Science, Technology and Nonviolent Action: The Case for a Utopian Dimension in the Social Analysis of Science and Technology Published In Social Studies of Science
1996	Social construction of an 'attack on science' brian martin Published In Social Studies of Science
1996	Social construction of drug debates Published In Social Science and Medicine
1996	Sticking a Needle into Science: The Case of Polio Vaccines and the Origin of AIDS Published In Social Studies of Science
1996	Technological Vulnerability Published In Technology in Society
1996	Uncovering some assumptions. Published In Health care analysis : HCA : journal of health philosophy and policy
1993	Stifling the media [3] Published In Nature
1993	The Critique of Science Becomes Academic Published In Science, Technology & Human Values
1992	Automatic Vehicle Identification: A Test of Theories of Technology Published In Science, Technology & Human Values
1992	Science for non-violent struggle Published In Science and Public Policy
1992	Scientific fraud and the power structure of science Published In Prometheus
1991	Revolutionary Social Defence Published In Security Dialogue
1991	Who's a Captive? Who's a Victim? Response to Collins's Method Talk Published In Science, Technology & Human Values
1990	On the Neglect of Scientists with Low Research Productivity Published In Science, Technology & Human Values
1990	THE VULNERABILITY OF STEEL PRODUCTION TO MILITARY THREATS Published In MATERIALS AND SOCIETY
1990	WHATS YOUR PROBLEM Published In ALTERNATIVES-PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIETY TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
1989	Gene Sharp's Theory of Power Published In Journal of Peace Research
1989	SHARP,GENE THEORY OF POWER Published In JOURNAL OF PEACE RESEARCH
1989	THE SOCIOLOGY OF THE FLUORIDATION CONTROVERSY: A Reexamination Published In Sociological Quarterly
1989	Technological vulnerability: A neglected area in policy-making Published In Prometheus
1988	Analyzing the Fluoridation Controversy: Resources and Structures Published In Social Studies of Science
1988	Scientific controversies nuclear winter: Science and politics Published In Science and Public Policy
1988	THE ARGUMENTS ABOUT RSI: AN EXAMINATION Published In Community Health Studies
1986	Bias in awarding research grants Published In British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed.)
1986	Nuclear suppression Published In Science and Public Policy
1985	Self-managing environmentalism. Published In Alternatives
1985	Value-free science [3] Published In Nature
1983	WIND-LOAD CORRELATION AND ESTIMATES OF THE CAPACITY CREDIT OF WIND POWER: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION. Published In Wind Engineering
1982	Critique of Nuclear Extinction Published In Journal of Peace Research
1982	How the Peace Movement Should be Preparing for Nuclear War Published In Security Dialogue
1982	Nuclear power and the Western Australia electricity grid. Published In Search
1980	Dismissed Australian scientist [2] Published In Science
1980	INTEGRATION OF WIND POWER INTO AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICITY GRIDS WITHOUT STORAGE: A COMPUTER SIMULATION. Published In Wind Engineering
1979	Numerical inversion of the laplace transform: a survey and comparison of methods Published In Journal of Computational Physics
1976	ACCURACY OF SOME METHODS FOR DETERMINING PHOTODISSOCIATION RATES IN THE MODELING OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE. Published In Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
1975	Numerical representations which model properties of the solution to the diffusion equation Published In Journal of Computational Physics
1975	Voting models incorporating interactions between voters Published In Public Choice

Book

Year	Title
2021	Truth Tactics
2020	Official channels Publisher Sweden
2019	Social defence Publisher Australia
2018	Foreword Publisher Syracuse University Press
2018	Vaccination Panic in Australia Publisher Sparsnäs, Sweden
2017	Ruling tactics: Methods of promoting everyday nationalism, how they serve rulers and how to oppose them Publisher http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/17rt/index.html
2017	The deceptive activist Publisher http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/17da/index.html
2015	Nonviolence Unbound Publisher http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/15nvu/
2014	The Controversy Manual
2013	Whistleblowing: A Practical Guide
2012	Backfire Manual: Tactics Against Injustice
2011	Doing Good Things Better
2007	Justice ignited: the dynamics of backfire

Chapter

Year	Title
2020	Cyber vulnerability Published In Routledge Handbook of International Cybersecurity Publisher London
2020	Death tactics Published In Doomsday: Death Publisher Kragujevac, Serbia: Faculty of Philology and Arts, University of Kragujevac
2020	Law versus science Published In Groupthink in science: greed, pathological altruism, ideology, competition, and culture Publisher Switzerland
2020	Research grants and agenda shaping Published In Groupthink in science: greed, pathological altruism, ideology, competition, and culture Publisher Switzerland
2020	Social defence: a revolutionary agenda Published In Revolutionary Nonviolence: Concepts, Cases and Controversies Publisher London
2019	Writing Regularly as a Thesis-Completion Strategy Published In Traversing the Doctorate : Reflections and Strategies from Students, Supervisors and Administrators Publisher Cham
2018	Foreword Published In The Paradox of Repression and Nonviolent Movements Publisher Syracuse, United States
2016	Asedio grupal a una estudiante de doctorado: lecciones y responsabilidades Published In Mobbing en la academia mexicana Publisher http://www.edicioneseon.com.mx/psicologia/p09.php
2016	Integrity versus fraud and corruption: Introduction Published In Handbook of Academic Integrity Publisher Springer Singapore
2016	Plagiarism, misrepresentation, and exploitation by established professionals: Power and tactics Published In Handbook of Academic Integrity
2016	Suppression of protest Published In Protest Cultures: A Companion
2015	From political Jiu-jitsu to the backfire dynamic: how repression can promote mobilization Published In Civil Resistance: Comparative Perspectives on Nonviolent Struggle Publisher Minneapolis
2015	Resistiendo al mobbing: la opción asertiva Published In Salud, condiciones de vida y políticas sociales. Miradas sobre México
2015	Strategy for public interest leaking Published In Secrecy, Law and Society Publisher http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/15sls.html
2015	The globalization of whistleblowing Published In News from Somewhere: A Reader in Communication & Challenges to Globalizaiton Publisher http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/15Broudy.html
2014	Dissent in science Published In Science and Politics: An A-to-Z Guide to Issues and Controversies Publisher http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/14Steel.html
2014	El mobbing en la esfera pública: el fenómeno y sus características Published In Organización social del trabajo en la posmodernidad: salud mental, ambientes laborales y vida cotidiana Publisher http://www.prometeoeditores.com/
2014	Research the whistleblowers want - and what they need Published In International Handbook on Whistleblowing Research Publisher http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/14Brown.html
2013	Effective crisis governance Published In State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible?
2012	Breaking the seige: guidelines for struggle in science Published In Science under Siege: Zoology under Threat
2012	Controversies Published In Leadership in Science and Technology: A Reference Handbook
2011	Defending dissent Published In Media and social justice
2010	From means to ends and back again Published In Experiments with Peace: Celebrating Peace on Johan Galtung's 80th Birthday
2010	Technology, Violence, And Peace Published In Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict Publisher Elsevier
2009	Corruption, outrage and whistleblowing Published In Research companion to corruption in organizations
2009	Making accompaniment effective Published In People power: unarmed resistance and global solidarity
2008	Science, technology, and social movements Published In The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies
2008	Technology, Violence, And Peace Published In Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict (volume 3)
2008	Terrorism as a backfire process Published In Nonviolence: An Alternative for Defeating Global Terror(ism)
2008	Varieties of dissent Published In Dissent and the failure of leadership
2007	Activism, social and political Published In Encyclopedia of activism and social justice
2007	Whistleblowers: risks and skills Published In A Web of Prevention: Biological Weapons, Life Sciences and the Governance of Research

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2007	Obstacles to academic integrity Published In Asia-Pacific Conference on Educational Integrity: Creating a Culture of Integrity
1984	OPTIMAL GENERATION PLANNING FOR ELECTRICITY GRIDS CONTAINING WIND FARMS.

Available as Research Supervisor

Potential Supervision Topics

Nonviolent action

Scientific controversies

Dissent and free speech

Tactics against injustice

Participatory democracy

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Analysing the conflict between biomedicine and homoeopathy	Greenland, Joanne
Doctor of Philosophy	Environmentally Induced Health Effects: Families and Medical Orthodoxy	Want, Donald
Doctor of Philosophy	Palestinian Diplomatic Resistance: A Political-Historical Study	Badra, Shamikh
Doctor of Philosophy	The political economy of globalisation and the strategic logic of non-violent action	Shemia-Goeke, Dalilah
Doctor of Philosophy	A Test of Interventions for Improving Cohesion in Activist Groups	Munro, Liane
Doctor of Philosophy	Propaganda and Democratization Models in Australian Mainstream News Content	Murray, Anne
Doctor of Philosophy	Media and Terrorism: A Case Study of Western Media Coverage of the Syrian Conflict and Terrorism-Related Events in Syria from 2011 to 2018	Rabea, Ali

Education And Training

Ph.D. in Physics, University of Sydney, Department of Theoretical Physics 1976
B.A. in Physics, Rice University 1969

Full Name

Brian Martin

Mailing Address

Humanities and Social Inquiry

University of Wollongong

NSW

2522

Australia

Geographic Location

Wollongong, Australia

Fax

0242215341

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6261-7677 (confirmed)

Scopus Id

7402932213

Top Publications

Year	Title
2007	Justice ignited: the dynamics of backfire
2013	Whistleblowing: A Practical Guide
2014	The Controversy Manual

Research Areas

Research Overview

The central theme in my research is the dynamics of power, with special attention to strategies for challenging repression and exploitation. I have explored power dynamics through an interplay of theory and case studies, including nonviolent action, dissent and scientific controversies.
Research areas include strategies to oppose injustice; nonviolence and social defence; whistleblowing; suppression of dissent in science; controversies over nuclear power, fluoridation, pesticides, nuclear winter and origin of AIDS; technological vulnerability; values in science; environmental politics; institutional roots of war; plagiarism and educational methods; democratic alternatives to representative government; information alternatives; critique of experts.

Member Of

Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts member
School of Humanities and Social Inquiry

Has Collaborator

Sorensen, Majken J. Person

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2021	Evil institutions: Steven Bartlett¿s analysis of human evil and its relevance for anarchist alternatives Published In Anarchist Studies
2021	JCOM Policing orthodoxy on Wikipedia: Skeptics in action? Published In Journal of Science Communication
2021	Learning from Criticisms of Civil Resistance Published In Critical Sociology
2021	Reflections on a Life in Science and STS Published In Science as Culture
2020	A program for writing Published In Australian Universities' Review
2020	Dealing with Conspiracy Theory Attributions Published In Social Epistemology
2020	Has Squier been treated fairly? Published In Prometheus: critical studies in innovation
2020	Reflection-based activism: toward mutual recognition Published In Interface: a journal for and about social movements
2020	Riots and resistance: unarmed insurrection and lessons for nonviolent struggle Published In Gandhi Marg
2020	Tactics against scheming diseases Published In Journal of Sociotechnical Critique
2020	The virus and the economy Published In Social Medicine
2020	Vaccination education subordinated to campaigning Published In On Education
2019	Bad social science Published In Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
2019	Constructivism Versus Clear Thinking? Published In Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
2019	Free speech on Australian campuses: hidden barriers Published In Australian Universities' Review
2019	Technology and Evil Published In Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
2019	Uptake of a Conspiracy Theory Attribution Published In Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
2019	What’s the Fuss about Post-Truth? Published In Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
2018	Analysis of a beat-up: The structuring of a sensational media story Published In Pacific Journalism Review
2018	Evidence-based campaigning Published In Archives of Public Health
2018	Promoting learning: what universities don’t do Published In Australian Universities' Review
2018	Researching new diseases: assumptions and trajectories Published In Research ideas and outcomes
2017	Defending university integrity Published In International Journal for Educational Integrity
2017	Investigating nonviolent action by experimental testing Published In Journal of Resistance Studies
2017	Leaks, whistleblowing and the public interest: the law of unauthorised disclosures Published In PROMETHEUS
2017	Persistent Bias on Wikipedia: Methods and Responses Published In Social Science Computer Review
2017	Preparing for advocacy, resisting attack Published In Pacific Conservation Biology
2017	Pressed for Time Published In IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
2017	Skills, training, and activism Published In Reflective Practice
2017	The playful anarchist Published In Anarcho-Syndicalist Review
2017	What happens when scientists stand up for science Published In The Conversation
2016	Expert performance: Don't undervalue the social sciences Published In Nature
2016	Failures of nonviolent action? Published In Global Change, Peace and Security
2016	Public Controversy and Partisan Deliberation Published In DEMESCI: International Journal of Deliberative Mechanism in Science
2016	Ranking by medians Published In Australian Universities' Review
2016	Reflections on Censorship Published In Secrecy and Society
2016	STS Interventions: Preparing, Defending, Learning Published In ENGAGING SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
2016	STS and Researcher Intervention Strategies Published In Engaging Science, Technology, and Society
2016	Weapons of Mass Disruption: An Academic Whistleblower's Tale Published In AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES REVIEW
2016	“Let’s protest”: surprises in communicating against repression Published In IEEE Potentials
2015	Anarchist shaping of technology Published In Anarcho-Syndicalist Review
2015	Censorship and free speech in scientific controversies Published In Science and Public Policy
2015	Challenging economic inequality: tactics and strategies Published In Economic and Political Weekly: a journal of current economic and political affairs
2015	Correcting error: strategic consideration Published In Journal of Information Ethics
2015	How activists can challenge double standards Published In Interface: a journal for and about social movements
2015	Leaking: practicalities and politics Published In The Whistle
2015	Learning from Delusions Published In IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
2015	On the suppression of vaccination dissent Published In Science and Engineering Ethics
2015	The Streisand effect and censorship backfire Published In International Journal of Communication
2015	The dynamics of nonviolence knowledge Published In Mobilization: an international journal
2014	Confronting academic snobbery Published In AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES REVIEW
2014	Government goals and policy get in the way of our happiness Published In The Conversation
2014	Graduate students as proxy mobbing targets: insights from three Mexican universities Published In Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor
2014	Resist, scientist! Countering degradation rituals in science Published In Prometheus: critical studies in innovation
2014	Snobbery in the academy is alive and well and doing harm Published In The Conversation
2014	Snowden's lessons for whistleblowers Published In IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
2014	Tactics of political lying The Iguanas affair Published In JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND POLITICS
2014	Tactics of political lying: The Iguanas affair Published In Journal of Language and Politics
2014	Tactics of political lying: the Iguanas affair Published In Journal of Language and Politics
2014	The dilemma action: analysis of an activist technique Published In Peace and Change: a journal of peace research
2014	Whatever Happened to Social Defence? Published In SOCIAL ALTERNATIVES
2014	What’s killing Tassie devils if it isn’t a contagious cancer? Published In The Conversation
2014	Why do some controversies persist despite the evidence? Published In The Conversation
2013	Academics and activism: Stephen Hawking and the Israel boycott Published In The Conversation
2013	Book review: Classified Woman by Sibel Edmonds Published In The Whistle
2013	Book review: Wilful Blindness by Margaret Heffernan Published In The Whistle
2013	Combining academia and activism Common obstacles and useful tools Published In AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES REVIEW
2013	Combining academia and activism: common obstacles and useful tools Published In Australian Universities' Review
2013	Countering supervisor exploitation Published In Journal of Scholarly Publishing
2013	Dealing with dilemmas in health campaigning Published In Health Promotion International
2013	Euthanasia tactics: patterns of injustice and outrage Published In SpringerPlus
2013	Grassroots social change: lessons from an anarchist organizer - (review of Chris Crass, Towards Collective Liberation) Published In Znet
2013	Health dissent: resisting attacks on alternative medicine Published In Townsend Letter
2013	Learning to love rejection Published In Insider Higher Ed
2013	Review of Eveline Lubbers, Secret Manoeuvres in the Dark Published In The Whistle
2013	Review of Richard N. Côté, In Search of Gentle Death: The Fight for your Right to Die with Dignity Published In Prometheus: critical studies in innovation
2013	Review of Robert G. Vaughn, The Successes and Failures of Whistleblower Laws Published In The Whistle
2013	The politics of Gene Sharp Published In Gandhi Marg
2013	Three easy steps to increase uni rankings Published In The Australian
2013	When public health debates become abusive Published In Social Medicine
2012	Book Review: "The Tyranny of Science " Published In International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
2012	Corruption tactics: outrage management in a local government scandal Published In Resistance Studies Magazine
2012	Editorial - Mobbing, suppression of dissent/discontent, whistleblowing, and social medicine Published In Social Medicine
2012	Income and happiness: why isn't research acted upon? Published In Social Alternatives
2012	Kahneman in practice Published In Prometheus: critical studies in innovation
2012	Mobbing and suppression: Footprints of their relationships Published In Social Medicine
2012	Mobbing and suppression: footprints of their relationships Published In Social Medicine
2012	Mobbing, suppression of dissent/discontent, whistleblowing, and social medicine Published In Social Medicine
2012	Non-violence versus US imperialism Published In Economic and Political Weekly: a journal of current economic and political affairs
2012	Online onslaught: internet-based methods for attacking and defending citizens' organisations Published In First Monday
2012	Reform - when is it worthwhile? Published In Anarchist Studies
2012	Suppression of dissent: What it is and what to do about it Published In Social Medicine
2012	Suppression of dissent: what it is and what to do about it Published In Social Medicine
2012	When you're criticized Published In Journal of Scholarly Publishing
2012	When you're criticized ¹ Published In Journal of Scholarly Publishing
2011	Deadly censorship games: keeping a tight lid on the euthanasia debate Published In The Conversation
2011	Debating vaccination: understanding the attack on the Australian Vaccination Network Published In Living Wisdom
2011	ERA: adverse consequences Published In Australian Universities' Review
2011	Mobbing y anulación de la disidencia/descontento: tras las huellas de sus interrelaciones Published In Medicina Social
2011	Monckton and Notre Dame: a case for free speech? Published In The Conversation
2011	On being a happy academic Published In Australian Universities' Review
2011	Participation: The happiness connection Published In Journal of Public Deliberation
2011	Participation: the happiness connection Published In Journal of Public Deliberation
2011	The Value of Techniques Published In SOCIAL ALTERNATIVES
2011	The wrongs of copyright Published In Issues
2010	How to attack a scientific theory and get away with it (usually): the attempt to destroy an origin-of-AIDS hypothesis Published In Science As Culture
2010	Opposing surveillance Published In IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
2010	Outrage management in cases of sexual harassment as revealed in judicial decisions Published In Psychology of Women Quarterly
2010	Shame, scientist! Degradation rituals in science Published In Prometheus: critical studies in innovation
2010	Sharing music files: tactics of a challenge to the industry Published In First Monday
2010	Techniques to pass on: technology and euthanasia Published In Bulletin of Science Technology and Society
2010	The Fluoride Wars: How a Modest Public Health Measure Became America's Longest-Running Political Melodrama Published In BULLETIN OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
2010	Theory for activists Published In Social Anarchism
2009	Academic patronage Published In International Journal for Educational Integrity
2009	Climate crisis? The politics of emergency framing Published In Economic and Political Weekly
2009	Climate crisis? the politics of emergency framing Published In Economic and Political Weekly: a journal of current economic and political affairs
2009	Dilemmas in promoting nonviolence Published In Gandhi Marg
2009	Dilemmas in teaching happiness Published In Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice
2009	Expertise and equality Published In Social Anarchism
2009	Managing outrage over genocide: case study Rwanda Published In Global Change, Peace & Security
2009	Nonviolent strategy against capitalism Published In Social Alternatives
2009	Research productivity: some paths less travelled Published In Australian Universities' Review
2009	Statist language Published In ETC: A Review of General Semantics
2008	Comment: citation shortcomings: peccadilloes or plagiarism? Published In Interfaces
2008	Comparing wars Published In Journal of Military and Strategic Studies
2008	Emotional Self-Management for Activists Published In Reflective Practice
2008	Enabling scientific dissent Published In New Doctor
2008	How nonviolence is misrepresented Published In Gandhi Marg
2008	My Lai: the struggle over outrage Published In Peace and Change: a journal of peace research
2008	Plagiarism Struggles Published In Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Plagiarism, Fabrication, and Falsification
2008	Psychological Dynamics of Outrage Against Injustice Published In Journal of Peace Research: an interdisciplinary and international quarterly of scholarly work in peace research
2008	Sending the protest message Published In Gandhi Marg
2008	Surviving referees' reports Published In Journal of Scholarly Publishing
2008	The American War in Indochina: Injustice and Outrage Published In REVISTA DE PAZ Y CONFLICTOS
2008	The American war in Indochina: injustice and outrage Published In Revista de Paz y Conflictos
2008	The Henson affair: conflicting injustices? Published In Australian Review of Public Affairs
2008	Writing a helpful referee's report Published In Journal of Scholarly Publishing
2008	Writing a helpful referee's report Published In Journal of Scholarly Publishing
2007	An historian's life: Max Crawford and the politics of academic freedom Published In LABOUR HISTORY
2007	Anarchist theory: what should be done? Published In Anarchist Studies
2007	Backfires: white, black and grey Published In Journal of Information Warfare
2007	Contesting testimony in scientific disputes: the case of the origin of AIDS Published In Skeptic
2007	Energising dissent Published In D!ssent
2007	Fay Anderson, an historian's life: Max Crawford and the politics of academic freedom, and Clive Hamilton and Sarah Maddison (eds), Silencing dissent: how the Australian government is controlling public opinion and stifling debate Published In Labour History: a journal of labour and social history
2007	Forecasting nuclear winter [3] Published In Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
2007	Nuclear power and antiterrorism: obscuring the policy contradictions Published In Prometheus: critical studies in innovation
2007	Opposing nuclear power: past and present Published In Social Alternatives
2007	Safeguarding your group Published In Chain Reaction
2007	Silencing dissent: How the Australian government is controlling public opinion and stifling debate Published In LABOUR HISTORY
2007	Slow injustice Published In Social Alternatives
2007	Tactics of Labour Struggles Published In Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal
2007	The globalisation of scientific controversy Published In Globalization
2006	Direct action and democracy today. Published In JOURNAL OF PEACE RESEARCH
2005	How to make defamation threats and actions backfire Published In Australian Journalism Review
2005	THE PARKIN BACKFIRE Published In SOCIAL ALTERNATIVES
2004	Disney through the web looking glass Published In First Monday
2003	Cybermethods: An assessment Published In First Monday
2003	Nonviolence and communication Published In Journal of Peace Research
2001	The politics of a scientific meeting: the origin-of-AIDS debate at the Royal Society. Published In Politics and the life sciences : the journal of the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences
2000	Searching For The Origin Of Aids Published In Science as Culture
1998	Political refutation of a scientific theory: The case of polio vaccines and the origin of AIDS Published In Health Care Analysis
1997	Negotiating expert status: Who gets taken seriously Published In IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
1997	Science, Technology and Nonviolent Action: The Case for a Utopian Dimension in the Social Analysis of Science and Technology Published In Social Studies of Science
1996	Social construction of an 'attack on science' brian martin Published In Social Studies of Science
1996	Social construction of drug debates Published In Social Science and Medicine
1996	Sticking a Needle into Science: The Case of Polio Vaccines and the Origin of AIDS Published In Social Studies of Science
1996	Technological Vulnerability Published In Technology in Society
1996	Uncovering some assumptions. Published In Health care analysis : HCA : journal of health philosophy and policy
1993	Stifling the media [3] Published In Nature
1993	The Critique of Science Becomes Academic Published In Science, Technology & Human Values
1992	Automatic Vehicle Identification: A Test of Theories of Technology Published In Science, Technology & Human Values
1992	Science for non-violent struggle Published In Science and Public Policy
1992	Scientific fraud and the power structure of science Published In Prometheus
1991	Revolutionary Social Defence Published In Security Dialogue
1991	Who's a Captive? Who's a Victim? Response to Collins's Method Talk Published In Science, Technology & Human Values
1990	On the Neglect of Scientists with Low Research Productivity Published In Science, Technology & Human Values
1990	THE VULNERABILITY OF STEEL PRODUCTION TO MILITARY THREATS Published In MATERIALS AND SOCIETY
1990	WHATS YOUR PROBLEM Published In ALTERNATIVES-PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIETY TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
1989	Gene Sharp's Theory of Power Published In Journal of Peace Research
1989	SHARP,GENE THEORY OF POWER Published In JOURNAL OF PEACE RESEARCH
1989	THE SOCIOLOGY OF THE FLUORIDATION CONTROVERSY: A Reexamination Published In Sociological Quarterly
1989	Technological vulnerability: A neglected area in policy-making Published In Prometheus
1988	Analyzing the Fluoridation Controversy: Resources and Structures Published In Social Studies of Science
1988	Scientific controversies nuclear winter: Science and politics Published In Science and Public Policy
1988	THE ARGUMENTS ABOUT RSI: AN EXAMINATION Published In Community Health Studies
1986	Bias in awarding research grants Published In British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed.)
1986	Nuclear suppression Published In Science and Public Policy
1985	Self-managing environmentalism. Published In Alternatives
1985	Value-free science [3] Published In Nature
1983	WIND-LOAD CORRELATION AND ESTIMATES OF THE CAPACITY CREDIT OF WIND POWER: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION. Published In Wind Engineering
1982	Critique of Nuclear Extinction Published In Journal of Peace Research
1982	How the Peace Movement Should be Preparing for Nuclear War Published In Security Dialogue
1982	Nuclear power and the Western Australia electricity grid. Published In Search
1980	Dismissed Australian scientist [2] Published In Science
1980	INTEGRATION OF WIND POWER INTO AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICITY GRIDS WITHOUT STORAGE: A COMPUTER SIMULATION. Published In Wind Engineering
1979	Numerical inversion of the laplace transform: a survey and comparison of methods Published In Journal of Computational Physics
1976	ACCURACY OF SOME METHODS FOR DETERMINING PHOTODISSOCIATION RATES IN THE MODELING OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE. Published In Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
1975	Numerical representations which model properties of the solution to the diffusion equation Published In Journal of Computational Physics
1975	Voting models incorporating interactions between voters Published In Public Choice

Book

Year	Title
2021	Truth Tactics
2020	Official channels Publisher Sweden
2019	Social defence Publisher Australia
2018	Foreword Publisher Syracuse University Press
2018	Vaccination Panic in Australia Publisher Sparsnäs, Sweden
2017	Ruling tactics: Methods of promoting everyday nationalism, how they serve rulers and how to oppose them Publisher http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/17rt/index.html
2017	The deceptive activist Publisher http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/17da/index.html
2015	Nonviolence Unbound Publisher http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/15nvu/
2014	The Controversy Manual
2013	Whistleblowing: A Practical Guide
2012	Backfire Manual: Tactics Against Injustice
2011	Doing Good Things Better
2007	Justice ignited: the dynamics of backfire

Chapter

Year	Title
2020	Cyber vulnerability Published In Routledge Handbook of International Cybersecurity Publisher London
2020	Death tactics Published In Doomsday: Death Publisher Kragujevac, Serbia: Faculty of Philology and Arts, University of Kragujevac
2020	Law versus science Published In Groupthink in science: greed, pathological altruism, ideology, competition, and culture Publisher Switzerland
2020	Research grants and agenda shaping Published In Groupthink in science: greed, pathological altruism, ideology, competition, and culture Publisher Switzerland
2020	Social defence: a revolutionary agenda Published In Revolutionary Nonviolence: Concepts, Cases and Controversies Publisher London
2019	Writing Regularly as a Thesis-Completion Strategy Published In Traversing the Doctorate : Reflections and Strategies from Students, Supervisors and Administrators Publisher Cham
2018	Foreword Published In The Paradox of Repression and Nonviolent Movements Publisher Syracuse, United States
2016	Asedio grupal a una estudiante de doctorado: lecciones y responsabilidades Published In Mobbing en la academia mexicana Publisher http://www.edicioneseon.com.mx/psicologia/p09.php
2016	Integrity versus fraud and corruption: Introduction Published In Handbook of Academic Integrity Publisher Springer Singapore
2016	Plagiarism, misrepresentation, and exploitation by established professionals: Power and tactics Published In Handbook of Academic Integrity
2016	Suppression of protest Published In Protest Cultures: A Companion
2015	From political Jiu-jitsu to the backfire dynamic: how repression can promote mobilization Published In Civil Resistance: Comparative Perspectives on Nonviolent Struggle Publisher Minneapolis
2015	Resistiendo al mobbing: la opción asertiva Published In Salud, condiciones de vida y políticas sociales. Miradas sobre México
2015	Strategy for public interest leaking Published In Secrecy, Law and Society Publisher http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/15sls.html
2015	The globalization of whistleblowing Published In News from Somewhere: A Reader in Communication & Challenges to Globalizaiton Publisher http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/15Broudy.html
2014	Dissent in science Published In Science and Politics: An A-to-Z Guide to Issues and Controversies Publisher http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/14Steel.html
2014	El mobbing en la esfera pública: el fenómeno y sus características Published In Organización social del trabajo en la posmodernidad: salud mental, ambientes laborales y vida cotidiana Publisher http://www.prometeoeditores.com/
2014	Research the whistleblowers want - and what they need Published In International Handbook on Whistleblowing Research Publisher http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/14Brown.html
2013	Effective crisis governance Published In State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible?
2012	Breaking the seige: guidelines for struggle in science Published In Science under Siege: Zoology under Threat
2012	Controversies Published In Leadership in Science and Technology: A Reference Handbook
2011	Defending dissent Published In Media and social justice
2010	From means to ends and back again Published In Experiments with Peace: Celebrating Peace on Johan Galtung's 80th Birthday
2010	Technology, Violence, And Peace Published In Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict Publisher Elsevier
2009	Corruption, outrage and whistleblowing Published In Research companion to corruption in organizations
2009	Making accompaniment effective Published In People power: unarmed resistance and global solidarity
2008	Science, technology, and social movements Published In The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies
2008	Technology, Violence, And Peace Published In Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict (volume 3)
2008	Terrorism as a backfire process Published In Nonviolence: An Alternative for Defeating Global Terror(ism)
2008	Varieties of dissent Published In Dissent and the failure of leadership
2007	Activism, social and political Published In Encyclopedia of activism and social justice
2007	Whistleblowers: risks and skills Published In A Web of Prevention: Biological Weapons, Life Sciences and the Governance of Research

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2007	Obstacles to academic integrity Published In Asia-Pacific Conference on Educational Integrity: Creating a Culture of Integrity
1984	OPTIMAL GENERATION PLANNING FOR ELECTRICITY GRIDS CONTAINING WIND FARMS.

Potential Supervision Topics

Nonviolent action

Scientific controversies

Dissent and free speech

Tactics against injustice

Participatory democracy

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Analysing the conflict between biomedicine and homoeopathy	Greenland, Joanne
Doctor of Philosophy	Environmentally Induced Health Effects: Families and Medical Orthodoxy	Want, Donald
Doctor of Philosophy	Palestinian Diplomatic Resistance: A Political-Historical Study	Badra, Shamikh
Doctor of Philosophy	The political economy of globalisation and the strategic logic of non-violent action	Shemia-Goeke, Dalilah
Doctor of Philosophy	A Test of Interventions for Improving Cohesion in Activist Groups	Munro, Liane
Doctor of Philosophy	Propaganda and Democratization Models in Australian Mainstream News Content	Murray, Anne
Doctor of Philosophy	Media and Terrorism: A Case Study of Western Media Coverage of the Syrian Conflict and Terrorism-Related Events in Syria from 2011 to 2018	Rabea, Ali

Education And Training

Ph.D. in Physics, University of Sydney, Department of Theoretical Physics 1976
B.A. in Physics, Rice University 1969

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Brian Martin

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Humanities and Social Inquiry

University of Wollongong

NSW

2522

Australia

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Wollongong, Australia

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http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6261-7677 (confirmed)

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