Academy Fellow

A 30-year veteran of developments in Australia’s public integrity systems, A J Brown has previously worked or consulted at all levels, and across all branches of government in Australia. He is a member of the Australian and global boards of Transparency International, the world anti-corruption organisation, where in 2019-2020 he led the development of TI's current worldwide strategy 'Holding Power to Account, 2021-2030'. He has led seven Australian Research Council projects into public integrity and governance reform since 2005, including two establishing the Australian Constitutional Values Survey, three into public interest whistleblowing, and the 2020 Australian Research Council Linkage Project report, 'Australia's National Integrity System: The Blueprint for Reform'. He currently leads a $1.2 million Australian Research Council Discovery project on public trust, mistrust and distrust. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, and a past President of the Australian Political Studies Association (2017-18), member of Commonwealth Ministerial Expert Advisory Panels on Whistleblower Protection (2017-2019) and Constitutional Recognition of Local Government (2011), and Delegate to the Australia 2020 Summit (2008). In 2012, he was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Award, Walkley Book Award and National Biography Award for his book Michael Kirby: Paradoxes & Principles (Federation Press). In 2023, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for services to the law and public policy, particularly through whistleblower protection.

Fellow, Australian Academy of Law

Past President, Australian Political Studies Association

1. Brown, A. J. (2023). ‘The Integrity Election: Public Trust and the Promise of Change’. In Gauja, A.,

Sawer, M. & Sheppard, J. (eds), Watershed: The 2022 Australian Federal Election. Canberra: ANU

Press.

2. Brough, P., Lawrence, S.A., Tsahuridu, E., Brown, A.J. (2021) ‘The Effective Management of

Whistleblowing’. In: Brough P., Gardiner E., Daniels K. (eds) Handbook on Management and

Employment Practices. Handbook Series in Occupational Health Sciences

3. Brown, A. J. & Heinrich, F. (2017), ‘National Integrity Systems ? An evolving approach to anticorruption policy evaluation’, Crime Law & Social Change, 68(3): 283-292.

4. Brown, A. J. (2014). ‘The integrity branch: a ‘system’, an ‘industry’, or a sensible emerging fourth

arm of government?’ in M. Groves (ed.), Modern Administrative Law in Australia: Concepts and

Context, Cambridge University Press, pp.301-325.

5. Brown, A. J. (2011 & 2013). Michael Kirby: Paradoxes & Principles, Federation Press, Sydney. 1st

edition hardback 2011; 2nd updated edition paperback 2013