By Professor Matthew Benjamin Kearnes

Journal articles

Ey M; Mee K; Allison J; Caves S; Crosbie E; Hughes A; Curtis F; Doney R; Dunstan P; Jones R; Tyndall A; Baker T; Cameron J; Duffy M; Dufty-Jones R; Dunn K; Hodge P; Kearnes M; McGuirk P; O’Neill P; Ruming K; Sherval M; Williams M; Wright S, 2020, 'Becoming Reading Group: reflections on assembling a collegiate, caring collective', Australian Geographer, 51, pp. 283 - 305, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049182.2020.1759181

Macnaghten P; Davies SR; Kearnes M, 2019, 'Understanding Public Responses to Emerging Technologies: A Narrative Approach', Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 21, pp. 504 - 518, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2015.1053110

Chilvers J; Kearnes M, 2019, 'Remaking Participation in Science and Democracy', Science, Technology, & Human Values, 45, pp. 016224391985088 - 016224391985088, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0162243919850885

Anderson B; Grove K; Rickards L; Kearnes M, 2019, 'Slow emergencies: Temporality and the racialized biopolitics of emergency governance', Progress in Human Geography, 44, pp. 030913251984926 - 030913251984926, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0309132519849263

Kearnes M; Kuch D; Johnston A, 2018, 'How to do things with metaphors: Engineering life as hodgepodge', Life Sciences, Society and Policy, 14, pp. 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40504-018-0084-z

Rickards L; Neale T; Kearnes M, 2017, 'Australia's national climate: learning to adapt?', Geographical Research, 55, pp. 469 - 476, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12240

Kearnes M; van Dooren T, 2017, 'Rethinking the Final Frontier: Cosmo-Logics and an Ethic of Interstellar Flourishing', GeoHumanities, 3, pp. 178 - 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2373566X.2017.1300448

Kearnes M; Rickards L, 2016, 'Earthly graves for environmental futures: Techno-burial practices', Futures, 92, pp. 48 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2016.12.003

Balmer AS; Calvert J; Marris C; Molyneux-Hodgson S; Frow E; Kearnes M; Bulpin K; Schyfter P; Mackenzie A; Martin P, 2016, 'Five rules of thumb for post-ELSI interdisciplinary collaborations', Journal of Responsible Innovation, 3, pp. 73 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2016.1177867

Chilvers J; Kearnes MB, 2015, 'Public participation in science and technology: why the failure to launch?', The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/science/political-science/2015/dec/17/public-participation-science-technology-failure-to-launch

Kearnes MB, 2015, 'Growing the social life of soil', Australian Policy Online, http://dx.doi.org/10.4225/50/5668b815a9e22

Balmer AS; Calvert J; Marris C; Molyneux- Hodgson S; Frow E; Kearnes MB; Bulpin K; Schyfter P; Mackenzie A; Martin P, 2015, 'Taking Roles in Interdisciplinary Collaborations: Reflections on Working in Post-ELSI Spaces in the UK Synthetic Biology Community', Science & Technology Studies, 28, pp. 3 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.23987/sts.55340

Kearnes M; Macnaghten P; Davies SR, 2014, 'Narrative, Nanotechnology and the Accomplishment of Public Responses', NanoEthics, 8, pp. 241 - 250, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11569-014-0209-7

Szerszynski B; Kearnes M; Macnaghten P; Owen R; Stilgoe J, 2013, 'Why solar radiation management geoengineering and democracy won’t mix', Environment and Planning A, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a45649

Kearnes M, 2013, 'What is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter?', MINERVA, 51, pp. 513 - 519, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11024-013-9241-y

Meyer M; Kearnes M, 2013, 'Intermediaries between science, policy and the market', Science and Public Policy, 40, pp. 423 - 429, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/scipol/sct051

Kearnes M, 2013, 'Performing synthetic worlds: Situating the bioeconomy', Science and Public Policy, 40, pp. 453 - 465, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/scipol/sct052

Anderson B; Kearnes M; Anderson B; Swanton D, 2012, 'Materialism and the politics of assemblage', Dialogues in Human Geography, 2, pp. 212 - 215

Anderson B; Kearnes M; McFarlane C; Swanton D, 2012, 'On assemblages and geography', Dialogues in Human Geography, 2, pp. 171 - 189

Kearnes M; Wienroth M, 2011, 'Tools of the trade: UK research intermediaries in science policy practice', Minerva: A Review of Science Learning and Policy, 49, pp. 153 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11024-011-9172-4

Davies S; Kearnes M; Macnaghten P, 2009, 'All things weird and scary’: Nanotechnology, theology, and religious affiliations', Culture and Religion, 10, pp. 201 - 220, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14755610903077570

Kearnes M, 2009, 'Informationalising matter: systems understandings of the nanoscale', Spontaneous Generations : Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science, 1, pp. 99 - 111, http://spontaneousgenerations.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/SpontaneousGenerations/article/view/5073

Kearnes M, 2008, 'Informationalising Matter Systems Understandings of the Nanoscale1', SPONTANEOUS GENERATIONS-JOURNAL FOR THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, 2, pp. 99 - 111, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000439157900010&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Kearnes M, 2008, 'Risk society: Towards a new modernity by Ulrich Beck', Geography, 93, pp. 122 - 123

Nordmann A; Kearnes M, 2008, 'Commentary on "The Center for Responsible Nanotechnology Scenario Project"', Nanotechnology Perceptions, 4, pp. 65 - 71

Kearnes M, 2008, '(Re)fazendo a matéria: projeto e seleção', Estudos de Sociologia, 13, pp. 35 - 66

Kearnes MB, 2008, 'Spotlight on … Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity by Ulrich Beck', Geography, 93, pp. 122 - 123

Kearnes M; Wynne B, 2007, 'On Nanotechnology and Ambivalence: The Politics of Enthusiasm', NanoEthics, 1, pp. 131 - 142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11569-007-0014-7

Kearnes MB, 2007, '(Re)making matter: Design and selection', Area, 39, pp. 143 - 155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4762.2007.00744.x

Anderson B; Kearnes M; Doubleday R, 2007, 'Geographies of nano-technoscience', Area, 39, pp. 139 - 142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4762.2007.00748.x

Hinchliffe SJ; Kearnes MB; Degen M; Whatmore S, 2007, 'Ecologies and economies of action - Sustainability, calculations, and other things', Environment and Planning A, 39, pp. 260 - 282, http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a38110

Kearnes M, 2007, 'Nanotechnology challenges: Implications for philosophy, ethics and society', HEALTH RISK & SOCIETY, 9, pp. 229 - 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13698570701307136

Kearnes M, 2006, 'Chaos and control: Nanotechnology and the politics of emergence', Paragraph, 29, pp. 57 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/prg.2006.0014

Kearnes M; Macnaghten P, 2006, '(Re)Imagining Nanotechnology', Science as Culture, 15, pp. 279 - 290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09505430601022387

Kearnes M, 2006, 'Chaos and Control: Nanotechnology and the Politics of Emergence', Paragraph, 29, pp. 57 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/prg.2006.0014

Kearnes M; Grove-White R; Macnaghten P; Wilsdon J; Wynne B, 2006, 'From Bio to Nano: Learning Lessons from the UK Agricultural Biotechnology Controversy', Science as Culture, 15, pp. 291 - 307, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09505430601022619

Grove-White R; Kearnes M; Macnaghten P; Wynne B, 2006, 'Nuclear Futures: Assessing Public Attitudes to New Nuclear Power', The Political Quarterly, 77, pp. 238 - 246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-923X.2006.00766.x

Hinchliffe S; Kearnes MB; Degen M; Whatmore S, 2005, 'Urban wild things: A cosmopolitical experiment', Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 23, pp. 643 - 658, http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/d351t

Macnaghten P; Kearnes MB; Wynne B, 2005, 'Nanotechnology, governance, and public deliberation: What role for the social sciences?', Science Communication, 27, pp. 268 - 291, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1075547005281531

Kearnes MB, 2003, 'Geographies that matter—the rhetorical deployment of physicality?', Social and Cultural Geography, 4, pp. 139 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14649360309061

Reports

Eady S; Khan S; Kearnes M, 2022, Let’s Talk About Water: A community consultation on options for future water security for the Uralla Shire, ZNet Uralla & UNSW, Uralla

Mellor R; Kearnes M; Lancaster K; McLauchlan L; Ritter A, 2021, Making policy in emergencies – insights for routine policy making. The case example of opioid pharmacotherapy maintenance, UNSW Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, DPMP Monograph No. 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/thwy-pq45

Higgins P; Andersen M; Holley C; Howey K; Johnson F; Kearnes M; Khan S; Leslie G; Molloy S, 2021, Monitoring the Monitor: A Temporal Synthesis of the McArthur River Mine Independent Monitor Reports, UNSW-GWI & Environment Centre NT, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.14256.69120, https://www.globalwaterinstitute.unsw.edu.au/sites/water/files/u982/GWI_ECNT_MRM_Report%20%281%29.pdf

Bhathela N; Bennett Moses L; Zalnieriute M; Clarke R; Manwaring K; Bowrey K; Bell F; Kearnes M, 2019, Response to ‘Artificial Intelligence: Governance and Leadership’ White Paper Consultation by Australian Human Rights Commission, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3352329

Kearnes MB; Motion J; Beckett J, 2014, Australian Water Futures: Rethinking Community Engagement, Report of the National Demonstration, Education & Engagement Program, University of New South Wales

Motion J; Kearnes MB, 2014, Water Recycling and Media: Guidelines for Communication, Report of the National Demonstration, Education & Engagement Program, Australian Water Recycling Centre of Excellence & the University of New South Wales

Kearnes MB; Motion J, 2014, Water Recycling and the Public: Guidelines for Community Engagement, Report of the National Demonstration, Education & Engagement Program, Australian Water Recycling Centre of Excellence & the University of New South Wales

Miller G; Kearnes M, 2013, Nanotechnology, Ubiquitous Computing and The Internet of Things: Challenges to Rights to Privacy and Data Protection, Council of Europe, Strasbourg

Kearnes M; Wienroth M, 2011, A New Mandate? Research Policy in a Technological Socoety, Durham University, Durham

Davies S; Kearnes M; Macnaghten P, 2009, Reconfiguring Responsibility: Lessons for Public Policy, Durham University, Durham, http://www.geography.dur.ac.uk/Projects/Portals/88/Publications/Reconfiguring%20Responsibility%20September%202009.pdf

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