By Professor Robert Brander

Journal articles

Franklin RC; Peden AE; Brander RW; Leggat PA, 2019, 'Who rescues who? Understanding aquatic rescues in Australia using coronial data and a survey', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 43, pp. 477 - 483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12900

Pitman SJ; Gallop SL; Brander RW, 2019, 'Staying Safe on a Surf Beach: What Are Rip Currents?', Frontiers for Young Minds, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frym.2019.00033

Brewster BC; Gould RE; Brander RW, 2019, 'Estimations of rip current rescues and drowning in the United States', Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 19, pp. 389 - 397, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-389-2019

Brander RW; Warton N; Franklin RC; Shaw WS; Rijksen EJT; Daw S, 2019, 'Characteristics of aquatic rescues undertaken by bystanders in Australia', PLoS ONE, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212349

Clifford KM; Brander RW; Trimble S; Houser C, 2018, 'Beach safety knowledge of visiting international study abroad students to Australia', Tourism Management, 69, pp. 487 - 497, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2018.06.032

Ménard AD; Houser C; Brander RW; Trimble S; Scaman A, 2018, 'The psychology of beach users: importance of confirmation bias, action, and intention to improving rip current safety', Natural Hazards, 94, pp. 953 - 973, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-018-3424-7

Castelle B; Brander R; Tellier E; Simonnet B; Scott T; McCarroll J; Campagne JM; Cavailhes T; Lechevrel P, 2018, 'Surf zone hazards and injuries on beaches in SW France', Natural Hazards, 93, pp. 1317 - 1335, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-018-3354-4

McCarroll RJ; Brander RW; Scott T; Castelle B, 2018, 'Bathymetric controls on rotational surfzone currents', Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 123, pp. 1295 - 1316, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2017JF004491

Warton NM; Brander RW, 2017, 'Improving tourist beach safety awareness: The benefits of watching Bondi Rescue', Tourism Management, 63, pp. 187 - 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2017.06.017

Gallop SL; Harley MD; Brander RW; Simmons JA; Splinter KD; Turner IL, 2017, 'Assessing cross-shore and alongshore variation in beach morphology due to wave climate: Storms to decades', Oceanography, 30, pp. 120 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2017.304

Houser C; Trimble S; Brander R; Chris Brewster B; Dusek G; Jones D; Kuhn J, 2017, 'Public perceptions of a rip current hazard education program: "Break the Grip of the Rip!"', Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 17, pp. 1003 - 1024, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1003-2017

Castelle B; Scott T; Brander RW; McCarroll RJ, 2016, 'Rip current types, circulation and hazard', Earth-Science Reviews, 163, pp. 1 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.09.008

Houser C; Brander R; Brannstrom C; Trimble S; Flaherty J, 2016, 'Case study of rip current knowledge amongst students participating in a study abroad program', Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad

Miller I; Forster BC; Laffan SW; Brander RW, 2016, 'Bidirectional reflectance of coral growth-forms', International Journal of Remote Sensing, 37, pp. 1553 - 1567, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2016.1154220

McCarroll RJ; Brander RW; Turner IL; Leeuwen BV, 2016, 'Shoreface storm morphodynamics and mega-rip evolution at an embayed beach: Bondi Beach, NSW, Australia', Continental Shelf Research, 116, pp. 74 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2016.01.013

Van Leeuwen BR; McCarroll RJ; Brander RW; Turner IL; Power HE; Bradstreet AJ, 2016, 'Examining rip current escape strategies in non-traditional beach morphologies', Natural Hazards, 81, pp. 145 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-015-2072-4

Castelle B; McCarroll RJ; Brander RW; Scott T; Dubarbier B, 2016, 'Modelling the alongshore variability of optimum rip current escape strategies on a multiple rip-channelled beach', Natural Hazards, 81, pp. 663 - 686, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-015-2101-3

Brander R, 2016, 'The importance of visual rip current education', Physical Educator New Zealand

Gallop SL; Woodward E; Brander RW; Pitman SJ, 2016, 'Perceptions of rip current myths from the central south coast of England', Ocean and Coastal Management, 119, pp. 14 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.09.010

McCarroll RJ; Brander RW; Turner IL, 2016, 'Bathymetric controls on very low frequency rip current motions', Journal of Coastal Research, pp. 418 - 422

McCarroll RJ; Castelle B; Brander RW; Scott T, 2015, 'Modelling rip current flow and bather escape strategies across a transverse bar and rip channel morphology', Geomorphology, 246, pp. 502 - 518, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.06.041

Attard A; Brander RW; Shaw WS, 2015, 'Rescues conducted by surfers on Australian beaches', Accident Analysis & Prevention, 82, pp. 70 - 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2015.05.017

Drozdzewski D; Roberts A; Dominey-Howes D; Brander R, 2015, 'The Experiences of Weak and Non-Swimmers Caught in Rip Currents at Australian Beaches', Australian Geographer, 46, pp. 15 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049182.2014.953735

MacKellar K; Brander ; Shaw WS, 2015, 'YouTube Videos and the Rip Current Hazard: Swimming in a Sea of (Mis)information', International Journal of A quatic R esearch a nd Ed ucation, 9, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/ijare2015-0030

Mackellar KM; Brander RW; Shaw WS, 2015, 'YouTube Videos and the Rip Current Hazard: Swimming in a Sea of (Mis)information', International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.25035/ijare.09.03.10

Bradstreet AJ; Brander RW; McCarroll JR; Brighton B; Howes DD; Drozdzewski D; Sherker S; Turner I; Roberts A; MacMahan J, 2014, 'Rip current survival principles: Towards consistency', Journal of Coastal Research, 30, pp. 85 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.2112/SI72-016.1

McCarroll RJ; Brander RW; Turner IL; Power HE; Mortlock TR, 2014, 'Lagrangian observations of circulation on an embayed beach with headland rip currents', Marine Geology, 355, pp. 173 - 188, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2014.05.020

Shaw WS; Goff J; Brander R; Walton T; Roberts A ; Sherker S , 2014, 'Surviving the surf zone: Towards more integrated rip current geographies', Applied Geographies, 54, pp. 54 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.07.010

Brander RW; Drozdzewski D; Dominey-Howes D, 2014, '"Dye in the Water": A Visual Approach to Communicating the Rip Current Hazard', Science Communication, 36, pp. 802 - 810, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1075547014543026

Brander R, 2014, 'Sustainable coastal management and climate adaptation: global lessons from regional approaches in Australia', AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER, 45, pp. 246 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049182.2014.899035

McCarroll RJ; Brander RW; MacMahan JH; Turner IL; Reniers AJHM; Brown JA; Bradstreet A; Sherker S, 2014, 'Evaluation of swimmer-based rip current escape strategies', Natural Hazards, 71, pp. 1821 - 1846, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-013-0979-1

McKay C; Brander RW; Goff J, 2014, 'Putting tourists in harms way - Coastal tourist parks and hazardous unpatrolled surf beaches in New South Wales, Australia', Tourism Management, 45, pp. 71 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2014.03.007

Brander R; Dominey-Howes D; Champion C; Del Vecchio O; Brighton B, 2013, 'Brief Communication: A new perspective on the Australian rip current hazard', Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 13, pp. 1687 - 1690, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-13-1687-2013

Hammerton CE; Brander RW; Dawe N; Riddington C; Engel R, 2013, 'Approaches for beach safety and education in Ghana: A case study for developing countries with a surf coast', International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education, 7, pp. 254 - 265, http://dx.doi.org/10.25035/ijare.07.03.08

McCarroll R; Brander R; Macmahan JH; Turner IL; Reniers AJHM; Brown J; Bradstreet A, 2013, 'Assessing the effectiveness of rip current swimmer strategies, Shelly Beach, NSW, Australia**', Journal of Coastal Research, 12th International Coastal Symposium, pp. 784 - 789, http://ics2013.org/default.asp?page=toc

Brighton B; Sherker S; Brander R; Thompson M; Bradstreet A, 2013, 'Rip current related drowning deaths and rescues in Australia 2004-2011', Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 13, pp. 1069 - 1075, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-13-1069-2013

Williamson AM; Hatfield J; Sherker S; Brander R; Hayen A, 2012, 'A comparison of attitudes and knowledge of beach safety in Australia for beachgoers, rural residents and international tourists', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 36, pp. 385 - 391, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00888.x

Hatfield J; Williamson AM; Sherker S; Brander R; Hayen A, 2012, 'Development and evaluation of an intervention to reduce rip current related beach drowning', Accident Analysis and Prevention, 46, pp. 45 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2011.10.003

Brander RW, 2011, 'Introduction to coastal processes and geomorphology', NEW ZEALAND GEOGRAPHER, 67, pp. 227 - 228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-7939.2011.01215_3.x

Macmahan JH; Reniers AJHM; Brown JA; Brander R; Thornton E; Stanton TP; Brown J; Carey WL, 2011, 'An introduction to rip currents based on field observations', Journal of Coastal Research, 27, pp. iii - vi, http://dx.doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-11-00024.1

Brander R, 2011, 'Book Review 'Introduction to coastal processes and geomorphology' by Robin Davidson-Arnott', New Zealand Geographer, 67, pp. 227 - 228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1745-7939.2011.0125.x

Brander R; Bradstreet A; Sherker S; Macmahan JH, 2011, 'Responses of swimmers caught in rip currents: perspectives on mitigating the global rip current hazard', International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education, 5, pp. 476 - 482

Brander RW; Bradstreet A; Sherker S; MacMahan J, 2011, 'Responses of Swimmers Caught in Rip Currents: Perspectives on Mitigating the Global Rip Current Hazard', International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.25035/ijare.05.04.11

Williamson A; Hatfield J; Sherker S; Brander R; Hayen A, 2010, 'IMPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EFFECTIVE BEACH SAFETY INTERVENTION THROUGH AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF RISKY BEACH BEHAVIOUR', INJURY PREVENTION, 16, pp. A51 - A52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip.2010.029215.186

Sherker S; Williamson AM; Hatfield J; Brander R; Hayen A, 2010, 'Beachgoers' beliefs and behaviours in relation to beach flags and rip currents', Accident Analysis and Prevention, 42, pp. 1785 - 1804

Williamson A; Hatfield J; Sherker S; Brander R; Hayen A, 2010, 'Improving beach safety: The science of the surf research project stage 1: Collection of baseline data to inform a tailored intervention', Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 12, pp. e30 - e30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2009.10.061

Hatfield J; Williamson A; Sherker S; Brander R; Hayen A, 2010, 'Improving beach safety: The science of the surf research project stage 2: Development and process evaluation of the “Don’t get sucked in by the rip” campaign', Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 12, pp. e98 - e98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2009.10.202

Williamson A; Hatfield J; Sherker S; Brander R; Hayen A, 2010, 'Improving beach safety: The science of the surf research project. Stage 3—evaluation of the effectiveness of the “Don’t get sucked in by the rip” campaign', Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 12, pp. e32 - e32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2009.10.065

Fletemeyer J; Leatherman S; Brander R, 2009, 'Getting Current', Aquatics International, 21, pp. 14 - 15, http://www.aquaticsintnl.com/

Kench P; Parnell K; Brander R, 2009, 'Monsoonally influenced circulation around coral reef islands and seasonal dynamics of reef island shorelines', Marine Geology, 266, pp. 91 - 108, http://www.elsevier.com/locate/margeo

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