Peter Browne is a researcher at the Swinburne Institute for Social Research. He co-edits CCI's research gateway Creative Economy, the ISR's website, Australian Policy Online and the UNSW Briefings series.

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 (2006), was shortlisted in the non-fiction category of the 2006 Human Rights Award and the community relations category of the 2007 NSW Premier's Literary Awards.