Peter Denyer-Simmons

Personal profile

Peter is a CSU Research Fellow focused on evidence that supports effective public policy and communication strategies. His research interests span interpersonal and organisational communication.

In recent years he has led teams of researchers gathering evidence of community attitudes to support public policy on matters such as shark management and road user coexistence. Increasingly his team uses methods such as experimental vignettes and qualitative social media analysis that help to engage with variations in context.

He has presented his research and findings in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and North America. He was the first Australian to receive a Havelange Research Scholarship from FIFA.

Peter has worked on teaching teams designing and delivering in-house training to strategic communication staff in some of Australia's leading organisations including the Australian Defence Forces, Australian Tax Office, Australian Mutual Provident and the Australian Human Rights Commission.

Research Interests

use of social media in policy
mediatisation and corporate communication
local government communication
human dimensions of wildlife conflict
communicating the future.

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Research Output

Analysing social media for better public policy

Denyer-Simmons, P. & Callaghan, K., 2019, 134 ed. Institute of Land Water and Society. 90 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Other report

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Assessment of the attitudes of beach and ocean users to shark mitigation following SMART drumline trials in NSW

Simmons, P., Mehmet, M., Curley, B. & Wolfenden, K., 09 Jan 2019, Australia: Charles Sturt University. 115 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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Human and strategic benefits arising from embedding transactional analysis in an organisation

Wuersch, L. & Denyer-Simmons, P., 2019, Proceedings of the International Conference on Communication & Media 2018 : i-COME '18. Ahmad, M. K., Mustaffa, C. S., Sharipudin, M. N. S. & Lynn-Sze, J. C. (eds.). Malaysia: Universiti Utara Malaysia, p. 8-15 8 p.

Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Conference paper

Operationalizing social media in upstream social marketing: A case of shark policy in New South Wales

Mehmet, M. M. I. & Simmons, P., 03 Jun 2019, In : Journal of Social Marketing. 9, 3, 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

3 Citations (Scopus)

Facebook and Twitter utility for policymakers

Callaghan, K., Mehmet, M. & Denyer-Simmons, P., 04 Dec 2018, Connect. Engage. Transform. ANZMAC 2018. Conduit, J., Plewa, C. & Wilkie, D. (eds.). University of Adelaide, p. 345-349 5 p.

Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Conference paper

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