Professor Sharon Beder has written 10 books and many book chapters, articles and conference papers, as well as consultancy reports and teaching resources. Her research has focussed on how power relationships are maintained and challenged, particularly by corporations and professions. She has designed and written several websites including one on Business-Managed Democracy (http://www.herinst.org/BMD)
Experience
2006–present
Honorary Professor, University of Wollongong
2002–2006
Professor, University of Wollongong
Education
1989
University of NSW, PhD/Science and Technology Studies
1985
University of NSW, Masters/Science and Technology Studies
1977
University of Canterbury, BE (Civil) First class honours
Publications
2009
This Little Kiddy Went to Market: The Corporate Capture of Childhood, Pluto Press, London and UNSW Press, Sydney
2006
Environmental Principles and Policies, UNSW Press, Sydney and Earthscan, London
2006
Suiting Themselves: How Corporations Drive the Global Agenda, Earthscan, London
2006
Free Market Missionaries: The Corporate Manipulation of Community Values, Earthscan, London
2003
Power Play: The Fight to Control the World’s Electricity, Free Press, New York and Scribe, Melbourne
2002
Global Spin: The Corporate Assault on Environmentalism, Scribe, Melbourne and Green Books, Devon, UK
2000
Selling the Work Ethic: From Puritan Pulpit to Corporate PR, Zed Books, London
1998
The New Engineer, Macmillan, South Melbourne
1996
The Nature of Sustainable Development, Scribe, Newham, Victoria
1989
Toxic Fish & Sewer Surfing, Allen & Unwin, Sydney
Honours
Engineers Australia ‘Australia’s most influential engineers’ list, 2004.Bulletin Magazine ‘Smart 100’ list, 2003, environmental category.World Technology Award for Ethics, 2001