Dr Paul Barnes

This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Biography
Dr Barnes is Deputy Director of QUT’s Centre for Emergency & Disaster Management (CEDM) and he leads the Centre’s Infrastructure Program. He has wide experience in public sector and specialist management roles at both the State and Federal level. Within the emergency services arena, he was the inaugural Manager of the State Community Safety Unit of the Queensland Fire & Rescue Authority (QFRA) where he coordinated research on emergency response infrastructure and resource planning, oversaw policy and legislative support for regulatory fire safety & fire prevention, as well as provided executive coordination of Workplace Health & Safety for first responders. Advice provision also included safety and risk assessment requirements for large-scale developments (including major hazardous facilities) with emphasis on Emergency Response Planning. During his period with the QFRA, he chaired the National Community Education Sub-Group of the Australasian Fire Authorities Council. As Corporate Risk Manager of the Queensland Department of Primary Industries (QDPI), he oversaw development of Corporate Standards and governance framework covering risk management, crisis management and business continuity planning, as well as waste and environmental management. He also represented the Department on a number of high-level working groups related to critical infrastructure protection and the development of whole-of-government (QLD) capacities in crisis management, including biosecurity. Before joining QUT he was Director of Security Policy development within the Defence Security Authority, Canberra. In this role he coordinated activities supporting Defence Department outcomes related to security risk management, security policy development and physical security of Defence installations.Research Interests
- Risk & disaster management
- Business continuity management,
- National-level risk assessment
Personal details
Keywords
Business Continuity Planning, Organisational Vulnerability Analysis, Risk & Disaster Management
Discipline
Other studies in Human Society, Public Health and Health Services
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Griffith University)
Professional memberships and associations
- Global Risk Network (World Economic Forum)
- International Institute for Administrative Science - Research Project Group V: Providing for Security and Safety
- Advisory Board: Centre for Business Continuity and Risk Management, Hagan School of Business, Iona College, New York.
- Editorial Board: The International Journal of Business Continuity & Risk Management (Inderscience)
- Editorial Board: Journal of Emergency Management (Weston Medical Publishing)
Deputy Director of QUT’s Centre for Emergency & Disaster Management (CEDM) and leader the Centre’s Infrastructure Program.
Teaching
- Emergency & Disaster Management
- Operational Risk management
- Business Continuity Management
Experience
Selected publications
- Barnes P, Oloruntoba R, (2005) Assurance of Security in Maritime Supply Chains: Conceptual Issues of Vulnerability and Crisis Management, Journal of International Management, 11 (4), pp. 519-540.
- Charles M, Barnes P, Ryan N, Clayton J, (2007) Airport Futures: Towards a Critique of the Aerotropolis Model, Futures, 39 (9), pp. 1009-1028.
- Barnes P, (2001) Regulating Safety In An Unsafe World (Risk Reduction For & With Communities), Journal of Hazardous Materials, 86 (1-3), pp. 25-37.
- Corpuz M, Barnes P, (2010) Integrating information security policy management with corporate risk management for strategic alignment, The 14th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics, Proceedings Volume III, pp. 337-342.
- Devine M, Barnes P, Newton C, Goonetilleke A, (2015) A critical analysis of crisis escalation models: understanding stages and severity in infrastructure disturbance, Proceedings of the 9th Annual International Conference of the International Institute for Infrastructure Renewal and Reconstruction, pp. 423-430.
- Amarasinghe P, Barnes P, Egodawatta P, McGree J, Goonetilleke A, (2015) An approach for identifying the limit states of resilience of a water supply system, Proceedings of the 9th Annual International Conference of the International Institute for Infrastructure Renewal and Reconstruction, pp. 255-264.
- Mardiasmo A, Barnes P, (2015) Community response to disasters in Indonesia: Gotong Royong; a double edged-sword, Proceedings of the 9th Annual International Conference of the International Institute for Infrastructure Renewal and Reconstruction, pp. 301-308.
- Barnes P, Charles M, Branagan M, Knight A, (2007) Intelligence and Anticipation: Issues in Security, Risk and Crisis Management, International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, 7 (8), pp. 1209-1223.
- Barnes P, Oloruntoba R, (2007) The Co-Evolution of Safety Cultures and Crisis Management Capacities in Maritime Trading Systems. In M Bell, A Evans & K Bichou, Risk Management in Port Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Security, Informa Law, pp. 205-219.
- Devine M, Barnes P, Donnet T, (2015) Strategies for embedding agile decision making in aviation infrastructure, Proceedings of the 9th Annual International Conference of the International Institute for Infrastructure Renewal and Reconstruction, pp. 265-269.
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Paul, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2010
- Details
- Invited memeber of the Editorial Board: Journal of Emergency Management (Weston Medical Publishing)
- Type
- Appointment to State/National/International Reference Group or Government Committees
- Reference year
- 2008
- Details
- Member of the Advisory Board: Centre for Business Continuity and Risk Management, Hagan School of Business, Iona College, New York.
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2008
- Details
- Editorial Board Member: The International Journal of Business Continuity & Risk Management (Inderscience)
- Type
- Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
- Reference year
- 2007
- Details
- The Australian Academy of Science sponsored High Flyers Think Tank ¿ Extreme Natural Hazards, "Anticipating Vulnerabilities in Infrastructure(s)," University of Melbourne
- Type
- Appointment to State/National/International Reference Group or Government Committees
- Reference year
- 2005
- Details
- Invited member of a Steering Committee of an Australian Research Council funded (A National Academies Forum & Australian Academy of Science) Project to prepare a report: "The changing risk environment: ideas for a new Australian policy framework for handling risks."
- Type
- Appointment to State/National/International Reference Group or Government Committees
- Reference year
- 2002
- Details
- Member: Multi-Agency Threat assessment Team (Chemical, Biological, Radiological & other extreme events), Queensland Government (1998-2002).
- Type
- Appointment to State/National/International Reference Group or Government Committees
- Reference year
- 2002
- Details
- Member: State Counter Disaster Coordination Group & State Disaster Mitigation Committees (Queensland State Government) 1997-2002
- Type
- Membership of Review Panels on Prestigious Grant Applications
- Reference year
- 2001
- Details
- European Commission Expert Evaluator (FP6 & 7): (Risk Management & Governance)
- Type
- Appointment to Prestigious Positions
- Reference year
- 1999
- Details
- Chair: National Community Education Sub-group, Australasian Fire Authorities Council
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 1994
- Details
- National Occupational Health & Safety Council Priority PhD Research Scholarship (AUD$50,000)
Selected research projects
- Title
- The Airport Metropolis: Managing the Interfaces
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP0775225
- Start year
- 2007
- Keywords
- land use planning; infrastructure; governance; economic development; airports; urban development
- Title
- Airports of the Future
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP0990135
- Start year
- 2009
- Keywords
- Complex Systems Engineering; Airport Operations Management; Business Process Modelling; Surveillance and Identity Management; Human Systems Interaction; Risk and Emergency Management
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Assessing Vulnerability to Safety and Security Disruptions in Australian Airports (2016)
- IT Governance Evaluation: Adapting and Adopting the COBIT Framework for Public Sector Organisations (2016)
- Business Continuity Management in Airports: Securing Continuity in the Face of Crisis (2014)
- Resilience of Water Supply Systems in Meeting the Challenges Posed by Climate Change and Population Growth (2014)
- Risk Management and High Reliability: A Case Study of Australian Airport Management (2014)
- The regulatory role, relevance and application of airport architecture as a strategy to detect and prevent airport-targeted crime (2013)
- State Asset Management Reform in Indonesia: A Wicked Problem (2012)
- A Risk Simulation Framework for Information Infrastructure Protection (2012)