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Biography
Dr. Melanie Brand is a lecturer and researcher in the field of Intelligence Studies. Her research interests include intelligence analysis and warning, oversight and accountability, secrecy, and cultural perspectives on intelligence, espionage and spying. Her research has been published in Intelligence and National Security, Cold War History, Australian Historical Studies and the Conversation. She completed her PhD at the University of Melbourne and is a founding board member of the Women's Intelligence Network.
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Beyond secrets and surveillance: understanding analytic reform in the Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security
Brand, M. & Cuddy, B., 16 Jun 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Intelligence and National Security. 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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In the name of national security: press censorship in Cold War Australia
Brand, M., 2025, In: Australian Historical Studies. 56, 1, p. 28-46 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The media and 'Mrs Petrov': press representations of Australia’s most famous spy
Brand, M., 2025, In: Intelligence and National Security. 40, 1, p. 172-186 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Why are Australia's intelligence agencies talking about diversity?
Brand, M., 15 Dec 2025, Australian Policy and History.Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Website › Article
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"A spy thriller outdoes fiction": popular culture and the 1954 Petrov Affair
Brand, M., 2024, In: Journal of Australian Studies. 48, 4, p. 452-465 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Link opens in a new tab Citation (Scopus)33 Downloads (Pure)
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The politics of hope: strategies of compromise in the Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security
Brand, M. (Speaker)
26 Nov 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Beyond Secrets and Surveillance: Intelligence Analysis and the Hope Royal Commissions
Brand, M. (Speaker)
7 Feb 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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“‘A Spy Thriller Outdoes Fiction’: Popular Culture and the 1954 Petrov Affair”
Brand, M. (Speaker)
3 Jul 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Breaking the Boundaries of Trust: Australia's D Notice System
Brand, M. (Speaker)
20 Sept 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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H-Diplo Article Review 1005 on Brand. “Intelligence, Warning, and Policy: the Johnson Administration and the 1968 Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia.”
4/12/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research