Simon Cottle is Professor Emeritus, Media and Communication, in the School of Journalism, Media and Culture (JOMEC) at Cardiff University where he was Deputy and Head of School (2008-2015). Before this he was Inaugural Chair and Head of the Media and Communications Program at the University of Melbourne, and he has held honorary professorships at various universities internationally. Simon is the author of 14 books and c150 articles, chapters and reports on media, conflicts and global crises. His most recent book is Communicating a World-in-Crisis (Ed.)(2025).
Other recent books include: Reporting Dangerously: Journalist Killings, Intimidation and Security (with R. Sambrook and N. Mosdell)(2016); Humanitarianism, Communication and Change (Ed. with G. Cooper)(2015); Disasters and the Media (with M. Pantti and K.Wahl-Jorgensen) (2012); Transnational Protests and the Media (Ed. with L. Lester)(2011); Global Crisis Reporting (2009); Mediatized Conflicts (2006); and The Racist Killing of Stephen Lawrence: Media Performance and Public Transformation (2004).
Simon now writes and lectures exclusively on ecological and civilizational collapse and how journalism can and must perform better in communicating pathways to transition and processes of societal transformation. See for example: “Reporting Civilisational Collapse: Research Notes from a World-in-Crisis.” Global Media and Communication. (2023), 19(2): 269-288.
Simon is also Series Editor of the Global Crises and the Media Series published by Peter Lang - a series of 30 plus research monographs and edited volumes.