Prof Andrew Meares

Professor Andrew Meares is Deputy Director ANU School of Cybernetics and lead of the Cybernetic Futures group.

Andrew is a Walkley award-winning photojournalist working at The Sydney Morning Herald for almost three decades. His industry research activities have involved the creation, curation, and circulation of images, which spanned the transition from the darkroom to digital and from print to social media. He has covered politics, protests and portraits, bushfires, coups and war zones. He has served as the president of the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery (2015-2017) and as a senior adviser to the Leader of the Opposition (2017-2019).

Since joining the at ANU in 2019 Andrew has contributed as a Master course convenor, Master program convenor, Education Experience lead, and Design lead. He was the lead curator of the exhibition Australian Cybernetic: A Point Through Time (2022) and lead author of the exhibition book (2024).

Andrew leads cybernetic research and education experiences in cybernetic futures, the Cybernetic Imagination residency program, and is a co-investigator of an ongoing project on Australia’s first digital system, the Overland Telegraph Line.