Professor Greg Martin serves as Professor of Criminology and Socio-Legal Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney, within the Discipline of Sociology and Criminology. He holds a BA (Hons), PhD from the University of Exeter, PGCE from Keele University, and LLB from the University of Western Australia. An interdisciplinary scholar bridging criminology, law, and sociology, Martin previously served as Senior Lecturer in Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Sydney and Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Western Sydney. His career includes leadership as Chair of the Department of Sociology and Social Policy.

Martin's research focuses on the law of protest and policing, cultural criminology, moral panics, secrecy in law and society, cybercrime, social movements, youth governance, and the intersections of media, law, communication, and crime. He has published extensively in leading outlets, co-editing Secrecy, Law and Society (Routledge, 2015) with Rebecca Scott Bray and Miiko Kumar; co-authoring Crime, Media and Culture (Routledge, 2018); and editing the Research Handbook on Youth Criminology (Edward Elgar, 2025) with Estrella Pearce. Key journal articles include 'The politics of policing space at the 2007 Sydney APEC meeting' (Policing & Society, 2011), 'Stop the boats! Moral panic in Australia over asylum seekers' (Continuum, 2015), 'Protest, policing and law during COVID-19: On the legality of mass arrests' (Alternative Law Journal, 2021), and 'Exploring legacies of the baby boomers in the twenty-first century' (The Sociological Review, 2021). Martin has secured Criminology Research Grants, including collaborations with Associate Professor Rebecca Scott Bray on preventing issues in criminal justice. His contributions extend to editorial roles, international research collaborations such as with the University of Bristol on criminalisation of climate protest, and engagements in public forums on undisciplining sociology and activism.

Professional Email: greg.martin@sydney.edu.au