Since 1976 Dr Bernus worked internationally on various aspects of enterprise integration as researcher, consultant and project leader for Industry, Government and Defence (ADF). Dr Bernus is also series editor for Springer Verlag and Managing Editor of the Handbook on Enterprise Architecture, and is member of the editorial boards of several international journals.

His special interests include inter- and intra-organisational management, global enterprise networks, and dynamic project enterprises. Dr Bernus has published over sixty refereed papers and book chapters, several edited books, and serves as programme committee member for numerous conferences in the area.

In 2000-2003 Dr Bernus was the Australian leader of the Enterprise Engineering work package of the Globemen International consortium, working with over 20 companies, that include ERP vendors, shipbuilding and engineering companies, among others.

A/Professor Peter Bernus is the past chair of the IFIP-IFAC Task Force for Architectures for Enterprise Integration which developed GERAM, the Generalised Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology (ISO 15704:2000) and foundation chair of Working Group 5.12 on Enterprise Integration of the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP), currently working on the harmonisation of EA Frameworks, systems engineering and software engineering standards.

Peter Bernus also has special interest in computer-mediated communication between people and ways to achieve common understanding.