I am an academic researcher on terrorism and security, currently employed as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Victoria University’s Institute for Sustainable Industries & Liveable Cities (ISILC).

Since 2010, I have worked on a range of research projects at Victoria University and Monash University, sometimes partnered with government agencies and departments (listed below). I currently participate in the Applied Security Science Partnership (ASSP), which involves Victoria University, Victoria Police Counter Terrorism Command, and the Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG), with initial funding from the Department of Justice and Community Safety Victoria.

I have a PhD in political science from Monash University, having completed a dissertation on roles and agency in transnational support for armed movements, contributing to the fields of terrorism studies and civil war studies. I am on the editorial board of the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, contribute to the Addressing Violent Extremism and Radicalisation to Terrorism (AVERT) Research Network at Deakin University, and consult for Valens Global. I also worked for eight years as an editor for Analysis and Policy Observatory (APO) at Swinburne University and co-hosted a podcast (with Kate Grealy at the Australian National University) called Sub Rosa.

This is my personal blog for sharing thoughts on security, terrorism and human rights, focusing on the Australian context.

Research interests:

• terrorism and counter-terrorism
• the politics and practice of national security
• irregular warfare and transnational conflict
• international relations and non-traditional security threats
• public safety and human rights

I can be found online at:

• Google Scholar

Or contact me by email:

• contact [at] andrewzammit [dot] org

Selected research projects and partners:

• Known Entity Management Model Validation Stage 1. Project conducted at Victoria University’s Institute for Sustainable Industries & Liveable Cities (ISILC). The project was partnered with Victoria Police as part of the Applied Security Science Partnership (ASSP). 2021.
• Destroying the world to save it: Why security studies needs to engage with the planetary health agenda. Project conducted at Victoria University’s Institute for Sustainable Industries & Liveable Cities (ISILC). The project was funded by an internal grant from Victoria University and received in-kind support from the Defence Science and Technology Group as part of the Applied Security Science Partnership (ASSP). 2020-2021.
• Revisiting Risk: An Assessment of How Terrorism Subjects Make the Transition to Violence. Project conducted at Victoria University’s Institute for Sustainable Industries & Liveable Cities (ISILC). The project was partnered with Victoria Police as part of the Applied Security Science Partnership (ASSP). 2020.
• From Passive Observer to Active Participant: Identifying Transitions to Violent Extremism Activity. The project was conducted at Victoria University’s Institute for Sustainable Industries & Liveable Cities (ISILC), partnered with Victoria Police and the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet’s Research Institute on Social Cohesion (RIOSC). May 2018 – May 2019.
• The roles of women in supporting and opposing violent extremism: understanding gender and terrorism in contemporary Australia. The project was conducted at Victoria University’s Centre for Cultural Diversity and Wellbeing (CCDW), and funded by the Australian Government. 2016-2017. The final report was published by Deakin University.
• Stocktake Research Project, commissioned by the Social Cohesion and Community Resilience Ministerial Taskforce, Department of Premier and Cabinet Victoria. The project was conducted at Victoria University’s Centre for Cultural Diversity and Wellbeing (CCDW), partnered with the Australian Multicultural Foundation. 2015-2016. See the final report here.
• Radicalisation, Counter-Radicalisation and De-Radicalisation: Developing a New Understanding of Terrorism in the Australian Context, Australian Research Council Linkage Project LP0990577. The project was conducted by Monash University’s Global Terrorism Research Centre (GTReC), partnered with Victoria Police, Australian Federal Police, the Department of Premier and Cabinet Victoria and Corrections Victoria. 2010-2013.