About

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 basic research, applied research, and research translation projects at Victoria University and Monash University, sometimes partnered with government agencies and departments. I currently participate in Victoria University’s Applied Security Science Partnership (ASSP), which has conducted projects for the Victoria Police Counter Terrorism Command, the Department of Justice and Community Safety Victoria, the Department of Home Affairs and the Defence Science and Technology Group.

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:

Or contact me by email:

  • contact [at] andrewzammit [dot] org

Selected projects and partners:

  • REAP Training Refresh. Project conducted at Victoria University’s Institute for Sustainable Industries & Liveable Cities (ISILC), partnered with the Department of Justice and Community Safety Victoria as part of the Applied Security Science Partnership (ASSP). 2022-2024.
  • Community Integration Support Program (CISP): Facilitating disengagement from violent extremism. Project conducted at Victoria University’s Institute for Sustainable Industries & Liveable Cities (ISILC), partnered with Victoria Police as part of the Applied Security Science Partnership (ASSP). 2021-2023.
  • Known Entity Management Model Validation Stage 1. Project conducted at Victoria University’s Institute for Sustainable Industries & Liveable Cities (ISILC), 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), 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), 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. Project conducted at Victoria University’s Institute for Sustainable Industries & Liveable Cities (ISILC), partnered with Victoria Police and funded by 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. Project  conducted at Victoria University’s Centre for Cultural Diversity and Wellbeing (CCDW), funded by the Australian Government. 2016-2017. The final report was published by Deakin University.
  • Stocktake Research Project. Project conducted at Victoria University’s Centre for Cultural Diversity and Wellbeing (CCDW), partnered with the Australian Multicultural Foundation and funded by the Social Cohesion and Community Resilience Ministerial Taskforce, Department of Premier and Cabinet Victoria. 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. Project conducted at Monash University’s Global Terrorism Research Centre (GTReC), partnered with Victoria Police, Australian Federal Police, the Department of Premier and Cabinet Victoria and the Department of Justice Victoria. 2010-2013.

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