The University of Queensland will host a Trajectories of Radicalisation and De-radicalisation - A Small Group Meeting, 4-5 August 2018. The event is a closed forum event organised by Winnifred Louis, Fathali Moghaddam, Craig McGarty, Catherine Amiot, and Emma Thomas and with Adrian Cherney from the School of Social Science at UQ
There are a series of pre-meeting events, which provide opportunities for researchers, policy-makers and practitioners, with related interests in PVE/CVE to engage in a constructive trilogue around the issues of radicalisation and de-radicalisation.
Convenors:
Professors Simon Bronitt (UQ TC Beirne School of Law) and Karen Hussey (UQ Centre of Policy Futures) will host a one day, invitation-only event to explore, through a series of related topics, the barriers and facilitators regarding the ‘use’ (integration and implementation) of CVE/PVE research into policy and practice.
SCHEDULE
10:00am - 10:30am
Opening Remarks - Professor Winnifred Louis
Aims and Objectives of the Dialogue – Chair Prof Karen Hussey
Presenters: Prof Simon Bronitt (UQ)
‘Beyond Dialogues of the Deaf’ – A Short (Personal) Reflection on the Challenge
10:30am - 11:15am
Session One: Life beyond the Academic Walls
Presenters: Dr Lauren Vogel (Independent Researcher) and Behnaz Zarrabi (University of Queensland)
Topic: Welcome to the Dark Side: Beyond the University Walls
In a resource-poor, over-populated environment it is crucial for HDRs and ECRs to develop the ability to connect and communicate with people beyond academia – industry stakeholders, public servants, government funding bodies, non-profit organisations, private benefactors, and interested public. However, the ability to distil complex research and theory into interesting and easily digestible mediums is not just the concern of ECRs – it is increasingly important for all academics and researchers.
It is our belief that as the traditional academic research environment is forced to evolve, the ability to connect research with a wider interested population through non-traditional forms will only become more important to ensure continued viability. The ability to communicate beyond academia and look for opportunities outside of the traditional is vital; vital not just for continued innovation in research but for the ability of ECRs not just to survive, but to thrive.
Unfortunately, the exact skills that ECRs require to engage with the world beyond academia are rarely explicitly taught or, indeed, encouraged, throughout HDR or ECR training. Attempting to utilise such skills within the academic space can be extremely challenging and even lead to outright rejection. On the flip side, the ECR who ventures outside of academia can be confronted by a vastly different world that operates on different time frames, speaks a different language, and values research and analysis in an entirely foreign way.
This discussion represents an opportunity to reflect on our own experiences as HDRs and ECRs beyond the relatively insular academic world. We focus on our experiences related to countering violent extremism and terrorism research, although we also draw on wider relevant experiences.
While reflecting on some of these issues, we offer some recommendations on how to improve the current academic system and make a better use of the intellectual assets (i.e. HDRs & ECRs) that universities invest in. We also offer some thoughts as to how to better prepare HDRs and ECRs for the “dark side” – life beyond the academic walls.
11:15am - 12:30pm
Session Two: PVE/CVE Research and Policy Reform
Presenters: Professor Mark Nolan (Australian National University), Professor Adrian Cherney (University of Queensland) discussion
Professor Mark Nolan
Topic: Post-sentence Detention of Terrorist Offenders and Others at Risk of Committing Terrorism Offences upon Release
Three Australian jurisdictions have legislated for post-sentence detention via continuing detention orders placed upon un-rehabilitated terrorist offenders (Commonwealth) or other offenders (NSW and SA). This is now possible when incarcerated offenders are assessed as being at risk of committing terrorist offences post-release at the expiry of their entire sentences. This paper will reflect on the law reform processes and interdisciplinary debates surrounding the passage of the three relevant statutory schemes. These schemes extend the existing use of post-sentence detention for sex and violent offenders to those judged to be at risk of terrorism recidivism or first terrorism offending. Debates surrounding terrorist risk assessment methods will be surveyed. Questions will be raised about the risk of increased engagement and radicalisation as a result of being subject to a continuing detention application or finalised order.
Professor Adrian Cherney
Topic: What Works to Prevent Radicalisation and Violent Extremism?
In recent years there has been the proliferation of programs aimed at preventing radicalisation and disengaging known violent extremists. There is a broad consensus in the literature that the evaluation of such initiatives has been neglected and that there is little evidence to indicate they are effective. However, perhaps more is known about how to prevent radicalisation and violent extremism than is often assumed. This paper will provide results from primary research that has set out to evaluate CVE interventions in Australia and develop viable models of evaluation. This includes research collaborations with police and corrective services.
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm - 2:45pm
Session Three: PVE/CVE Research and International Development
Presenters: Adjunct Professor Clive Harfield and Dr Greta Nabbs-Keller
Professor Clive Harfield
Topic: Performing in a Three-Ring Circus: Matching and Managing Expectations in Foreign Aid Capacity-Building
I want to use the opportunity presented by this trilogue workshop to think out loud and reflect on my experience as a consultant course leader delivering two CVE-CTF courses on behalf of the Australian government (via Scope International and UQID) to a Bangladeshi audience comprising public servants, law enforcement agents and private financial sector workers. Of course, having delivered the first of these two courses, I reflected on how it had all gone through my participation in the formal evaluation process; I proposed recommendations for enhancements to my clients (those both above me and below me in the contractual chain); I reviewed for myself what I had learnt from the experience and determined how I personally might do things differently if called upon to repeat the exercise. And now I have reprised the course - and none of the above worked - what next? Having tried to put the learning from the first course into effect for the second course, and having succeeded in, if nothing else, at least generating more experiential learning, how does this accumulation of experience compare with my experiences and learning from other capacity-building projects in which I have participated? Are there common cross-sector characteristics? I found the learning I derived both fascinating and valuable, but did anyone learn anything from me and if so, what?
Dr Greta Nabbs-Keller
Topic: The Challenges of Integrating Research Into International Development Activities: UN Women Gender and PVE Case Study
Engagement with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Bangladesh and Indonesia suggests that international CVE-PVE concepts do not always translate well into local contexts. In Muslim majority countries, for example, terms commonly used in scholarship and policy literature in the Global North such as ‘extremist’ can prove deeply contentious and, in fact, counter-productive to achieving local PVE program objectives. Equally, definitions of gender and gendered constructs relating to the critical objective of empowering women in PVE, requires sensitivity to local socio-cultural contexts. This session will examine challenges for practitioners involved in translating CVE-PVE research into regional capacity building programs. It draws on recent field experience in Indonesia and Bangladesh, to highlight the principal concerns and challenges for women in the face of growing religious intolerance and conservatism
2:45pm - 3:45pm
Four: PVE/CVE Research and the Media
Presenters: Dr Kate O’Donnell (University of Queensland) and Professor Jacqui Ewart (Griffith University)
Topic: Reporting Islam: CVE and Research Partnerships
Our award-winning multi-year Reporting Islam project focused on changing the ways the mainstream news media report stories about Muslims and their faith. We were seeking to pivot journalists away from falling back on Orientalist tropes, racism and negative stereotypes towards reporting underpinned by the norms of good journalism. The project itself was funded by the Countering Violent Extremism Sub-Committee of the Australian and New Zealand Counter-Terrorism Committee and our key project partner was the Queensland Police Service. CVE is no one thing and we focused on one part of the CVE jigsaw. Journalists are the interface and connector between Muslims, a minority group in Australia, and various publics. Through poor reporting, journalists can stoke disharmony and social division in turn isolating Muslims from their broader communities. Our project relied on partnerships with news media organisations, journalists, Muslim people and organisations, policymakers and police. We will talk about lessons learned and how our “insider” experiences as a journalist (Jacqui) and policy practitioner (Kate) helped shape our research and partnerships.
3:45pm - 4:30pm
Summing Up and Discussion
5:00pm-7:00pm
Drinks and Canapes at St Lucy’s Cafe
Profiles:
Simon Bronitt is a Professor of Law and Deputy Dean (Research) in the TC Beirne School of Law. Previously he served as the Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security, hosted by Griffith University (2009-2014). Before moving to Queensland in 2009 to take up this position, Professor Bronitt was a member of the Australian National University College of Law (1991-2009). During his time at ANU, he held a number of research leadership roles, including Director of the National Europe Centre an EU funded Centre - in the Research School of Humanities (2003-2008) and Director of the Australian Centre for Military Law and Justice, ANU (2009). Drawing on comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives, he has published widely on criminal justice topics ranging across terrorism law and human rights, comparative criminal law, covert policing, family violence, and mental health policing. His key publications include two textbooks, Principles of Criminal Law (4th ed, Thomson Reuters 2017) and Law in Context (4th ed, Federation Press, 2012).
Adrian Cherney is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Science at the University of Queensland. He is also an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow. His current work focuses on the evaluation of programs aimed at countering violent extremism and is undertaken research on the rehabilitation and community supervision of radicalised offenders. Projects include identifying available data sources and measures for CVE evaluation. His research has also focused on community cooperation in counter-terrorism and police engagement of Muslim communities in counter-terrorism efforts. He has secured grants from the Australian Research Council, the US Air Force, the Australian Institute of Criminology, the Queensland Department of Communities, NSW Corrective Services and the Commonwealth Attorney General’s Department.
Jacqui Ewart worked as a journalist and communications manager for more than a decade. She is now a Professor at Griffith University in Australia. Jacqui’s main research interests focus on news media representations of Muslims and disasters communication. She is the co-author and author of several books about news media coverage of Muslims and has published widely in related international journals. During her 22-year academic career Jacqui has led several large research projects with multiple industry government partners and has worked with industry and academic colleagues internationally. She has authored, co-authored and edited five books and published in international journals in a wide range of fields. Her book on the Dr Mohammed Haneef case was long-listed in 2009 for the John Button prize for writing that enhances the quality of public policy writing and debate in Australia. With Kate O’Donnell, she is a co-author of Reporting Islam: international best practice for journalists
Clive Harfield is Adjunct Professor of Law at the TC Beirne School of Law, UQ; a Research Fellow at the Institute of Cyber Investigations and Forensics, USC; and Visiting Research Fellow in Policing & Criminology at Bath Spa University, UK. Building on a practitioner career, his academic and policy interests focus on the governance, regulation and ethics of investigation, particularly covert investigation. The updated and revised 5th edition of his book Covert Investigation will be published by Oxford University Press in August 2018.
Karen Hussey is Director of the Centre for Policy Futures located in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at The University of Queensland, a position she took up in July 2017. Trained as a political scientist and economist, Karen undertakes research in the field of public policy and governance, with a particular interest in public policy relating to sustainable development. Her recent research has focused on water and energy security, the role of the state in climate change mitigation and adaptation, the links between international trade and environmental regulation, and the peculiarities of public policy in federal and supranational systems. Prior to taking up her position at UQ, she was Associate Professor in the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the ANU, where she now holds an Adjunct Professorship. From 2007-2010 Karen was based in Brussels as the ANU Vice Chancellor’s Representative in Europe, where she was responsible for developing the ANU’s research relationships and profile with European research teams and institutions.
Greta Nabbs-Keller is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Policy Futures and Manager Indonesia and Southeast Asia for UQ International Development. She is an experienced manager of short courses under the auspices of the Australia Awards Short Term Awards program. Greta is an Indonesian specialist with extensive contacts across Jakarta’s government, think-tank and university sectors. She has a strong professional background in security intelligence, regional political and strategic analysis, and senior policy advisory roles. Dr Nabbs-Keller has extensive professional experience working with Indonesian government agencies across her career. Since 2015, in her capacity as Manager Indonesia and Southeast Asia at UQID, Greta has managed over fifteen Australia Awards short course award programs. She has also designed a series of Australia Awards South West Asia (AASWA): Countering Violent Extremism programs for Bangladesh focussed on Countering the Financing of Terrorism and Using Social Media to Counter Radicalisation. Dr Nabbs-Keller is responsible for CSO stakeholder engagement and contract management of a UN Women project in Indonesia and Bangladesh designed to enhance understanding of gender and PVE for Indonesia. She presents regularly on Indonesian governance, foreign policy and security issues to Commonwealth public servants and senior military officers from Australia and the Indo-Pacific.
Mark Nolan is a Professor at the ANU College of Law and is trained in law, psychology and Asian studies. He works as a legal academic specialising in criminal law, legal psychology, and military discipline law. He has taught and researched federal criminal law, including counter-terrorism law, since 9/11. He is involved in professional associations such as the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law which unites practicing and academic psychiatrists, psychologists, and lawyers; enabling discussion and debate on issues such as the use of clinicians to make risk assessments for continuing detention order applications. Mark has been involved in research-based law reform work in this area of risk assessment for continuing detention orders, being cited in the relevant Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security Report. Similarly, he has co-authored research-based law reform work on the memory of complainants of childhood sexual abuse for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. With Professor Jane Goodman-Delahunty, he is author of the monograph Legal Psychology in Australia (Thomson Reuters Lawbook Co, 2015) which is used for teaching interdisciplinary legal psychology in the Law School at the ANU College of Law and elsewhere.
Kate O’Donnell is a career public servant turned academic and a Principal Research Fellow at the TC Bierne School of Law at the University of Queensland. Prior to this she was a Principal Research Fellow at Griffith University working on the award winning Reporting Islam Project. This multi-year project was focused on improving the ways the mainstream news media report stories about Islam and Muslims. Her research interests also include terrorism, policing, critical infrastructure resilience and energy security. With Jacqui Ewart, she is a co-author of Reporting Islam: international best practice for journalists.
Lauren Vogel worked in academia for more than a decade before converting to corporate life. She has an interdisciplinary research background across multiple projects in the areas of forensic psychology, terrorism and radicalisation, health and social care, and history. She has a particular interest in innovative data analysis, the practical application of research methods and statistics, and de-mystifying research. Lauren's PhD examined the role of women in terrorism and radicalisation around the world, quantifying their roles and potential pathways into terrorist organisations and movements. Most recently, she was Senior Research Assistant and then Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the Prosecution Project, an ARC Laureate project examining the history of the criminal trial in Australia, including quantifying more than 100 years of Supreme Court trials. Lauren now Co-Directs a successful business, is a freelance writer, and continues to consult on various research projects.
Behnaz Zarrabi Behnaz is a PhD candidate at the TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland. Her doctoral research examines cases of religiously motivated homicide, in particular cases of death through the ritual of exorcism in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. One of the important contributions of her research is to develop a typology of religious violence and a framework to identify different manifestations of religiously motivated violence.She presented her research in several international workshops and conferences including the International Onati Institute for the Sociology of Law workshop series (Spain), Law and Social Sciences Network Conference (India) and the UCSIA Summer School on Religion, Culture and Society (Belgium). Her thesis for the Qualifying Program, Killing Under the Rule of God, was a comparative study of tolerant and extremist fatawa with regards to the sources of Islamic law. Behnaz primary research interests are religiously motivated terrorism, religious rituals and violence, history of legal evidence and research methodologies.
Venue
Staff House Road
UQ ST LUCIA CAMPUS
The University of Queensland will host a Trajectories of Radicalisation and De-radicalisation - A Small Group Meeting, 4-5 August 2018. The event is a closed forum event organised by Winnifred Louis, Fathali Moghaddam, Craig McGarty, Catherine Amiot, and Emma Thomas and with Adrian Cherney from the School of Social Science at UQ
There are a series of pre-meeting events, which provide opportunities for researchers, policy-makers and practitioners, with related interests in PVE/CVE to engage in a constructive trilogue around the issues of radicalisation and de-radicalisation.
Convenors:
Professors Simon Bronitt (UQ TC Beirne School of Law) and Karen Hussey (UQ Centre of Policy Futures) will host a one day, invitation-only event to explore, through a series of related topics, the barriers and facilitators regarding the ‘use’ (integration and implementation) of CVE/PVE research into policy and practice.
SCHEDULE
10.00am - 10.30am
Opening Remarks - Professor Winnifred Louis
Aims and Objectives of the Dialogue – Chair Prof Karen Hussey
Presenters: Prof Simon Bronitt (UQ)
‘Beyond Dialogues of the Deaf’ – A Short (Personal) Reflection on the Challenge
10.30am - 11.15am
Session One: Life beyond the Academic Walls
Presenters: Dr Lauren Vogel (Independent Researcher) and Behnaz Zarrabi (University of Queensland)
Topic: Welcome to the Dark Side: Beyond the University Walls
In a resource-poor, over-populated environment it is crucial for HDRs and ECRs to develop the ability to connect and communicate with people beyond academia – industry stakeholders, public servants, government funding bodies, non-profit organisations, private benefactors, and interested public. However, the ability to distil complex research and theory into interesting and easily digestible mediums is not just the concern of ECRs – it is increasingly important for all academics and researchers.
It is our belief that as the traditional academic research environment is forced to evolve, the ability to connect research with a wider interested population through non-traditional forms will only become more important to ensure continued viability. The ability to communicate beyond academia and look for opportunities outside of the traditional is vital; vital not just for continued innovation in research but for the ability of ECRs not just to survive, but to thrive.
Unfortunately, the exact skills that ECRs require to engage with the world beyond academia are rarely explicitly taught or, indeed, encouraged, throughout HDR or ECR training. Attempting to utilise such skills within the academic space can be extremely challenging and even lead to outright rejection. On the flip side, the ECR who ventures outside of academia can be confronted by a vastly different world that operates on different time frames, speaks a different language, and values research and analysis in an entirely foreign way.
This discussion represents an opportunity to reflect on our own experiences as HDRs and ECRs beyond the relatively insular academic world. We focus on our experiences related to countering violent extremism and terrorism research, although we also draw on wider relevant experiences.
While reflecting on some of these issues, we offer some recommendations on how to improve the current academic system and make a better use of the intellectual assets (i.e. HDRs & ECRs) that universities invest in. We also offer some thoughts as to how to better prepare HDRs and ECRs for the “dark side” – life beyond the academic walls.
11.15am - 12.30pm
Session Two: PVE/CVE Research and Policy Reform
Presenters: Professor Mark Nolan (Australian National University), Professor Adrian Cherney (University of Queensland) discussion
Professor Mark Nolan
Topic: Post-sentence Detention of Terrorist Offenders and Others at Risk of Committing Terrorism Offences upon Release
Three Australian jurisdictions have legislated for post-sentence detention via continuing detention orders placed upon un-rehabilitated terrorist offenders (Commonwealth) or other offenders (NSW and SA). This is now possible when incarcerated offenders are assessed as being at risk of committing terrorist offences post-release at the expiry of their entire sentences. This paper will reflect on the law reform processes and interdisciplinary debates surrounding the passage of the three relevant statutory schemes. These schemes extend the existing use of post-sentence detention for sex and violent offenders to those judged to be at risk of terrorism recidivism or first terrorism offending. Debates surrounding terrorist risk assessment methods will be surveyed. Questions will be raised about the risk of increased engagement and radicalisation as a result of being subject to a continuing detention application or finalised order.
Professor Adrian Cherney
Topic: What Works to Prevent Radicalisation and Violent Extremism?
In recent years there has been the proliferation of programs aimed at preventing radicalisation and disengaging known violent extremists. There is a broad consensus in the literature that the evaluation of such initiatives has been neglected and that there is little evidence to indicate they are effective. However, perhaps more is known about how to prevent radicalisation and violent extremism than is often assumed. This paper will provide results from primary research that has set out to evaluate CVE interventions in Australia and develop viable models of evaluation. This includes research collaborations with police and corrective services.
12.30pm - 1.30pm
Lunch
1.30pm - 2.45pm
Session Three: PVE/CVE Research and International Development
Presenters: Adjunct Professor Clive Harfield and Dr Greta Nabbs-Keller
Professor Clive Harfield
Topic: Performing in a Three-Ring Circus: Matching and Managing Expectations in Foreign Aid Capacity-Building
I want to use the opportunity presented by this trilogue workshop to think out loud and reflect on my experience as a consultant course leader delivering two CVE-CTF courses on behalf of the Australian government (via Scope International and UQID) to a Bangladeshi audience comprising public servants, law enforcement agents and private financial sector workers. Of course, having delivered the first of these two courses, I reflected on how it had all gone through my participation in the formal evaluation process; I proposed recommendations for enhancements to my clients (those both above me and below me in the contractual chain); I reviewed for myself what I had learnt from the experience and determined how I personally might do things differently if called upon to repeat the exercise. And now I have reprised the course - and none of the above worked - what next? Having tried to put the learning from the first course into effect for the second course, and having succeeded in, if nothing else, at least generating more experiential learning, how does this accumulation of experience compare with my experiences and learning from other capacity-building projects in which I have participated? Are there common cross-sector characteristics? I found the learning I derived both fascinating and valuable, but did anyone learn anything from me and if so, what?
Dr Greta Nabbs-Keller
Topic: The Challenges of Integrating Research Into International Development Activities: UN Women Gender and PVE Case Study
Engagement with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Bangladesh and Indonesia suggests that international CVE-PVE concepts do not always translate well into local contexts. In Muslim majority countries, for example, terms commonly used in scholarship and policy literature in the Global North such as ‘extremist’ can prove deeply contentious and, in fact, counter-productive to achieving local PVE program objectives. Equally, definitions of gender and gendered constructs relating to the critical objective of empowering women in PVE, requires sensitivity to local socio-cultural contexts. This session will examine challenges for practitioners involved in translating CVE-PVE research into regional capacity building programs. It draws on recent field experience in Indonesia and Bangladesh, to highlight the principal concerns and challenges for women in the face of growing religious intolerance and conservatism
2.45pm - 3.45pm
Four: PVE/CVE Research and the Media
Presenters: Dr Kate O’Donnell (University of Queensland) and Professor Jacqui Ewart (Griffith University)
Topic: Reporting Islam: CVE and Research Partnerships
Our award-winning multi-year Reporting Islam project focused on changing the ways the mainstream news media report stories about Muslims and their faith. We were seeking to pivot journalists away from falling back on Orientalist tropes, racism and negative stereotypes towards reporting underpinned by the norms of good journalism. The project itself was funded by the Countering Violent Extremism Sub-Committee of the Australian and New Zealand Counter-Terrorism Committee and our key project partner was the Queensland Police Service. CVE is no one thing and we focused on one part of the CVE jigsaw. Journalists are the interface and connector between Muslims, a minority group in Australia, and various publics. Through poor reporting, journalists can stoke disharmony and social division in turn isolating Muslims from their broader communities. Our project relied on partnerships with news media organisations, journalists, Muslim people and organisations, policymakers and police. We will talk about lessons learned and how our “insider” experiences as a journalist (Jacqui) and policy practitioner (Kate) helped shape our research and partnerships.
3.45-4.30pm
Summing Up and Discussion
5pm-7pm
Drinks and Canapes at St Lucy’s
Profiles:
Simon Bronitt is a Professor of Law and Deputy Dean (Research) in the TC Beirne School of Law. Previously he served as the Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security, hosted by Griffith University (2009-2014). Before moving to Queensland in 2009 to take up this position, Professor Bronitt was a member of the Australian National University College of Law (1991-2009). During his time at ANU, he held a number of research leadership roles, including Director of the National Europe Centre an EU funded Centre - in the Research School of Humanities (2003-2008) and Director of the Australian Centre for Military Law and Justice, ANU (2009). Drawing on comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives, he has published widely on criminal justice topics ranging across terrorism law and human rights, comparative criminal law, covert policing, family violence, and mental health policing. His key publications include two textbooks, Principles of Criminal Law (4th ed, Thomson Reuters 2017) and Law in Context (4th ed, Federation Press, 2012).
Adrian Cherney is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Science at the University of Queensland. He is also an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow. His current work focuses on the evaluation of programs aimed at countering violent extremism and is undertaken research on the rehabilitation and community supervision of radicalised offenders. Projects include identifying available data sources and measures for CVE evaluation. His research has also focused on community cooperation in counter-terrorism and police engagement of Muslim communities in counter-terrorism efforts. He has secured grants from the Australian Research Council, the US Air Force, the Australian Institute of Criminology, the Queensland Department of Communities, NSW Corrective Services and the Commonwealth Attorney General’s Department.
Jacqui Ewart worked as a journalist and communications manager for more than a decade. She is now a Professor at Griffith University in Australia. Jacqui’s main research interests focus on news media representations of Muslims and disasters communication. She is the co-author and author of several books about news media coverage of Muslims and has published widely in related international journals. During her 22-year academic career Jacqui has led several large research projects with multiple industry government partners and has worked with industry and academic colleagues internationally. She has authored, co-authored and edited five books and published in international journals in a wide range of fields. Her book on the Dr Mohammed Haneef case was long-listed in 2009 for the John Button prize for writing that enhances the quality of public policy writing and debate in Australia. With Kate O’Donnell, she is a co-author of Reporting Islam: international best practice for journalists
Clive Harfield is Adjunct Professor of Law at the TC Beirne School of Law, UQ; a Research Fellow at the Institute of Cyber Investigations and Forensics, USC; and Visiting Research Fellow in Policing & Criminology at Bath Spa University, UK. Building on a practitioner career, his academic and policy interests focus on the governance, regulation and ethics of investigation, particularly covert investigation. The updated and revised 5th edition of his book Covert Investigation will be published by Oxford University Press in August 2018.
Karen Hussey is Director of the Centre for Policy Futures located in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at The University of Queensland, a position she took up in July 2017. Trained as a political scientist and economist, Karen undertakes research in the field of public policy and governance, with a particular interest in public policy relating to sustainable development. Her recent research has focused on water and energy security, the role of the state in climate change mitigation and adaptation, the links between international trade and environmental regulation, and the peculiarities of public policy in federal and supranational systems. Prior to taking up her position at UQ, she was Associate Professor in the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the ANU, where she now holds an Adjunct Professorship. From 2007-2010 Karen was based in Brussels as the ANU Vice Chancellor’s Representative in Europe, where she was responsible for developing the ANU’s research relationships and profile with European research teams and institutions.
Greta Nabbs-Keller is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Policy Futures and Manager Indonesia and Southeast Asia for UQ International Development. She is an experienced manager of short courses under the auspices of the Australia Awards Short Term Awards program. Greta is an Indonesian specialist with extensive contacts across Jakarta’s government, think-tank and university sectors. She has a strong professional background in security intelligence, regional political and strategic analysis, and senior policy advisory roles. Dr Nabbs-Keller has extensive professional experience working with Indonesian government agencies across her career. Since 2015, in her capacity as Manager Indonesia and Southeast Asia at UQID, Greta has managed over fifteen Australia Awards short course award programs. She has also designed a series of Australia Awards South West Asia (AASWA): Countering Violent Extremism programs for Bangladesh focussed on Countering the Financing of Terrorism and Using Social Media to Counter Radicalisation. Dr Nabbs-Keller is responsible for CSO stakeholder engagement and contract management of a UN Women project in Indonesia and Bangladesh designed to enhance understanding of gender and PVE for Indonesia. She presents regularly on Indonesian governance, foreign policy and security issues to Commonwealth public servants and senior military officers from Australia and the Indo-Pacific.
Mark Nolan is a Professor at the ANU College of Law and is trained in law, psychology and Asian studies. He works as a legal academic specialising in criminal law, legal psychology, and military discipline law. He has taught and researched federal criminal law, including counter-terrorism law, since 9/11. He is involved in professional associations such as the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law which unites practicing and academic psychiatrists, psychologists, and lawyers; enabling discussion and debate on issues such as the use of clinicians to make risk assessments for continuing detention order applications. Mark has been involved in research-based law reform work in this area of risk assessment for continuing detention orders, being cited in the relevant Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security Report. Similarly, he has co-authored research-based law reform work on the memory of complainants of childhood sexual abuse for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. With Professor Jane Goodman-Delahunty, he is author of the monograph Legal Psychology in Australia (Thomson Reuters Lawbook Co, 2015) which is used for teaching interdisciplinary legal psychology in the Law School at the ANU College of Law and elsewhere.
Kate O’Donnell is a career public servant turned academic and a Principal Research Fellow at the TC Bierne School of Law at the University of Queensland. Prior to this she was a Principal Research Fellow at Griffith University working on the award winning Reporting Islam Project. This multi-year project was focused on improving the ways the mainstream news media report stories about Islam and Muslims. Her research interests also include terrorism, policing, critical infrastructure resilience and energy security. With Jacqui Ewart, she is a co-author of Reporting Islam: international best practice for journalists.
Lauren Vogel worked in academia for more than a decade before converting to corporate life. She has an interdisciplinary research background across multiple projects in the areas of forensic psychology, terrorism and radicalisation, health and social care, and history. She has a particular interest in innovative data analysis, the practical application of research methods and statistics, and de-mystifying research. Lauren's PhD examined the role of women in terrorism and radicalisation around the world, quantifying their roles and potential pathways into terrorist organisations and movements. Most recently, she was Senior Research Assistant and then Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the Prosecution Project, an ARC Laureate project examining the history of the criminal trial in Australia, including quantifying more than 100 years of Supreme Court trials. Lauren now Co-Directs a successful business, is a freelance writer, and continues to consult on various research projects.
Behnaz Zarrabi Behnaz is a PhD candidate at the TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland. Her doctoral research examines cases of religiously motivated homicide, in particular cases of death through the ritual of exorcism in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. One of the important contributions of her research is to develop a typology of religious violence and a framework to identify different manifestations of religiously motivated violence.She presented her research in several international workshops and conferences including the International Onati Institute for the Sociology of Law workshop series (Spain), Law and Social Sciences Network Conference (India) and the UCSIA Summer School on Religion, Culture and Society (Belgium). Her thesis for the Qualifying Program, Killing Under the Rule of God, was a comparative study of tolerant and extremist fatawa with regards to the sources of Islamic law. Behnaz primary research interests are religiously motivated terrorism, religious rituals and violence, history of legal evidence and research methodologies.