Understanding and Reducing Violent Extremism
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All news →30 April 2025
Successful Applicants Announced – Phase 2 of the National CVE Research Project
We are pleased to announce the successful applicants for Phase 2 of the National Research Project, Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) research that supports policy and practice in …
14 March 2025
Call for Papers: Society for Terrorism Research International Conference 2025
The Society for Terrorism Research (STR) has opened its call for papers for the 17th STR International Conference, to be held in July 2025 at Royal Holloway, University of London. …
19 December 2024
New Funding Opportunity for Research on Countering Violent Extremism in 2025
The AVERT Research Network is pleased to share a new funding opportunity from the Department of Home Affairs. In support of the Department’s national security and counter-terrorism…
6 December 2024
A Showcase of Research Across Disciplines
Expert researchers are delving into an array of critical topics, uncovering new dimensions of the global challenges we face. The AVERT 2024 Symposium provided a powerful platform t…
Upcoming Events
All events →Thursday 11 June 2026, 16:30–17:30 AEST
7:30–8:30 AM Dublin Time
The Filtering Role of Trust in the Process of Disengagement
In this webinar, Dr John Morrison will focus on the role which trust plays within the process of disengagement from violent extremism. Dr Morrison will utilise the Phoenix model of disengagement and deradicalisation as a basis for his presentation. This model includes the theme of (dis)trust as a filter variable. Dr Morrison will critically discuss the implication of this and how it can be integrated within appropriate CVE approaches, including consideration of the need to understand cross-cultural differences in the development and maintenance of trust, and how this may impact our approaches and understanding of disengagement processes.
Dr John Morrison
Associate Professor of Criminology, Maynooth University; Co-Editor in Chief, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression
Commentary
How male grievance fuels radicalisation and extremist violence
Social extremism is evolving in reach and form. While traditional racial supremacy ideologies remain, contemporary movements are now often fuelled by something more personal and em…
The internet makes it too easy to ‘fall down a rabbit hole of hate’.
A suite of recent troubling events have once again shone a spotlight on extremist violence, especially the kind involving online radicalisation of young people.
The Return of Terrorism to Southeast Asia
The devastating Islamic State (IS) attack in Moscow on 22 March bought home the reality that the terrorism threat remains. The defeat of the territorial IS caliphate five years ago…
Why is the Sydney church stabbing an act of terrorism, but the Bondi tragedy isn’t?
Just days after the deadly Westfield Bondi attacks, a second knife attack in Sydney has generated widespread shock and grief. This time, a 16-year-old entered an Assyrian church an…
Islamic State terror attack in Moscow a grim acknowledgement of global power status Russia seeks
One of Moscow’s goals in the Middle East was in many ways similar
Lawful Extremism
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