Dr Andrew Zammit
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Institution
Victoria University
Research Area Keywords
Terrorism; Violent extremism; Security; National security; International relations; Human rights.
Contact: contact@andrewzammit.org
About Andrew
Dr Andrew Zammit is 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). He has a PhD in political science from Monash University, having completed a dissertation on roles and agency in transnational support for armed movements. He has worked on a range of terrorism and security related academic research projects since 2010, sometimes partnered with government agencies and departments, currently through the Applied Security Science Partnership (ASSP) at Victoria University which receives support from the Victoria Police Counter Terrorism Command (CTC) and the Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG). He has published widely on terrorism and violent extremism and contributes to public discussions of national security issues in Australia. He also contributes to the Addressing Violent Extremism and Radicalisation to Terrorism (AVERT) Research Network at Deakin University, sits on the editorial board of the Journal ofPolicing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism and consults for Valens Global.
Publications
Journal Articles
Revisiting the relationship between academics and national security practitioners (2021)
Ilardi GJ, Smith D and Zammit A
Operation Silves: Inside the 2017 Islamic State Sydney Plane Plot (2020)
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New developments in the Islamic State’s external operations: the 2017 Sydney plane plot (2017)
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The role of virtual planners in the 2015 Anzac Day terror plot (2017)
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Australian jihadism in the age of the Islamic State (2017)
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What is countering violent extremism? Exploring CVE policy and practice in Australia (2016)
Harris-Hogan S, Barrelle K and Zammit A
Book Chapters
Counterterrorism yearbook 2019: Australia (2019)
In Counterterrorism yearbook 2019, Kfir I and Grice G
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Reports
The roles of women in supporting and opposing violent extremism: understanding gender and terrorism in contemporary Australia (2018)
Grossman M, Carland S, Tahiri H and Zammit A
Australian foreign fighters: risks and responses (2015)
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Projects and Grants
Known Entity Management Model (KEM) 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 Defence Science and Technology 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.