About Emma

Dr Emma Belton is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, the Australian National University, researching radicalisation, differentiating terrorist offenders, extremist risk assessment, and countering violent extremism (CVE) initiatives in custodial and community settings. Previously, she served as project manager for an ARC-funded project responsible for developing the Profiles of Individual Radicalisation in Australia (PIRA) dataset, which gathers data on individuals radicalised to extremism and terrorist offenders. She holds a PhD in Criminology from the University of Queensland. Her doctoral research focuses on the characteristics of individual radicalisation and violent extremism in Australia, aiming to improve understanding of risk factors associated with violent versus non-violent extremists. Dr Belton has received training in the use of the VERA-2R tool from the Department of Home Affairs and has undertaken a validation study of the VERA using the PIRA database.