Mr Kosta Lucas
Doctoral Candidate and Lecturer
Institution
University of Notre Dame Australia
Research Area Keywords
Preventing Violent Extremism; Counter Narrative Development; Community Resilience; Youth Engagement; Victim-Survivor Centred Approaches
Contact: kosta.lucas@nd.edu.au
Institution Page: https://www.notredame.edu.au/about-us/faculties-and-schools/school-of-arts-and-sciences/sydney/school-staff/kosta-lucas
LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/kosta-lucas
About Kosta
Kosta Lucas is a dedicated academic and practitioner with almost 15 years of cumulative experience in building community resilience and youth engagement to prevent and counter violent extremism.
Kosta’s professional experience includes advising organisations such as Google, Meta, and various United Nations agencies on addressing extremism and societal polarisation in global contexts, as well as shepherding numerous community engagement projects with local government agencies, community groups and non-profit organisations in the APAC, EU and MENA regions.
Currently, Kosta serves as a Lecturer and Coordinator for Social Justice program at the University of Notre Dame Australia. Alongside this role, he is also completing a doctorate on the justice sensitivities of violent extremist actors.
Publications
Journal Articles
Anti-government rage: understanding, identifying, and responding to the sovereign citizen movement in Australia (2019)
Baldino D and Lucas K
Book Chapters
White Knights, Black Armour, Digital Worlds: Exploring the Efficacy of Analyzing Online Manifestos of Terrorist Actors in the Counter Terrorism Landscape
In Counter-Terrorism, Ethics and Technology: Emerging Challenges at the Frontiers of Counter-Terrorism (2021), Henschke A, Reed A, Robbins S and Miller S (eds)
Lucas K and Baldino D
Interrupting Engagement with Online Extremist Content: Utilizing “Noisy” Foreign Fighters
In Terrorists’ Use of the Internet: Assessment and Response (2017), Conway M, Macdonald S, Jarvis L, Lehane O and Nouri L (eds)
Barnes J and Lucas K