Dr Levi West
Director of Terrorism Studies
Institution
Charles Sturt University
Research Area Keywords
Terrorism; Strategy; Media; Technology; Communication; Insurgency; Middle East.
Contact: lwest@csu.edu.au
About Levi
Levi West is the Director of Terrorism Studies at the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, at Charles Sturt University, Canberra. He has published on terrorism and communication, and terrorist use of technology, as well as terrorist financing. He has lectured at numerous academic institutions in Australia and internationally, as well as to law enforcement, intelligence, and national security audiences. He regularly contributes to Australian media, and is a sought after speaker on matters related to terrorism and counterterrorism. He is also the Director of Leviathan Analysis, a bespoke consultancy which delivers research and professional development services to the national security community.
Publications
Book Chapters
Illicit organizations and financial intelligence (2013)
West L
in Intelligence and private investigation: Developing sophisticated methods for conducting Inquiries, Prunckun H (ed.)
Canada, Australia, and New Zealand and the Islamic state (2016)
in The New Islamic State : Ideology, religion and violent extremism in the 21st Century, Covarrubias J, Lansford T and Pauly JR (eds.)
Malet D, Conduit D and West L
Journal Articles
Teaching terrorism and practitioners: Context, capabilities, and connectivity in counter-terrorism knowledge and networks (2021)
West L and Campion K
Australia’s most dangerous Islamic State Member: The arrest of Neil Prakash (2017)
West L and Zammit A
Grants and Projects
‘A conceptual framework of the drivers of radicalisation toward violent extremism’
Scavento B, Corner E, Nolan M, Delahunty J, West L, Platow M, van Roy D and Taylor H
National Intelligence and Security Discovery Research Grants – Intelligence Challenges (NI21).