Dr Muhammad Iqbal
Research Fellow
Institution
Victoria University
Research Area Keywords
Violent extremism; Counter terrorism; Radicalisation; Psychology; Behavioural science.
Contact: muhammad.iqbal@vu.edu.au
About Muhammad
Dr Muhammad Iqbal is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities (ISILC), Victoria University, Melbourne. He is also a CI in the Applied Security Science Partnership (ASSP), which brings together policing and security practitioners with academics to collaboratively build robust evidence on behavioural indicators of violent extremism.
Dr Iqbal has undertaken quantitative research on the issue of violent extremism in Australia and Indonesia, and has utilised experimental design, data mining, web scraping, social network analysis, and quantitative text analysis in his research.
Publications
Journal Articles
The Three Ps of Radicalization: Push, Pull and Personal. A Systematic Scoping Review of the Scientific Evidence about Radicalization Into Violent Extremism (2020)
Vergani, M., Iqbal, M., Ilbahar, E., & Barton, G.
The effects of local socio-political events on group cohesion in online far-right communities (2020)
Bliuc, A. M., Betts, J. M., Faulkner, N., Vergani, M., Chow, R. J., Iqbal, M., & Best, D.
The Lure of (Violent) Extremism: Gender Constructs in Online Recruitment and Messaging in Indonesia (2020)
Johnston, M. F., Iqbal, M., & True, J.
Beyond social relationships: investigating positive and negative attitudes towards violent protest within the same social movement (2017)
Vergani, M., Barton, G., & Iqbal, M.
Death Reminders Increase Agreement With Extremist Views but Not Violent Extremist Action in Indonesian Muslims (2016)
Iqbal, M., O’Brien, K. S., Bliuc, A. M., & Vergani, M.
Grants and Projects
Known Entity Management Model (KEM) Validation Stage 1
Community Integration Support Program: Facilitating disengagement from violent extremism
Victorian Fixated Threat Assessment Centre - Formal Evaluation
Applied research into countering violent extremism (CVE) and counter-terrorism (CT) risk assessment tools
Iterative Review, Validation and Development of Radar CVE Case Management Tool