This year’s theme is ‘interventions in countering violent extremism.’ The word ‘intervention’ comes from the Latin, meaning ‘coming in between.’ In this Symposium we aim to develop our understanding and practice of what we are trying to ‘come between’ in relation to violent extremism and how we design and apply intervention frameworks and mechanisms that meet contemporary needs and challenges.

The 2022 AVERT Research Symposium will engage with the latest research, evidence, insights and practice perspectives on CVE intervention, bringing together Australian and international researchers, practitioners and policymakers at the forefront of the field. We are delighted to have Dr John Horgan, Distinguished University Professor at Georgia State University’s Department of Psychology, as this year’s keynote speaker.

The full conference program will be available for registered attendees by 7 November 2022.  

For any questions or queries please contact adi-avert@deakin.edu.au

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

John Horgan is a Distinguished University Professor at Georgia State University’s Department of Psychology where he also directs the Violent Extremism Research Group (VERG). Professor Horgan is one of the world’s leading experts on terrorist psychology. His work is widely published, with books including The Psychology of Terrorism, Divided We Stand: The Strategy and Psychology of Ireland’s Dissident Terrorists; Walking Away from Terrorism, Leaving Terrorism Behind, and Terrorism Studies: A Reader. He is an Editor of the journal Terrorism and Political Violence, Consulting Editor of American Psychologist, Contributing Editor of Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, and serves on the Editorial Boards of several additional publications including Politics and the Life Sciences, Legal and Criminological Psychology, Journal for Deradicalization, Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict and Journal of Strategic Security. He is a member of the Research Working Group of the FBI’s National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime. Professor Horgan’s research has been featured in such venues as The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, CNN, PBS, NPR, Vice News, Rolling Stone Magazine, TIME, Nature, Scientific American and the Chronicle of Higher Education. Professor Horgan’s latest book, Terrorist Minds, will be published by Columbia University Press in 2022.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

Please register on the AVERT website.