Section: Overview
Overview
Key publications
Research funding
Supervising & teaching
Career

Key details

Areas of expertise

  • Political science
  • International Relations
  • Terrorism studies
  • National security

Available to supervise research students

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About Andrew Zammit

Dr Andrew Zammit is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Victoria University’s Institute for Sustainable Industries & Liveable Cities (ISILC). He has a PhD in political science from Monash University, having completed a dissertation on roles and agency in transnational support for armed movements. His work focuses on: the politics and practice of national security; terrorism and counter-terrorism; international relations and non-traditional security threats; public safety and human rights.

Dr Andrew Zammit has worked on a wide range of academic research projects with a national security focus since 2010, often partnered with government agencies and departments. He participates in the Applied Security Science Partnership (ASSP) at Victoria University, which has conducted projects for the Victoria Police Counter Terrorism Command, the Department of Justice and Community Safety Victoria, the Department of Home Affairs and the Defence Science and Technology Group. He has published widely on terrorism and national security issues and sits on the editorial board of the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism.

Qualifications

  • PhD (Political Science), Monash University, Australia, 2022
  • MA (Counter-Terrorism Studies), Monash University, Australia, 2009
  • BA, Monash University, Australia, 2006

Key publications

Year Citation
2019 Zammit, A. (190101). Counterterrorism yearbook 2019: Australia (pp. 9-20). Australian Strategic Policy Institute.

Year Citation
2022 Smith, D., Zammit, A., Iqbal, M., & Sarakibi, M. (220531). Submission to the Legal and Social Issues Committee, Parliament of Victoria Inquiry into Extremism in Victoria. Victoria: Parliament of Victoria.
2020 Smith, D., Iqbal, M., Spaaij, R., Blythman, R., Clark, C., Druitt, F., Harris-Hogan, S., Hateley, L., Winter, C., & Zammit, A. (201102). Revisiting Risk: An Assessment of How Terrorism Subjects Make the Transition to Violence. Melbourne: Victoria University.
2020 Smith, D., Spaaij, R., Ilardi, G., Zammit, A., & Hateley, L. (200331). From passive observers to active participants; identifying transitions to violent extremist activity. Melbourne, Australia: Victoria University.

Year Citation
2023 Gartenstein-Ross, D., Zammit, A., Chace-Donahue, E., & Urban, M. (230101). Composite Violent Extremism: Conceptualizing Attackers Who Increasingly Challenge Traditional Categories of Terrorism. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism,

doi: 10.1080/1057610X.2023.2194133

2021 Ilardi, G. J., Smith, D., & Zammit, A. (210101). Revisiting the relationship between academics and national security practitioners. Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, 16(1), (1-11).

doi: 10.1080/18335330.2021.1895441

2020 Zammit, A. (200101). Operation Silves: Inside the 2017 Islamic State Sydney Plane Plot. CTC Sentinel, 13 (1-13).
2017 Zammit, A., & West, L. (170101). Australia s most dangerous Islamic State member: the arrest of Neil Prakash. Jamestown Militant Leadership Monitor, 8
2017 Zammit, A. (170101). Understanding Australia s Brighton siege terror attack. Jamestown Terrorism Monitor, 15
2017 Zammit, A. (170101). New Developments in the Islamic State s External Operations: The 2017 Sydney Plane Plot. CTC Sentinel, 10 (13-18).

Research funding for the past 5 years

Please note:

  • Funding is ordered by the year the project commenced and may continue over several years.
  • Funding amounts for contact research are not disclosed to maintain commercial confidentiality.
  • The order of investigators is not indicative of the role they played in the research project.

Iterative Review, Validation and Development of Radar CVE Case Management Tool
From: Victoria Police
Other investigators: Prof Debra Smith, Prof Ramon Spaaij, Dr Muhammad Iqbal
For period: 2019-2019
Not disclosed

Supervision of research students at VU

Available to supervise research students

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Careers

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