Symposiums
AVERT hosts annual international research symposiums bringing together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers working on violent extremism and countering violent extremism.
2025
AVERT International Research Symposium 2025
Signal or Noise? Navigating the Changing Nature of Violent Extremism Online
24–26 November 2025 · Deakin Downtown Campus, Melbourne, Australia
Keynote: Professor Cynthia Miller-Idriss
2024
AVERT International Research Symposium 2024
People, Places and Spaces: New Dynamics and Shifting Responses to Violent Extremism
29–31 October 2024 · Deakin Downtown Campus, Melbourne, Australia
Keynotes: Professor Noémie Bouhana · Dr Ghayda Hassan
2023
AVERT International Research Symposium 2023
Democracy, Dissent and Countering Violent Extremism
26–28 September 2023 · Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
Keynote: Professor Donatella della Porta
2022
AVERT Research Symposium 2022
The Space Between: New Directions for CVE Interventions
21–22 November 2022 · Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
Keynote: Professor John Horgan
2021
AVERT 2021 Research Symposium
Violent Extremism at the Crossroads: Persistence, Change and Dynamism 20 Years After 9/11
3–5 November 2021 · Online
Keynotes: Professor Maura Conway · Professor Martha Crenshaw