Associate Professor Julian Droogan
Associate Professor Terrorism Studies
Institution
Macquarie University
Research Area Keywords
Terrorism; Violent extremism; Countering violent extremism; Jihadism; Internet; Social media; Right-wing extremism; Left-wing extremism; Religion; South Asia
Contact: julian.droogan@mq.edu.au
About Julian
Dr. Julian Droogan is Associate Professor and Head of Department, Security Studies and Criminology, at Macquarie University, Sydney. His research focusses on the confluence between extremist narratives and digital media, right- and left-wing extremism, and religions. Julian has led or co-led numerous funded research projects examining online disinformation in Australia's region, countering violent extremism in Australia, audiences of online extremism, and right-wing extremism online. His research and consultancy were instrumental in the creation of the $12 million NSW COMPACT countering violent extremism program, operating since 2015. Julian’s funded team research into online extremism brings together socio-cultural expertise and computer science to combine quantitative and qualitative empirical data to address complex interactions in the online space. He maintains a number of international agreements and partnerships with academic and practitioner CT and CVE organisations in Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia. Julian is editor of the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism (Routledge), and interdisciplinary journal publishing high-quality scholarship on the intersection of policing, intelligence, and terrorism, and providing a space for both academics and practitioners working in the field.
Key Publications
Books
Feeling terrified? The diversity of emotions to online violent extremism (2021)
Waldek L, Droogan J and Lumby C
Journal Articles
Yoga soft power: How flexible is the posture? (2018)
Droogan J and Gautam A
Should we be afraid of cyber terrorism? (2018)
Droogan J and Waldek L
Innovation and terror: An analysis of the use of social media by terror-related group in the Asia Pacific (2018)
Droogan J, Waldek L and Blackhall R
The perennial problem of terrorism and political violence in Pakistan (2018)
Droogan J
Reading jihad: Mapping the shifting themes of Inspire magazine (2018)
Droogan J and Peattie S
Mapping the thematic landscape of Dabiq magazine (2017)
Droogan J and Peattie S
Countering violent extremism symposium: Partnering to build solutions - outputs and findings (2015)
Droogan J and Waldek L
Continuing drivers of violence in Honiara: Making friends and influencing people (2015)
Droogan J and Waldek L
Book Chapters
Left-wing extremism and radicalism: The complexities of a (non)violent struggle for a better world (2021)
in Routledge Handbook of Extremism, Allchorn W (ed.)
Peucker M, Droogan J and Holmes S
Pakistan’s terrorist challenge (2019)
in Terrorism and political violence in the Asia-Pacific, Tan A and Schreer B (eds.)
Droogan J
Terrorism and social media in the Asia Pacific (2019)
in Terrorism and political violence in the Asia-Pacific, Tan A and Schreer B (eds.)
Droogan J and Waldek L
Islamophobia in Al-Qa’ida’s and Islamic State’s English-language magazines (2019)
in Islamophobia and radicalization, Esposito J and Iner D (eds.)
Droogan J and Peattie S
Religion, radicalisation, and violent extremism? (2018)
In Does religion cause violence: Multiple perspectives on violence and religion in the modern world, Hoges J et al. (eds.)
Droogan J and Waldek L
Research Reports
Violent extremist online ecosystems literature and conceptual review: Radically and Ethnically Motivated Violence (REMVE) online research (2021)
Droogan J, Waldek L, Hutchinson J and Ballsun-Stanton B
Mapping networks and narratives of online right-wing extremists in New South Wales: Final report (2020)
Department of Security Studies and Criminology
Vulnerable youth: Crime and terror in Australia (2019)
Waldek L, Droogan J and Ochoa Hernandez R
Community Action for Preventing Extremism: Final evaluation report (2020)
Droogan J and Waldek L
Beyond countering violent extremism: Building resilience in NSW (2015)
100-page in-confidence research findings report produced for the NSW Parliament
Droogan J and Waldek L
Grants and Projects
‘Racially and ethically motivated violent extremist (REMVE) Online Research – Australian Ecosystems’
United States Institute of Peace (USIP), RESOLVE
‘An examination of Australian violent extremism in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic’
Department of Communities and Justice, NSW
‘DoD: DSP multi-party collaborative project agreement in relation to the undertaking of three case studies of mass influence organisations’
Australian Department of Defence
‘Multi-party collaborative project agreement in relation to the undertaking of three case studies of mass influence organisations’
Australian Department of Defence
‘Mapping networks and narratives of far-right social movements in New South Wales’
Department of Premier and Cabinet, NSW; Department of Communities and Justice, NSW
‘Vulnerable youth and potential conflicts with the law’
NSW Office for the Advocate for Children and Young People
‘All Together Now: 2017 CAPE project evaluation plan’
Multicultural NSW / All Together Now, COMPACT grant
‘Online violent extremist audiences in Australia and the United Kingdom’
Australian Research Council: Discovery Project
‘Countering violent extremism in NSW’
Department of Premier and Cabinet, NSW