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Dr Andrew Zammit
Dr Andrew Zammit, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Victoria University
Contact
Andrew.zammit@vu.edu.auInstitution
Victoria University
Research Areas
TerrorismViolent extremismSecurityNational securityInternational relationsHuman rightsIntelligence studiesPublic policy
Dr. Andrew Zammit is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Victoria University. His research career in political science, including both public-facing research and applied research with government partners, has focused on terrorism and violent extremism in Australia along with other areas of public policy and national security. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism and a member of the Victorian Government’s Expert Advisory Committee on Countering Violent Extremism. He was recently awarded a National Intelligence Postdoctoral Grant for the project “How events abroad shape threats at home: grounded approaches for forecasting violent extremism”.
Key Publications
Journal Articles
| The Bondi Attack: The Islamic State’s Strategic Shifts and Jihadi Tactics in Australia (2026) | Zammit A and West LJ |
| Countering violent extremism research and practice in a time of upheaval: the FBI’s Beyond Belief handbook (2025) | Zammit A |
| Composite violent extremism: conceptualizing attackers who increasingly challenge traditional categories of terrorism (2025) | Gartenstein-Ross D, Chace-Donahue E, Urban M and Zammit A |
| “The smallest act you do in their lands is more beloved to us than the biggest act done here”: when do an armed movement’s transnational supporters turn to terrorism at home? (2024) | Zammit A |
| Revisiting the relationship between academics and national security practitioners (2021) | Ilardi GJ, Smith D and Zammit A |
| Operation Silves: Inside the 2017 Islamic State Sydney Plane Plot (2020) | Zammit A |
| New developments in the Islamic State’s external operations: the 2017 Sydney plane plot (2017) | Zammit A |
| The role of virtual planners in the 2015 Anzac Day terror plot (2017) | Zammit A |
| Australian jihadism in the age of the Islamic State (2017) | Zammit A |
| What is countering violent extremism? Exploring CVE policy and practice in Australia (2016) | Harris-Hogan S, Barrelle K and Zammit A |
Book Chapters
| What strategic competition means for counterterrorism (2022) | Zammit A |
| Counterterrorism yearbook 2019: Australia (2019) | In Counterterrorism yearbook 2019, Kfir I and Grice G |
Reports
| The roles of women in supporting and opposing violent extremism: understanding gender and terrorism in contemporary Australia (2018) | Grossman M, Carland S, Tahiri H and Zammit A |
| Australian foreign fighters: risks and responses (2015) | Zammit A |
Grants and Projects
| How events abroad shape threats at home: grounded approaches for forecasting violent extremismVictoria University’s Institute for Sustainable Industries & Liveable Cities (ISILC) funded by the Australian Government through the Office of National Intelligence. 2025–2027. | |
| The use of media baiting strategies by hate groups and extremistsVictoria University’s Institute for Sustainable Industries & Liveable Cities (ISILC) partnered with the New South Wales Premier’s Department. 2025–2026. | |
| National Security Prioritisation Assessment Tool (NS-PAT) validity and reliability assessmentVictoria University’s Institute for Sustainable Industries & Liveable Cities (ISILC) partnered with Victoria Police. 2024–2025. | |
| Applied Security Science Partnership (ASSP) research databaseVictoria University’s Institute for Sustainable Industries & Liveable Cities (ISILC) partnered with the Department of Home Affairs. 2024–2025. | |
| Strengthening processes to monitor client progress within CVE interventionsVictoria University’s Institute for Sustainable Industries & Liveable Cities (ISILC) partnered with Victoria Police. 2024–2025. | |
| REAP Training RefreshVictoria University’s Institute for Sustainable Industries & Liveable Cities (ISILC) partnered with the Department of Justice and Community Safety Victoria. 2022–2024. | |
| Destroying the world to save it: Why security studies needs to engage with the planetary health agendaVictoria University’s Institute for Sustainable Industries & Liveable Cities (ISILC), funded by an internal grant from Victoria University and with in-kind support from the Defence Science and Technology Group. 2020–2021. |