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Associate Professor Matteo Vergani
Deakin University
Contact
matteo.vergani@deakin.edu.auInstitution
Deakin University
Research Areas
Hate crimeHate speechExtremismPolitical violenceTerrorismP/CVEEvaluation.
Dr Matteo Vergani is an Associate Professor in Sociology at Deakin University. Matteo’s research focuses on investigating the relationships between on- and offline discrimination, micro-aggressions, hate speech, hate crime, and politically motivated violence. Matteo uses mixed methods and interdisciplinary collaborations with data scientists and other STEM colleagues to look at the factors that cause and accelerate hate behaviours, as well as the factors that contribute to preventing and mitigating hate behaviours, such as social cohesion and the inclusion of diverse communities in multicultural societies. Matteo has completed numerous systematic reviews, developed validated measurement tools, and impact evaluations in Australia and South East Asia.
Key Publications
Journal Articles
| PROTOCOL: Mapping the scientific knowledge and approaches to defining and measuring hate crime, hate speech, and hate incidents (2022) | Vergani, M., Perry, B., Freilich, J., Chermak, S., Scrivens, R., Link, R. |
| When and How Does Anti-Semitism Occur? The Different Trigger Mechanisms Associated with Different Types of Criminal and Non-Criminal Hate Incidents (2021) | Vergani M, Goodhardt D, Link R, Adamczyk A, Freilich J and Chemak S |
| Comparing different sources of data to examine trends of hate crime in absence of official registers (2021) | Vergani M, Navarro C, Freilich J and Chermak S |
| Hate Crime Reporting: The Relationship Between Types of Barriers and Perceived Severity (2021) | Vergani M and Navarro C |
| The 3 Ps of radicalisation: push, pull and personal. A systematic scoping review of the scientific evidence about radicalisation into violent extremism (2020) | Vergani M, Iqbal M, Ilbahar E and Barton G |
| Does the awareness of mortality shape people’s openness to violence and conflict? An examination of Terror Management Theory (2019) | Vergani M, O’Brien K, Lentini P and Barton G |
| The language of new terrorism. Differences in psychological dimensions of communication in Dabiq and Inspire (2018) | Vergani M and Bliuc AM |
Reports
| Community-centered P/CVE Research in Southeast Asia: Opportunities and Challenges (2021) | Vergani M |
Grants and Projects
| ‘Southeast Asian Network of civil society organizations working against violent extremism’Department of Home Affairs, 2022 | $500,000 | The SEAN-CSO was established in 2016. In 2022, the network will focus on conducting research and training on secondary and tertiary CVE interventions in South East Asia, including initiatives targeting "at risk" individuals and rehabilitation / reintegration of former terrorists. The SEAN-CSO network is convened by Deakin University in partnership with the Australian Multicultural Foundation, Peace Generation and IMAN Research. | Greg Barton, Matteo Vergani |
| ‘Scientific knowledge and approaches to defining and measuring hate crime, hate speech and hate incidents’Public Safety Canada, 2021-2022 | Vergani M, Perry B, Chermak S, Freilich J, Scrivens R |
| ‘Mapping Social Services Provision for Diverse Communities’ARC Linkage | 2022: $39,296 | 2021: $132,920 | 2020: $128,811 | Mansouri F, Vergani M, El Matrah J |
| ‘South East Asian Network of Civil Society Organisations working against violent extremism’Australian Department of Home Affairs, 2016-2022 | Barton G and Vergani M |
| ‘Evaluation of AASW and APS Training Programs’Queensland Police, 2020-2021 | Vergani M and Grossman M |
| ‘Building capacities to explore the link between hate incidents and violent extremism in Victoria’Victorian Government, 2019-2020 | Vergani M, Goodhardt D, Mason G, Freilich J and Chermak S |
| ‘Preventing violent extremism and building youth cohesion through creative production of grassroots online counter-narratives: a pilot intervention and impact evaluation’Victorian Government, 2018-2019 | Vergani M, Barolsky V and Iqbal M |