Structure

Our Director works with our Executive, a team of senior scholars to drive the vision and scope of activity for CRIS.

We’re supported by a program grant from the Victorian Government and significant funding and in-kind support from partner institutions.

See a list of our team members below.

Our research is divided into four thematic areas:

1. Challenging Racisms and Enhancing Social Belonging

2. Building Resilience to Social Harms (including Violent Extremism)

3. Youth, Diversity and Wellbeing in a Digital Age

4. Dynamics of Violent Extremism

You can find more about our completed and current projects here.

Executive

Our Executive is responsible for the strategic focus and operations of CRIS and is made up of our Director, Deputy Director and stream leaders.

Challenging Racisms and Enhancing Social Belonging Stream

Find out more about the team’s research and projects.

The Challenging Racisms and Enhancing Social Belonging Stream members:

Professor Kevin Dunn (Western Sydney University (WSU))
Professor Yin Paradies (Deakin University (Deakin))
Dr Jehonathan Ben (previously Deakin)
Dr Rachel Sharples (WSU)
Dr Sara Cheikh-Husain (WSU)
Associate Professor Nida Denson (WSU)
Dr Amanuel Elias (Deakin)
Ayuba Issaka (Deakin)
Dr Alanna Kamp (WSU)
Professor Craig McGarty (WSU)
Alexandra Lee (Deakin)
Professor Dan MacKenzie (University of Washington)
Professor Fethi Mansouri (Deakin)
Noorie Safa (WSU)
Phuong Nguyen (University of Melbourne)
Dr Awais Piracha (WSU)
Dr Daniel Pitman (WSU)
Ms Shejuti Hayat (WSU)
Dr Susan Sisko (WSU)
Dr Mandy Truong (WSU/Australian Institute of Family Studies)

Building Resilience to Social Harms (including Violent Extremism) Stream

Find out more about the team’s research and projects.

Building Resilience to Social Harms (including Violent Extremism) Stream members:

Dr Hass Dellal (Australian Multicultural Foundation)
Professor Michele Grossman (Deakin)
Dr Vivian Gerrand (Deakin)
Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh (Deakin)
Dr Vanessa Barolsky (previously Deakin)
Professor Greg Barton (Deakin)
Dr Kris Christmann (University of Huddersfield)
Bec Devitt (Deakin)
Mark Duckworth (Deakin)
Tom Fischer (Deakin and Victoria University)
Ben Freeman (previously Deakin)
Christine Horn (previously Deakin)
Lydia Khalil (Deakin)
Associate Professor Josh Roose (Deakin)
Professor Paul Thomas (University of Huddersfield)
Dr Michael Ungar (Dalhousie University)
Dr Matteo Vergani (Deakin)
Dr Chad Whelan (Deakin)

Youth, Diversity and Wellbeing in a Digital Age Stream

Find out more about the team’s research and projects.

Youth, Diversity and Wellbeing in a Digital Age Stream members:

Professor Amanda Third (WSU)
Professor Anita Harris (Deakin)
Dr Kim Lam (previously Deakin)
Associate Professor Alison Baker (Victoria University)
David Cao (Deakin)
Dr Linda Chiodo (Victoria University)
Dr Philippa Collin (WSU)
Komal Grewal (Deakin)
Dr Anna Halafoff (Deakin)
Dr Sherene Idriss (Deakin)
Lara Ingram (Deakin)
Professor Amanda Keddie (Deakin)
Dr Liam Magee (WSU)
Soo-Lin Quek (Centre for Multicultural Youth)
Dr Melathi Saldin (Deakin)
Lou Welland (WSU)
Jess Case (Centre for Multicultural Youth)

Dynamics of Violent Extremism Stream

Find out more about the team’s research and projects.

Dynamics of Violent Extremism Stream members:

Dr Mario Peucker (Victoria University)
Jacob Davey (Institute of Strategic Dialogue)
Dr Muhammad Iqbal (Victoria University)
Professor Debra Smith (Victoria University)
Professor Ramon Spaaij (Victoria University)
Tom Fischer (Deakin and Victoria University)