Biography
Dr Vivian Gerrand is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at ADI where she coordinates Stream 2 (Building resilience to social harms including violent extremism) at the Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies. She was a chief investigator on the Horizon 2020 Building Resilience to Violent Extremism and Polarisation (2019-21) Project. In 2017-18 she was an Endeavour and a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence. Vivian is the author of a range of publications including Possible Spaces of Somali Belonging (MUP, 2016)
Read more on Vivian's profileResearch interests
Diasporic minority belonging and citizenship
Image-making practices and the creation, maintenance and negotiation of complex cultural identity
Networked sociability in the digital world
Mobility and displacement
Resilience to violent extremism
Affiliations
Visiting Fellow (BRaVE Project), Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute
Honorary Research Associate, Research Unit in Public Cultures, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
Knowledge areas
Alternative Narratives
Belonging and Identity
Migration
Resilience to Violent Extremism
Polarisation
Professional activities
Coordinator of Stream 2, Building resilience against social harms including violent extremism, Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies
Co-Convenor of the Cultural Sociology thematic group, TASA
Member of the AVERT (Addressing Violent Extremism and Radicalisation to Terrorism) Research Network Executive and Steering Committees
Member, The Australian Sociological Association
Member, Institute for Postcolonial Studies
Senior Research Affiliate, The Canadian network for research on terrorism, security and society (TSAS)
Media appearances
2021 Interview for the Age article: 'The price of "freedom": How anti-lockdown protest leaders make money from the movement,' 12 December.
2021 Interview on SBS World News about the anti-lockdown, anti-vaccine mandate protests, 22 September.
2017 Interview by Hodan Nalayeh about Possible Spaces of Somali Belonging, for Integration TV, Toronto, 27 February.
2016 Interview by Francesca Rizzoli about Possible Spaces of Somali Belonging, for SBS Radio Italian Programme, Melbourne, 14 September.
2016 Interview about Possible Spaces of Somali Belonging with Meecham Philpott, ABC Tropical North, 16 June.
2016 ‘No longer afraid to come out of the locker. Going berko for burkinis’. Overland, 25 August.
2015 ‘Reframing Australia’, Overland, 14 July.
2015 ‘Zaky Mallah: A cautionary tale of radicalisation and the need for belonging’, The Conversation, 29 June.
Publications
Michele Grossman, Vivian Gerrand
(2023), pp. 236-253, Routledge Handbook of Violent Extremism and Resilience, London, Eng., B1
Young people, radicalisation, and resilience
Vivian Gerrand
(2023), pp. 71-91, Routledge Handbook of Violent Extremism and Resilience, London, Eng., B1
Violent extremism and resilience in the 21st century
Richard McNeil-Willson, Anna Triandafyllidou, Vivian Gerrand
(2023), pp. 3-16, Routledge Handbook of Violent Extremism and Resilience, London, Eng., B1
What Got You through Lockdown?
Vivian Gerrand, Kim Lam, Liam Magee, Pam Nilan, Hiruni Walimunige, David Cao
(2023), Vol. 26, pp. 1-1, M/C Journal, Brisbane, Qld., C1
Understanding the Experiences of Families of Radicalised Muslim Youth in Australia
Vivian Gerrand, Michele Grossman
(2022), pp. 92-111, Radicalisation, Extremism and Social Work Practice : Minority Muslim Youth in the West, London, Eng., B1
V Gerrand, M Grossman
(2022), pp. 92-111, Radicalisation, Extremism and Social Work Practice: Minority Muslim Youth in the West, London, Eng., B1
Terrorism Confidential: Ethics, Primary Data and the Construction of "Necessary Fictions"
Michele Grossman, Vivian Gerrand
(2022), pp. 22-36, Ethics and Terrorism, London, Eng., B1
Youth Resilience to Violent Extremism: Development and Validation of the BRAVE Measure
M Grossman, K Hadfield, P Jefferies, V Gerrand, M Ungar
(2022), Vol. 34, pp. 468-488, Terrorism and Political Violence, C1
Communicative channels for pro-social resilience in an age of polarization
Vivian Gerrand
(2022), Vol. 27, First Monday, Bridgmen, Mich., C1
Australia : Diversity, Neutrality and Exceptionalism
Michele Grossman, Vivian Gerrand, Anna Halafoff
(2021), pp. 296-308, Routledge Handbook on the Governance of Religious Diversity, London, Eng., B1
V Gerrand
(2021), pp. 199-231, Mediterranean Perspectives, Berlin, Germany, B1
Terrorism confidential: ethics, primary data and the construction of "Necessary Fictions"
M Grossman, V Gerrand
(2021), Vol. 33, pp. 242-256, Terrorism and political violence, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Rapid Evidence Assessment on Alternative Narratives
Josh Roose, Vivian Gerrand, Shahram Akbarzadeh
(2021), Geelong, Vic., A6
Submission to Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
Michele Grossman, Mark Duckworth, Greg Barton, Vivian Gerrand, Matteo Vergani, Mario Peucker, Hass Dellal, Jacob Davey
(2021), Melbourne, Vic., A6
G Proglio, C Hawthorne, I Danewid, P Saucier, G Grimaldi, A Pesarini, T Raeymaekers, G Grechi, Vivian Gerrand
(2021), Cham, Switzerland, A7
Australia. Diversity, neutrality and exceptionalism
Michele Grossman, Vivian Gerrand, Anna Halafoff
(2020), pp. 296-308, Routledge Handbook on the Governance of Religious Diversity, London, Eng., B1
Trajectories of radicalization and resilience in Nuruddin Farah's North of Dawn
V Gerrand
(2020), Vol. 57, pp. 106-114, Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, Pretoria, South Africa, C1
'Mogadishu on the mend: Representing post-war Somalia and Somalis in the 21st century.'
V Gerrand
(2016), AFSAAP 2015 : 21st Century Tensions and Transformations in Africa : Proceedings of the African Studies Association of Australia and the Pacific 2015 conference, Melbourne, Vic., E1
V Gerrand, Y Omar
(2015), pp. 153-176, Hopeful places : migration and belonging in an unpredictable era, Ballarat, Vic., B1-1
Representing Somali resettlement in Italy: the writing of Ubax Cristina Ali Farah and Igiaba Scego
V Gerrand
(2008), Vol. 21, pp. 270-295, Italian studies in Southern Africa, [Johannesburg, South Africa], C1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
New Directions in Radicalisation and Violent Extremism: A Literature Review.
Dr Josh Roose, Dr Vivian Gerrand, Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh
Department of Home Affairs - AVERT Research Network
- 2023: $255,493
Other Public Sector Funding
Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies (CRIS)
Prof Michele Grossman AM, Prof Fethi Mansouri, Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh, Prof Anita Harris, Dr Vanessa Barolsky, Prof Greg Barton, Dr Amanuel Elias, A/Prof Anna Halafoff, Dr Vivian Gerrand, Prof Amanda Keddie, Prof Yin Paradies, A/Prof Matteo Vergani, Dr Jessica Walton, Prof Chad Whelan, Dr Ana-Maria Bliuc, Dr Philippa Collin, Dr Hass Dellal, Dr Nida Denson, Prof Kevin Dunn, Dr Liam Magee, Dr Liam McGarty, A/Prof Amanda Third, Dr Michael Ungar, Dr Sherene Idriss
Department of Premier and Cabinet Vic
- 2019: $1,824,753
- 2018: $1,065,362
Countering violent extremism research, capacity-building and symposia for government and academic stakeholders.
Prof Michele Grossman AM, Dr Vivian Gerrand, Ms Lydia Khalil
Department of Home Affairs
- 2023: $200,000
- 2022: $249,642
- 2021: $53,300
- 2020: $24,000
Other Funding Sources
Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies (CRIS)
Prof Michele Grossman AM, Prof Fethi Mansouri, Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh, Prof Anita Harris, Dr Vanessa Barolsky, Prof Greg Barton, Dr Amanuel Elias, A/Prof Anna Halafoff, Dr Vivian Gerrand, Prof Amanda Keddie, Prof Yin Paradies, A/Prof Matteo Vergani, Dr Jessica Walton, Prof Chad Whelan, Dr Ana-Maria Bliuc, Dr Philippa Collin, Dr Hass Dellal, Dr Nida Denson, Prof Kevin Dunn, Dr Liam Magee, Dr Liam McGarty, A/Prof Amanda Third, Dr Michael Ungar, Dr Sherene Idriss
Western Sydney University, Victoria University
- 2023: $152,089
- 2022: $152,089
- 2020: $163,325
- 2019: $112,204
Countering violent extremism research, capacity-building and symposia for government and academic stakeholders.
Prof Michele Grossman AM, Dr Vivian Gerrand, Ms Lydia Khalil
Department of Home Affairs (non-HERDC income)
- 2023: $70,000
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report