Biography
Dr Matteo Vergani is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Deakin University, and Senior Research Fellow at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation. Matteo’s research focuses on the "ecosystem of hate", which includes discrimination, micro-aggressions, hate speech, hate crime and politically motivated violence. It looks at the factors that cause and accellerate hate, as well as the factors that contribute to prevent and mitigate hate, such as social cohesion and inclusion of diverse communities in multicultural societies. Matteo has completed numerous impact evaluations of P/CVE projects in Australia and South East Asia.
Read more on Matteo's profileResearch interests
I am interested in the associations between vastly different behaviours underpinned by hate, ranging from day-to-day micro-aggressions to terrorism and genocide. My research focuses on hate against a wide range of target groups, including religious, ethnic, racial, LGBTIQ+, people living with a disability, among others.
Publications
Examining the Relationship Between Alienation and Radicalization into Violent Extremism
Matteo Vergani, Muhammad Iqbal, Kerry O'Brien, Peter Lentini, Greg Barton
(2021), pp. 115-138, Islam and Security in the West, London, Eng., B1
Bonding Social Capital, Afghan Refugees, and Early Access to Employment
M Vergani, I Yilmaz, G Barton, J Barry, G Bashirov, S Barton
(2021), pp. 1-17, International Migration Review, London, Eng., C1
Imogen Richards, Maria Rae, Matteo Vergani, Callum Jones
(2021), Vol. 163, pp. 103-130, Thesis eleven, London, Eng., C1
Hate Crime Reporting: The Relationship Between Types of Barriers and Perceived Severity
M Vergani, C Navarro
(2021), pp. 1-16, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, Berlin, Germany, C1
G Barton, M Vergani, Y Wahid
(2021), pp. 1-15, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, London, Eng., C1
When and How Does Anti-Semitism Occur? the Different Trigger Mechanisms Associated with Different Types of Criminal and Non-Criminal Hate Incidents
M Vergani, D Goodhardt, R Link, A Adamczyk, J Freilich, S Chermak
(2021), pp. 1-17, Deviant Behavior, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Community-centered P/CVE Research in Southeast Asia: Opportunities and Challenges
Matteo Vergani
(2021), pp. 1-18, Researching Violent Extremism Series, Washington, D.C, A6
Countering Islamophobia in the Victorian population
Kevin Dunn, Rachel Sharples, Fethi Mansouri, Yin Paradies, Matteo Vergani, Craig McGarty, Amanuel Elias
(2021), Vol. 2, pp. 1-10, CRIS issues papers, Geelong, Vic., A6
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on delivery of services to CALD communities in Australia
Enqi Weng, Fethi Mansouri, Matteo Vergani
(2021), Geelong, Vic., A6
M Vergani, M Iqbal, E Ilbahar, G Barton
(2020), Vol. 43, pp. 854-885, Studies in conflict and terrorism, Abingdon, Eng., C1
The effects of local socio-political events on group cohesion in online far-right communities
A Bliuc, J Betts, N Faulkner, M Vergani, R Chow, M Iqbal, D Best
(2020), Vol. 15, pp. 1-18, PLoS ONE, San Francisco, Calif., C1
Comparing Different Sources of Data to Examine Trends of Hate Crime in Absence of Official Registers
Matteo Vergani, Carolina Navarro, Joshua Freilich, Steven Chermak
(2020), pp. 1-16, American Journal of Criminal Justice, Berlin, Germany, C1
Tackling Hate in Australia: Stocktake Report 2019-2020
Matteo Vergani, Rouven Link
(2020), Geelong, Vic., A6
Barriers to reporting hate crime and hate incidents in Victoria: A mixed-methods study
Matteo Vergani, C Navarro
(2020), Geelong, Vic., A6
M Vergani, K O'Brien, P Lentini, G Barton
(2019), Vol. 40, pp. 111-124, Political psychology, Chichester, Eng., C1
Collective identity changes in far-right online communities: The role of offline intergroup conflict
A Bliuc, J Betts, M Vergani, M Iqbal, K Dunn
(2019), Vol. 21, pp. 1770-1786, New Media and Society, London, Eng., C1
M Vergani, A Bliuc, A Stuart, C Badea, D Muntele, C McGarty
(2019), Vol. 10, pp. 1-12, Frontiers in Psychology, Lausanne, Switzerland, C1
How is terrorism changing us?: Threat perception and political attitudes in the age of terror
M Vergani
(2018), Singapore, A1
K O'Brien, W Forrest, I Greenlees, D Rhind, S Jowett, I Pinsky, A Espelt, M Bosque-Prous, A Sonderlund, M Vergani, M Iqbal
(2018), Vol. 21, pp. 335-441, Journal of science and medicine in sport, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Intercultural contact, knowledge of Islam, and prejudice against muslims in Australia
F Mansouri, M Vergani
(2018), Vol. 66, pp. 85-94, International journal of intercultural relations, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
M Vergani, Ana-Maria Bliuc
(2018), Vol. 37, pp. 523-540, Journal of language and social psychology, London, Eng., C1
S Barton, I Yilmaz, F Bezhan, G Barton, J Barry, M Vergani
(2018), Burwood, Vic., A6
Digital me, digital us: curious, critical & creative pilot project evaluation report
C Beavis, L Pangrazio, Michelle Grossman, A Keddie, T Cinque, M Vergani, C Eveley, V Trundle, C Speldewinde
(2018), [Melbourne, Vic.], A6
Examining Islamic religiosity and civic engagement in Melbourne
M Vergani, A Johns, M Lobo, F Mansouri
(2017), Vol. 53, pp. 631-78, Journal of sociology, London, Eng., C1
M Vergani, G Barton, M Iqbal
(2017), Vol. 53, pp. 445-460, Journal of sociology, London, Eng., C1
Risk and benefit perceptions: Resistance, adoption and uses of ICT among the Italian elderly
S Carlo, M Vergani
(2016), Vol. 9754, pp. 155-166, Human aspects of IT for the aged population. Design for aging, New York, N.Y., B1
M Vergani, E Tacchi
(2016), Vol. 42, pp. 1885-1903, Journal of ethnic and migration studies, London, Eng., C1
M Iqbal, K O Brien, A Bliuc, M Vergani
(2016), Vol. 47, pp. 891-897, Journal of cross-cultural psychology, Thousand Oaks, Calif., C1
M Vergani, S Collins
(2015), Vol. 38, pp. 414-432, Studies in conflict & terrorism, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Neojihadist visual politics: comparing YouTube videos of North Caucasus and Uyghur militants
M Vergani, D Zuev
(2015), Vol. 39, pp. 1-22, Asian studies review, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
M Vergani
(2014), Vol. 25, pp. 357-372, Islam and Christian–Muslim relations, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Rethinking grassroots campaigners in the digital media: The 'grassroots orchestra' in Italy
M Vergani
(2014), Vol. 49, pp. 237-251, Australian journal of political science, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Neo- jihadist prosumers and Al Qaeda single narrative: the case study of Giuliano Delnevo
M Vergani
(2014), Vol. 37, pp. 604-617, Studies in conflict & terrorism, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Local political subcultures and party activism in Italy: The case of the Democratic Party
M Vergani
(2014), Vol. 20, pp. 381-390, Party politics, London, Eng., C1-1
Production of solidarities in YouTube: a visual study of Uyghur nationalism
M Vergani, D Zuev,
(2013), pp. 83-107, Sociology of the visual sphere, Abingdon, Eng., B1-1
M Vergani, D Zuev
(2011), Vol. 20, pp. 205-229, Journal of contemporary China, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Are party activists potential opinion leaders?
M Vergani
(2011), Vol. 18, pp. 71-82, Javnost - the public, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Internet e partecipazione politica: uno studio comparato tra V-Day e No B-Day
M Vergani
(2011), Vol. 2, pp. 197-222, Comunicazione politica, Bologna, Italy, C1-1
Folksonomy nel Web, tra utopia e realtà
M Vergani
(2010), pp. 115-135, Nuovi media e ricerca empirica. I precorsi metodologici degli Internet Studies, Milan, Italy, B1-1
Media, participation and the state of democracy
Fausto Colombo, M Vergani
(2010), pp. 123-136, Media and communication studies interventions and intersections: the intellectual work of the 2010 ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School, Tartu, Estonia, B1-1
Precari per sempre? Nuove forme di comunicazione per nuove lotte
Giovanna Mascheroni, M Vergani
(2010), Vol. 3, pp. 52-64, Historia magistra, Milan, Italy, C1-1
YouTube e civic commercial engagement. Il caso Obama Girl e Barely Political
M Vergani
(2009), Vol. 40, pp. 131-144, Sociologia della comunicazione, Milan, Italy, C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Mapping Social Services Provision for Diverse Communities
Prof Fethi Mansouri, Dr Matteo Vergani, Joumanah El Matrah
ARC Linkage - Projects
- 2021: $101,019
- 2020: $128,811
Other Public Sector Funding
Evaluation of Creating Change and Enhance projects
Dr Matteo Vergani
- 2016: $6,818
Understanding Contemporary Terrorism & Developing Policy Responses
Prof Greg Barton, Dr Matteo Vergani, Prof Michele Grossman
- 2018: $188,491
- 2017: $69,712
SEAN-CSO on countering violent extremism - 17/11076-03
Dr Matteo Vergani, Prof Greg Barton
- 2018: $165,041
- 2017: $18,181
Preventing violent extremism and building youth cohesion through creative production of grassroots online counter-narratives: a pilot intervention and impact evaluation
Dr Matteo Vergani, Dr Vanessa Barolsky
- 2019: $21,906
- 2018: $51,906
Development and delivery of the Digital Literacy and Digital Citizenship Pilot Program
Prof Catherine Beavis, Prof Michele Grossman, Prof Amanda Keddie, Dr Toija Cinque, Dr Luci Pangrazio, Dr Matteo Vergani
- 2018: $166,889
Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies (CRIS)
Prof Michele Grossman, Prof Fethi Mansouri, Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh, Prof Anita Harris, Prof Greg Barton, Dr Amanuel Elias, A/Prof Anna Halafoff, Dr Vivian Gerrand, Prof Amanda Keddie, Prof Yin Paradies, Dr 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 Vanessa Barolsky, Dr Michael Ungar, Dr Sherene Idriss
- 2019: $1,824,753
- 2018: $1,065,362
Research and Relationships Partner for the South East Asian Network of Civil Society Organisations.
Prof Greg Barton, Dr Matteo Vergani
- 2019: $146,651
- 2018: $69,007
GCTF Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Working Group - Workshop on Gender and P/CVE: the role of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)
Prof Greg Barton, Dr Matteo Vergani
- 2018: $100,000
Mapping Social Services Provision for Diverse Communities
Prof Fethi Mansouri, Dr Matteo Vergani, Joumanah El Matrah
- 2021: $10,000
- 2020: $10,000
Exploring the missing link between hate and violent extremism: building capacities to collect and share data in Victoria
Dr Matteo Vergani, A/Prof Gail Mason, Mr Daniel Goodhardt, Prof Joshua Freilich, Prof Steven Chermak
- 2020: $13,605
- 2019: $63,599
Dissecting lslamophobia: understanding the varied racialisation of Islam using latent class analysis, and what it means for responding
Prof Kevin Dunn, Prof Fethi Mansouri, Craig McGarty, Thierno Diallo, Rachael Sharples, Dr Matteo Vergani, Prof Yin Paradies, Dr Amanuel Elias
- 2019: $22,000
South East Asian Network of Civil Society Organisations (SEAN-CSO) in 2019 20.
Prof Greg Barton, Dr Matteo Vergani
- 2020: $241,329
- 2019: $130,000
Evaluation of AASW and APS Programs.
Dr Matteo Vergani, Prof Michele Grossman
- 2020: $144,500
Engagement of a Research and Relationships provider to support activities of the South East Asian Network of Civil Society Organisations (SEAN-CSO) in 2020-21.
Prof Greg Barton, Dr Matteo Vergani
- 2021: $195,000
Industry and Other Funding
Google CVE Effectiveness Audience Research Australia
Dr Matteo Vergani
- 2017: $18,260
Measuring Impacts of Countering Violent Extremism Programs: Implications for Australia
Prof Michele Grossman, Dr Matteo Vergani
- 2018: $4,200
Investigating the need for current practices around countering/preventing violent extremism and the work of Plan International in the Philippines, Indonesia and Myanmar
A/Prof Anthony Ware, Prof Matthew Clarke, Prof Greg Barton, Dr Matteo Vergani
- 2018: $10,000
Mapping Social Services Provision for Diverse Communities
Prof Fethi Mansouri, Dr Matteo Vergani, Joumanah El Matrah
- 2021: $5,000
- 2020: $5,000
Systematic review of hate definitions and measurement.
Dr Matteo Vergani
- 2021: $66,263
- 2020: $54,997
Measuring impact of online and offline campaign for building resilience and tolerance in tackling South and Southeast Asia conflict
Dr Matteo Vergani, Prof Greg Barton
- 2021: $12,787
The Holocaust Knowledge and Awareness Survey in Australia
A/Prof Steven Cooke, Dr Donna-Lee Frieze, Prof Andrew Singleton, Dr Matteo Vergani
- 2021: $119,399
Other Funding Sources
Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies (CRIS)
Prof Michele Grossman, Prof Fethi Mansouri, Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh, Prof Anita Harris, Prof Greg Barton, Dr Amanuel Elias, A/Prof Anna Halafoff, Dr Vivian Gerrand, Prof Amanda Keddie, Prof Yin Paradies, Dr 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 Vanessa Barolsky, Dr Michael Ungar, Dr Sherene Idriss
- 2020: $163,325
- 2019: $112,204
Supervisions
Reem Sweid
Thesis entitled: The Governmentality of ¿Radicalisation¿ and its Discontents: A Critique of the Problematisation of ¿Radicalisation¿ in Australian and UK Policy
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences