Associate Professor David Wright-Neville
- Tel: +61 3 990 34588
- Fax: +61 3 990 34686
- Email: David.WrightNeville@arts.monash.edu.au
- Room W1133 11th Floor
- Building 11 (Menzies) Clayton Campus
Associate Professor David Wright-Neville also teaches STST 8022 (Terrorism: Violence and Identity) at ANU.
Research
Associate Professor David Wright-Neville is Deputy Director of the Global Terrorism Research Centre where his research focuses on the political psychology of violence. He also teaches undergraduate and postgraduate subjects on contemporary terrorism. David’s current research involves an inquiry into the political psychology of ethnic and religious terrorism in multicultural societies and on counter-terrorism policies and practices. In particular, he is currently involved in several projects exploring the relationship between individual psychology, human emotions and political and cultural violence; the changing nature of political violence by non-state actors; and the challenges these changes pose for police and intelligence services.
Before returning to academe David worked as a senior terrorism analyst in the Australian intelligence community. He is a highly sought after commentator on terrorism-related issues in the Australian and international media, and is consulted regularly by various Australian federal and state government agencies. He is also consulted by foreign governments and international organisations including the United Nations Secretary General’s Informal Working Group on Countering Terrorism and the Club de Madrid, the latter a gathering of more than 50 former world leaders dedicated to combating the spread of terrorism through the strengthening of democracy.
In early 2007 David was a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford where he worked on several publications. These include a forthcoming book titled Counter-Terrorism Policing: Community, Cohesion, Security, co-authored with Associate Professors Sharon Pickering and Jude McCulloch and due for release in early 2008. This will be followed by Social and Cultural Violence in the Twenty First Century: Globalisation’s New Challenge edited by David Wright-Neville and Anna Halafoff (London: Edward Elgar 2008) and The Dictionary of Global Terrorism (Cambridge: Polity) also due for publication in 2008.
Publications
Co-authored books
- 2008 Counter-Terrorism Policing in Diverse Communities with Sharon Pickering and Jude McCulloch New York: Springer
Forthcoming in 2008
- 2008Social and Cultural Violence in the Twenty First Century: Globalisation's New Challenge edited by David Wright-Neville and Anna Halafoff (London: Edward Elgar 2008)
- 2008 'The Dictionary of Terrorism' (Polity Press)
Edited Books
- 2005 Islamic Terrorism in Indonesia: Myths and Realities (With Marika Vicziany) Monash Asia Institute, Monash University Press.
- 2004 East Asian Security after September 11, London: Edward Elgar (With Pete Lentini and Marika Vicziany)
Book Chapters
- 2007 'Terrorism' in R. Devetak, A. Burke and J. George (eds.) An Introduction to International Relations: Australian Perspectives Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.
- 2006 'Southeast Asian Security Challenges' in R. Ayson and D. ball (eds.) Strategy and Security in the Asia Pacific St. leonards: Allen and Unwin.
- 2006 'Old Style Sovereignty - New Style Threats: Southeast Asia's Counter-Terrorism Dilemma' in Marika Vicziany (Ed.) Asian Security Challenges London: Edward Elgar
- 2006 'Japan's Approach to Counter-Terrorism' in Andrew Newman and Brad New Perspectives on Northeast Asian Security London; Routledge.
- 2006 'Terrorism as a Global Phenomenon: The Southeast Asian Phenomenon' A. Pargeter (ed.) The Evolving Threat: International Terrorism in the Post 9/11 Era Rome: Globe Research and Publishing.
- 2005 'Anti-Westernism, Indonesian Democracy and the Politics of Dashed Expectations' in Margaret Kartomi (Ed.) The Year of Voting Frequently: Politics and Artists in Indonesia's 2004 Elections, Monash Asia Institute, Monash University Press.
- 2004 'Introduction: East Asian Security after September 11' in East Asian Security after September 11, London: Edward Elgar (With Pete Lentini and Marika Vicziany)
- 2004 'US Counter-Terrorism Southeast Asia: Problems on the Horizon' in Lentini, Vicziany and Wright-Neville (eds.), East Asian Security after September 11, London: Edward Elgar
- 2004 'Globalization and Terrorism: The Southeast Asian Experience' in Chris Nyland and Gloria Davies (eds.) Globalization: The Asian Experience London: Edward Elgar Publishers. (Forthcoming)
- 2004 'East Asia and the War on Terror: Why Human Rights Matter' in Paul Van Tongren (ed.) Searching for Peace in East Asia, New York: Lynne Reiner Publishers.
Journal Articles
- 2004 'Dangerous Dynamics: Activists, Militants and terrorists in Southeast Asia ' Pacific Review Vol.17 No.1
Magazine Articles
- 2003 'Prospects Dim: Counter-Terrorism Cooperation in Southeast Asia'Woodrow Wilson Centre, Asia Program Special Report No. 112, pp.5-10.
- 2003'Terrorism's Elusive Character' Australian Mosaic No. 3, pp. 5-9.
Working Papers
- 2006 'The Politics of Fear: Counter-Terrorism and Australian Democracy' Working Paper 27/2006 of the Royal Elcano Institute for Strategic and International Relations (Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos)
- 2004 'Losing the Democratic Moment? Southeast Asia and the War on Terror' Asia Research Centre Working Paper No.110, Murdoch University, October.
Newspaper Opinion Articles
David has been a regular commentator on terrorism and international affairs and since 2002 has contributed commentary to more than 500 electronic and print media stories in Australia and overseas. He can also be heard at 9.40am every Thursday morning on Melbourne's 3AW where he discusses the biggest international affairs of the week with Neil Mitchell. As sample of newspaper opinion pieces includes;
2007
- 'Be Alert, Not Alarmed' Herald Sun July 4.
- 'The Bush ties Causing a Bind' The Age 24 February (Insight)
2004
- 'Why Latham Trumps Howard on Terrorism', The Age 7 September 2.
2003
- 'Evil Seeds Still Grow' Melbourne Herald Sun August 7.
- 'Jemaah Islamiyah: Tentacles of Terror' BBC World On-line, June 13.
- 'Searching for the Truth about the Terror Threat' The Age 26 March.
- 'National Interest, Terrorism and the War in Iraq', Public Record, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, March 21.
- 'Lighting the Fuse of Terror' Melbourne Herald Sun, March 20.
- 'War Will Fuel Terrorism' Melbourne Herald Sun, January 13.
Postgraduate Supervision
Postgraduate research students currently being supervised include:
- Muhamad Bakashmar (PhD ) Sharia Courts in Malaysia: The Politics of Law – co-supervisor with Dr Pete Lentini
- Haroro Ingram(PhD) The Rationalization of Charisma: Late Modernity and Terrorist Leadership – co-supervisor with Dr. Pete Lentini
- Debra Smith (PhD) The Role of Human Emotions in Shaping Terrorist Behaviour – co-supervisor with Professor James Walter and Dr. Michael Janover