- Research Fellow, Charles Sturt University
Dr Peita L. Richards is the recipient of the Office of National Intelligence, National Intelligence Postdoctoral Grant, 2023 (project 202308). Her research focused on extending methods developed in her doctoral research to the national intelligence priority area of “measuring reliable behavioural indicators of multiple social identity features in real world settings”.
Peita’s research continues to advance methods of data analysis to develop objective measures of predictive psychological phenomena in an intelligence context.
Peita additionally undertakes research related in trajectories to radicalisation and online media influences. She is particularly interested in the potential for harnessing protective factors for at risk youth in relation to engagement with social media and online gaming platforms.
Peita has previously undertaken extensive research with government and industry in geo-political contexts, with a focus on the Middle East, Africa, and factors of International Law. She has presented extensively on factors pertaining to Humanitarian Intervention and Peacekeeping; Responsibility to Protect; State Sponsored Extremism and Terrorism; and Insurgency and Non-State Actors.
Experience
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–presentResearch Fellow, Charles Sturt University
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2022–2023Research associate, University of New South Wales
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2022–2023Lecturer, Macquarie University
Education
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2023Charles Sturt University, Doctor of Philosophy
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2010Australian Catholic University, Graduate Diploma Education (Secondary) Graduate Certificate Religious Education (Comparative Religious
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2007Macquarie University, Master of International Relations (Security and Law)
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2005Macquarie University, Bachelor of Arts
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1999Macleay College, Diploma of Journalism, Diploma of Public Relations
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