Vivian Gerrand

(She/her)

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Dr Vivian Gerrand is an Associate Lecturer at the Australian National University and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University. Vivian is an Executive Member of the Addressing Violent Extremism and Radicalisation to Terrorism (AVERT) Research Network. She is the author of Possible Spaces of Somali Belonging (MUP 2016).

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Research Fellow, Alfred Deakin Institute
  • 2025–present
    Associate Lecturer, The Australian National University
  • 2021–2024
    CRIS Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies
  • 2017–2018
    Max Weber Fellow, European University Institute
  • 2015–2015
    AEUIFAI Postdoctoral Fellow, European University Institute

Education

  • 2013 
    University of Melbourne, PhD

Grants and Contracts

  • 2025
    Disrupting Disinformation Ecologies Through a Cities-based Lens
    Role:
    Co-Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Department of Home Affairs
  • 2023
    New Directions in Radicalisation and Violent Extremism: A Literature Review
    Role:
    Co-Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Department of Home Affairs
  • 2021
    'What got you through lockdown? Objects for Everyday Resilience.'
    Role:
    Co-Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Centre For Resilient and Inclusive Societies
  • 2019
    Building Resilience Against Violent Extremism and Polarisation
    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding Source:
    European Commission

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  • Research supervision