Rate My Professor Peter Lentini

Lentini’s research specializations include neojihadism in Australia and globally, comparative extremisms and new religious movements, terrorism, political violence, countering violent extremism, radicalization, and post-conflict reconstruction in Russia and the North Caucasus. He served as co-chief investigator on the Australian Research Council-funded project ‘Understanding Terrorism in an Australian Context: Radicalisation, De-Radicalisation and Counter-Radicalisation’ (2009-2013). Lentini has briefed civil servants on terrorism-related matters for Australia, Singapore, the UK, and the US, and contributed to Australian counter-terrorism training programs for professionals and police. His key publications feature ‘A Tribute to Gary Bouma’ (2022), ‘Environmental and animal oriented radicalization: walking a different path?’ (2022), ‘Fifty years of scholarly research on terrorism’ (2022), ‘Examining the relationship between alienation and radicalization into violent extremism’ (2021), ‘‘Our diggers would turn in their graves’: nostalgia and civil religion in Australia’s far-right’ (2021), ‘Jihadist beheading: A convergence of technology, theology, and teleology?’ (2007), and books such as ‘Elections and Political Order in Russia’ (1997) and chapters on Russian politics.