Researcher Profile

 

Mariam Farida

Overview

Dr Mariam Farida is a project officer with Counter Violent Extremism (CVE) programs at Proactive Integrated Support Model (PRISM). Dr Farida has been awarded her PhD in Security Studies and Criminology in 2019. Her research publications include Middle East politics, non-state groups, global security, terrorism, and political violence. Her research has been published in journals such as International Review for Social Research, Journal for Policing, Intelligence, and Counter Terrorism, and Handbook of Terrorist and Insurgent Groups: A Global Survey of Threats, Tactics, and Characteristics. She is also the author of Religion and Hezbollah: Political Ideology and Legitimacy (Routledge, 2020). Dr Farida’s work on terrorism extended beyond research to include lecturing, at University of New South Wales and Macquarie University, a number of under-graduate and post-graduate courses on Terrorism networks, Counter-terrorism strategies, and National Security. Dr Farida also supervises a number of PhD researches in the School of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University.