Dr Levi West

Dr West is an internationally recognised authority on terrorism and counter-terrorism, and is currently working on an Office of National Intelligence funded grant, researching radicalisation.

For over a decade, Dr West was the Director of Terrorism Studies at the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security at CSU where he built a world leading post-graduate terrorism studies program. Dr West is also an Adjunct Fellow with the Irregular Warfare & Special Operations program at UNSW Canberra; an Adjunct Research Fellow with the Institute for Sustainable Industries & Liveable Cities at Victoria University; and an expert with The Cipher Brief. He is also a 2024 Non-Resident Fellow with the Irregular Warfare Initiative, a joint project of Princeton University’s Empirical Studies of Conflict program and West Point Military Academy’s Modern War Institute.

His research interests focus on the intersection of terrorism, communication, and technology. He has been published in academic journals and scholarly books, as well as national media outlets and on prominent national security blogs and podcasts. He has lectured at numerous academic conferences, and extensively to law enforcement, intelligence, military, and policy audiences both domestically and internationally. Dr West has liaised with, and advised, in varying capacities, the Australian and US intelligence, special operations, and law enforcement communities in relation to counter terrorism matters.