Ben Adam
Biographic Data
| ID | 4781500 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ben Adam |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ben |
| FAMILY NAME | Adam |
| SIGNATURE | BEN ADAM |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9471-3914 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Radicalisation as redemption: Right-wing male extremists attempting to reclaim masculinity in Australia
Radicalisation is often described as a process of ideological indoctrination; however, it is increasingly recognised as a psychological and sociocultural phenomenon deeply rooted in personal and collective quests for significance. Drawing on semi-structured life-course-history interviews with three male participants, all charged with extremist offences and participating in an Australian Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) intervention programme, t…
Australian Activists as Storytellers in Digital Spaces: Acquiring Skills, Producing Content and Getting the Message Out
As modes of activism rapidly evolve, activists—both seasoned and emerging—must increasingly navigate a hybrid terrain of both digital and non‐digital engagement. This paper draws on the personal narratives of 16 nascent activists based in Australia to explore how they develop competencies related to digital storytelling, which is critical to their activism in online spaces. Making a contribution to knowledge, our analysis captures how activists' …
“You fight your battles and you work out how you’re going to change”: The implementation, embedding and limits of restorative practices in an Australian rural community school
Research suggests that the use of Restorative Practice (RP) in schools can foster more positive and inclusive school communities, yet there remains limited research regarding how to embed such practices. As part of a wider study, we present data from school leaders who describe their perspectives on RP and their struggles with implementing it in one rural Australian community school. This school is distinctive because of how it adopted a RP appro…
If you don’t have rapport, you haven’t got anything really”: Affective intensities, relationality and rapport building in the work of CVE Intervention Practitioners
Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) continues to be a topic of national and international concern; however, within the field of research, there has been limited engagement with the daily work of CVE intervention. The article presents findings from a study which aimed to better understand the strategies CVE Intervention Practitioners employ, specifically rapport building and the fostering of mutual trust. Drawing upon the accounts of 12 practitione…
Understanding the Role of Masculinity through the Perspectives of Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Intervention Practitioners Engaged in Men’s (de)Radicalization
Within the field of Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) male clients are overwhelmingly represented, which reflects the key and complex significance ‘masculinity’ has for understanding susceptibility to violent extremism, processes of radicalisation and related issues. This article analyses the perspectives of 12 CVE Intervention Practitioners ( n = 8 female, n = 4 male) in Australia and their views on the role gender plays in their work. We focus…
‘You don’t really want to hide it…’: Exploring young working-class men’s mental health literacy
Australia’s National Men’s Health Strategy 2020–2030 considers men from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds to be a priority population and foregrounds the importance of initiatives focused on empowerment. This article seeks to explore young working-class men’s experiences with mental health in their years immediately following compulsory schooling. Drawing data from a larger study, we explore five young men who openly discussed their me…
The ideology becomes a way to make sense of that disconnection”: Beliefs, behaviour and belonging – does ideology matter in countering violent extremism
The role of ideology in driving radicalisation to violent extremism is a more multifaceted and contested question than it may at first appear. While various explanatory models of radicalisation do suggest that ideology is an important precursor to the use of violence, other research has warned of various potential risks associated with focusing on the ideas in an individual's mind, rather than the actions they carry out. This article engages with…
My brother’s keeper: Masculinities, Social Mobility and the Role of Familial Care for Working-Class Men
Research on social mobility continues to foreground the role of familial relationships. Studies of students who are first-in-family to attend university have often highlighted the intensity of familial obligations. Drawing on longitudinal research with upwardly mobile young men from working-class (and working-poor) backgrounds, this article presents three case studies focused on their relationship with their brothers who were on different, less u…
We have to be really careful’: Policy intermediaries preventing violent extremism in an era of risk
In the field of preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) schools have an important role to play, but precisely how policy actors and educators should best respond to extremism within their schools remains uncertain. Reporting on data from a broader study, this article draws on semi-structured interviews with three participants. The participants were working as policy intermediaries responsible for implementing a federally funded, small…
The manosphere goes to school: Problematizing incel surveillance through affective boyhood
Educators continue to struggle with how masculinities are performed and regulated in spaces of learning. In a time of rapid social change, there is a renewed impetus for gender justice reform in schooling, though these approaches themselves remain a shifting picture. Adding a new layer of complexity, we are now witness to educational policy recommendations around surveillance which are designed to counteract boys’ and young men’s vulnerabilities …
Restorative practices for preventing/countering violent extremism: An affective-discursive examination of extreme emotional incidents
Schools worldwide are increasingly enmeshed in discourses of securitisation. Efforts to prevent or counter violent extremism (P/CVE) are a manifestation of this. P/CVE in education takes various forms; the pilot explored here is considered super-soft in that no mention was made of violent extremism. Attention was given to schools’ capacities to enhance social cohesion through Restorative Practices (RP) – a method for building social capital. We u…
Preventing violent extremism: Resourcing, stakeholder strategies and fostering belonging and connection in Australian schools
Countering violent extremism (CVE) continues to be a topic of national and international concern as well as media interest. In the field of CVE, educational institutions have an important role to play, but precisely how educators and policymakers should best respond to extremism within schools remains unclear. This article draws on interviews with multiple stakeholders implementing a small‐scale nationally funded grant in Australian schools to gu…
Streets of London: Using Flickr and OpenStreetMap to build an interactive image of the city
In his classic book “The Image of the City” Kevin Lynch used empirical work to show how different elements of the city were perceived: such as paths, landmarks, districts, edges, and nodes. Streets, by providing paths from which cities can be experienced, were argued to be one of the key elements of cities. Despite this long standing empirical basis, and the importance of Lynch's model in policy associated areas such as planning, work with user g…
The manosphere goes to school: Problematizing incel surveillance through affective boyhood
Educators continue to struggle with how masculinities are performed and regulated in spaces of learning. In a time of rapid social change, there is a renewed impetus for gender justice reform in schooling, though these approaches themselves remain a shifting picture. Adding a new layer of complexity, we are now witness to educational policy recommendations around surveillance which are designed to counteract boys’ and young men’s vulnerabilities …
We have to be really careful’: Policy intermediaries preventing violent extremism in an era of risk
In the field of preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) schools have an important role to play, but precisely how policy actors and educators should best respond to extremism within their schools remains uncertain. Reporting on data from a broader study, this article draws on semi-structured interviews with three participants. The participants were working as policy intermediaries responsible for implementing a federally funded, small…
Preventing violent extremism: Resourcing, stakeholder strategies and fostering belonging and connection in Australian schools
Countering violent extremism (CVE) continues to be a topic of national and international concern as well as media interest. In the field of CVE, educational institutions have an important role to play, but precisely how educators and policymakers should best respond to extremism within schools remains unclear. This article draws on interviews with multiple stakeholders implementing a small‐scale nationally funded grant in Australian schools to gu…
The ideology becomes a way to make sense of that disconnection”: Beliefs, behaviour and belonging – does ideology matter in countering violent extremism
The role of ideology in driving radicalisation to violent extremism is a more multifaceted and contested question than it may at first appear. While various explanatory models of radicalisation do suggest that ideology is an important precursor to the use of violence, other research has warned of various potential risks associated with focusing on the ideas in an individual's mind, rather than the actions they carry out. This article engages with…
My brother’s keeper: Masculinities, Social Mobility and the Role of Familial Care for Working-Class Men
Research on social mobility continues to foreground the role of familial relationships. Studies of students who are first-in-family to attend university have often highlighted the intensity of familial obligations. Drawing on longitudinal research with upwardly mobile young men from working-class (and working-poor) backgrounds, this article presents three case studies focused on their relationship with their brothers who were on different, less u…
Streets of London: Using Flickr and OpenStreetMap to build an interactive image of the city
In his classic book “The Image of the City” Kevin Lynch used empirical work to show how different elements of the city were perceived: such as paths, landmarks, districts, edges, and nodes. Streets, by providing paths from which cities can be experienced, were argued to be one of the key elements of cities. Despite this long standing empirical basis, and the importance of Lynch's model in policy associated areas such as planning, work with user g…
Restorative practices for preventing/countering violent extremism: An affective-discursive examination of extreme emotional incidents
Schools worldwide are increasingly enmeshed in discourses of securitisation. Efforts to prevent or counter violent extremism (P/CVE) are a manifestation of this. P/CVE in education takes various forms; the pilot explored here is considered super-soft in that no mention was made of violent extremism. Attention was given to schools’ capacities to enhance social cohesion through Restorative Practices (RP) – a method for building social capital. We u…
Preventing violent extremism: Resourcing, stakeholder strategies and fostering belonging and connection in Australian schools
Countering violent extremism (CVE) continues to be a topic of national and international concern as well as media interest. In the field of CVE, educational institutions have an important role to play, but precisely how educators and policymakers should best respond to extremism within schools remains unclear. This article draws on interviews with multiple stakeholders implementing a small‐scale nationally funded grant in Australian schools to gu…
We have to be really careful’: Policy intermediaries preventing violent extremism in an era of risk
In the field of preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) schools have an important role to play, but precisely how policy actors and educators should best respond to extremism within their schools remains uncertain. Reporting on data from a broader study, this article draws on semi-structured interviews with three participants. The participants were working as policy intermediaries responsible for implementing a federally funded, small…
The manosphere goes to school: Problematizing incel surveillance through affective boyhood
Educators continue to struggle with how masculinities are performed and regulated in spaces of learning. In a time of rapid social change, there is a renewed impetus for gender justice reform in schooling, though these approaches themselves remain a shifting picture. Adding a new layer of complexity, we are now witness to educational policy recommendations around surveillance which are designed to counteract boys’ and young men’s vulnerabilities …
‘You don’t really want to hide it…’: Exploring young working-class men’s mental health literacy
Australia’s National Men’s Health Strategy 2020–2030 considers men from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds to be a priority population and foregrounds the importance of initiatives focused on empowerment. This article seeks to explore young working-class men’s experiences with mental health in their years immediately following compulsory schooling. Drawing data from a larger study, we explore five young men who openly discussed their me…
The ideology becomes a way to make sense of that disconnection”: Beliefs, behaviour and belonging – does ideology matter in countering violent extremism
The role of ideology in driving radicalisation to violent extremism is a more multifaceted and contested question than it may at first appear. While various explanatory models of radicalisation do suggest that ideology is an important precursor to the use of violence, other research has warned of various potential risks associated with focusing on the ideas in an individual's mind, rather than the actions they carry out. This article engages with…
My brother’s keeper: Masculinities, Social Mobility and the Role of Familial Care for Working-Class Men
Research on social mobility continues to foreground the role of familial relationships. Studies of students who are first-in-family to attend university have often highlighted the intensity of familial obligations. Drawing on longitudinal research with upwardly mobile young men from working-class (and working-poor) backgrounds, this article presents three case studies focused on their relationship with their brothers who were on different, less u…
“You fight your battles and you work out how you’re going to change”: The implementation, embedding and limits of restorative practices in an Australian rural community school
Research suggests that the use of Restorative Practice (RP) in schools can foster more positive and inclusive school communities, yet there remains limited research regarding how to embed such practices. As part of a wider study, we present data from school leaders who describe their perspectives on RP and their struggles with implementing it in one rural Australian community school. This school is distinctive because of how it adopted a RP appro…
If you don’t have rapport, you haven’t got anything really”: Affective intensities, relationality and rapport building in the work of CVE Intervention Practitioners
Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) continues to be a topic of national and international concern; however, within the field of research, there has been limited engagement with the daily work of CVE intervention. The article presents findings from a study which aimed to better understand the strategies CVE Intervention Practitioners employ, specifically rapport building and the fostering of mutual trust. Drawing upon the accounts of 12 practitione…
Understanding the Role of Masculinity through the Perspectives of Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Intervention Practitioners Engaged in Men’s (de)Radicalization
Within the field of Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) male clients are overwhelmingly represented, which reflects the key and complex significance ‘masculinity’ has for understanding susceptibility to violent extremism, processes of radicalisation and related issues. This article analyses the perspectives of 12 CVE Intervention Practitioners ( n = 8 female, n = 4 male) in Australia and their views on the role gender plays in their work. We focus…
Radicalisation as redemption: Right-wing male extremists attempting to reclaim masculinity in Australia
Radicalisation is often described as a process of ideological indoctrination; however, it is increasingly recognised as a psychological and sociocultural phenomenon deeply rooted in personal and collective quests for significance. Drawing on semi-structured life-course-history interviews with three male participants, all charged with extremist offences and participating in an Australian Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) intervention programme, t…
Australian Activists as Storytellers in Digital Spaces: Acquiring Skills, Producing Content and Getting the Message Out
As modes of activism rapidly evolve, activists—both seasoned and emerging—must increasingly navigate a hybrid terrain of both digital and non‐digital engagement. This paper draws on the personal narratives of 16 nascent activists based in Australia to explore how they develop competencies related to digital storytelling, which is critical to their activism in online spaces. Making a contribution to knowledge, our analysis captures how activists' …
Political science (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Violent extremism (5 works)