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Ben Adams

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Poetry, Nonfiction, Philosophy

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Ben Adams is a poet, academic researcher, arts reviewer, and part-time servo clerk based on Kaurna Yerta in Adelaide, South Australia. His first full collection, A Synonym for Sobriety was published in 2019 after being selected as the winner of that year’s Friendly Street Single Poet Competition. More recently, he has been a regular arts reviewer for Solstice Media; completed a PhD in literature on Charles Bukowski and postmodern humanism; and co-authored scholarship on subjects including ideology and radicalisation, securitised education, masculinities and the incel movement. In 2024, Ben competed in the Australian Poetry Slam's SA State Final and won Mount Barker District Council's Spring Slam Series in the Hills. ...more

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How gender factors affect work to counter violent extremism

Building on issues also covered in our book Vulnerability, Extremism, and Schooling: Restorative Practices, Policy Enactment, and Managing Risk, Garth Stahl, myself and Glenys Oberg recently shared insights from our research into how gender factors affect work to counter violent extremism for 'The Strategist' — commentary and analysis site of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.

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Digital Exposés of Extreme-Right Shock Channels

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