Young people are increasingly being targeted for recruitment by violent extremist organisations and individuals. This occurs across the extremist landscape but has gained prominence recently in association with extreme right-wing (XRW) milieus. Western security agencies have warned that the age of radicalisation and recruitment into extreme right-wing organisations and online subcultures is decreasing. This presentation explores the case of youth recruitment, radicalisation, and vulnerability in the context of New South Wales, Australia, drawing on interviews with CVE practitioners and insights from their cases.
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Speaker
Dr Campion (BA (Hons 1 Class) PhD (JCU) is Senior Lecturer in Terrorism and Security Studies. In 2025, she was ranked as the top Australian researcher in her field nationally by The Australian Research Magazine, based on scholarly impact. Dr Campion is Lead of the Threats to Australian Domestic Security team, within the Contemporary Threats to Australian Security (CTAS) research group. The Domestic Security team engages in collaborative research on the contemporary extreme right wing threat, with ongoing projects on insider threats, anti-government extremism, and youth radicalisation. More broadly, her research focuses on terrorism and extremism in western democratic contexts.