Shane Satterley is a PhD Candidate, lecturer and researcher in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Griffith University. Shane is exploring the connection between education and Islamist radicalisation in his PhD research. In his Master of Arts (Research) Shane evaluated selected counter radicalisation and deradicalisation programs in Western and Muslim majority countries. He developed and now teaches of a new course entitled Religious and Ideological Extremism implemented in trimester one, 2020 for Griffith University’s Islam – West Relations major. He contributes regularly to the national discussion in relation to radicalisation and extremism in Australia, appearing on various radio and television programs and authored media articles. Shane has been named as an investigator on various research projects, both domestically and internationally including, the Department of Premier and Cabinet’s Social Cohesion and Countering Violent Extremism: Research Support; the United Nations Office in Geneva, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU), serving primarily on the JIU project entitled Review of Safety and Security of UN Personnel and Premises World-wide; and three Queensland Police Service reports concerning countering violent extremism.