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Associate Professor Rebecca Ananian-Welsh is a constitutional law scholar, Executive Director of Public Law with the Centre for Public International and Comparative Law (CPICL), and Chief Editor of the University of Queensland Law Journal. Her research focuses on courts, national security and press freedom and she has published widely in these fields, including more than 25 journal articles and 4 books. Her research interests focus on the separation of judicial power, the constitutional role and nature of courts, national security law and policy, and press freedom in security contexts.

Rebecca is an Honorary Senior Fellow at Melbourne Law School and has been a visiting scholar at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Prior to joining UQ, She held positions at UNSW Law with the Laureate Fellowship Project 'Anti-Terror Laws and the Democratic Challenge' and the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law's Terrorism & Law Project, as a litigation solicitor with global law firm DLA Piper, and as a legal officer with the Federal Attorney-General's Department Canberra.

Dr Emma Belton is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Queensland and the Australian National University. Her research focuses on radicalisation pathways, violent extremist risk assessment, and evaluating countering violent extremism (CVE) initiatives in custodial and community settings. Previously, she was the project manager for an ARC-funded project responsible for developing the Profiles of Individual Radicalisation in Australia (PIRA) dataset, which collects data on individuals radicalised to extremism and terrorist offenders. She holds a PhD in Criminology from the University of Queensland. Her doctoral research investigates the traits of individual radicalisation and violent extremism in Australia, aiming to improve understanding of risk factors associated with both violent and non-violent extremists. Dr Belton has received training in using the VERA-2R tool and has collaborated with various stakeholders, including the Department of Home Affairs, the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, the Department of Justice and Community Safety, and NSW Corrective Services.Dr Emma Belton is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Queensland and the Australian National University. Her research focuses on radicalisation pathways, violent extremist risk assessment, and evaluating countering violent extremism (CVE) initiatives in custodial and community settings. Previously, she was the project manager for an ARC-funded project responsible for developing the Profiles of Individual Radicalisation in Australia (PIRA) dataset, which collects data on individuals radicalised to extremism and terrorist offenders. She holds a PhD in Criminology from the University of Queensland. Her doctoral research investigates the traits of individual radicalisation and violent extremism in Australia, aiming to improve understanding of risk factors associated with both violent and non-violent extremists. Dr Belton has received training in using the VERA-2R tool and has collaborated with various stakeholders, including the Department of Home Affairs, the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, the Department of Justice and Community Safety, and NSW Corrective Services.

Dr Adrian Cherney is a Professor in the School of Social Science at the University of Queensland. He was an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow. He has completed evaluations of programs aimed at countering violent extremism and is undertaking research on violent extremism risk assessment. His ARC Future Fellowship explored case-managed interventions targeting convicted terrorists and those at risk of radicalisation.