Dr Keiran Hardy is an Associate Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and a member of the Griffith Criminology Institute. He has published extensively on counter-terrorism law and policy and comments regularly for Australian media. His research interests include counter-terrorism law, countering violent extremism, radicalisation, intelligence whistleblowing and cyber-terrorism. He is the author of Law in Australian Society: An Introduction to Principles and Process (Routledge, 2024).

Experience

  • 2025–present
    Associate Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University
  • 2021–2024
    Senior Lecturer, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University
  • 2020–2020
    Lecturer, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University
  • 2018–2019
    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Griffith Criminology Institute
  • 2016–2017
    Lecturer, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University
  • 2014–2015
    Research Fellow, Faculty of Law, UNSW

Education

  • 2014 
    UNSW, PhD (Law)
  • 2010 
    UNSW, LLB (Hons 1)
  • 2008 
    UNSW, BA

Contact Keiran for

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  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision