Mario Peucker

Mario Peucker is an Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow at the Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities at Victoria University (Melbourne). He is an executive member of the Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies (CRIS), as well as a member of the Addressing Violent Extremism and Radicalisation to Terrorism (AVERT) Research Network, where he sits on the steering committee.

Mario has undertaken qualitative and quantitative research on dissent and citizenship, hate crime and racism as well as radical political movements, in particular on the far-right fringes, since 2003, both in Europe and in Australia (since 2011). His current research focusses mainly on far-right mobilisation and recruitment in online and offline spaces, and the interconnectedness of far-right fringes and mainstream discourses. He has published six academic book, including Democracy Strikes Back: Understanding and Countering the Rise of the Far-right (2024, Palgrave Macmillan), as well as many journal articles, book chapters and research reports in the thematic area of radicalism and extremism.