Current appointments
2025–Professor in International Security
Department of Politics & International Relations, University of Adelaide
2025–2029ARC Future Fellow
"New approaches to combat misuse of blacklists as tools of repression" — building the Global Blacklisting Data Portal with UoA AIML and CSIRO Data61
2023–Founder & Director
Social Science & Intelligence Research Network (SSIReN) — funded by the Office of National Intelligence
2023–Co-Editor-in-Chief
Australian Journal of International Affairs
Advisory & governmental appointments
2022–UN Permanent Academic Collegium
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Geneva
2019–UN Special Advisor on International Sanctions
Office of the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia
2021–UN Expert Advisor on Blacklisting
UNDP Afghanistan — ABADEI Community Resilience Programme
2022–Defence Expert Panel on Information Warfare
Australian Department of Defence
2023–Academic Reference Group, Data Security Principles
Australian Department of Home Affairs
2016Commonwealth Inspector of Transport Security
Appointed role, Australian Government
Invited contributor to government reviews of anti-terrorism proscription powers
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Research impact
Cited by the International Court of Justice
Jarvis & Legrand (2018), cited in Ukraine v. Russia proceedings
Competitive funding track record
$2.7M+ across ARC Discovery, ARC Future Fellowship, Gerda Henkel Stiftung and Cyber Security CRC awards
Prior roles
Associate Dean, Research Performance
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law & Economics, University of Adelaide, 2022–23
Visiting/affiliated researcher
ANU National Security College; Griffith University ARC Centre of Excellence