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Future Defence & Security

The Future Defence and Security guide showcases ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ research designed to bolster national resilience and social stability, centred on five critical areas; defence human sciences, digital threat detection and response, protection & deterrence systems emerging enabling technologies, and societal resilience, security & stability.

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²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Defence Research and Technology

This guide showcases a wide spectrum of defence activities from across ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, from organisational design, leadership, conflict studies and logistics, to in-orbit edge-AI, hypersonics, nuclear engineering, quantum computing, advanced cyber technologies, and undersea sensing.

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²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ's submission to the JSCFADT

In Q1, 2025, ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ was requested by the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade (JSCFADT)  to make a submission to the Inquiry into the Department of Defence Annual Report 2023-24.

On the 18th of February, Institute Director Chris Mills AM, CSC, and Associate Dean for Research Engagement at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Canberra, Professor Andrew Neely attended the inquiry as witnesses representing ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ.
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Understanding Mass Influence

Understanding Mass Influence is a report produced for the Department of Defence by The University of Adelaide, The University of Melbourne, University of New South Wales, Edith Cowan University and Macquarie University.
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Three Case Studies of Contemporary Mass Influence

Across all three case studies, low levels of cyber security awareness, high levels of user credulity and strong incentives for organisations to seek to persuade, manipulate or coerce target audiences.
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A Case Study of the Internet Research Agency

The Internet Research Agency (IRA) was a private enterprise that carried out influence operations on behalf of the Russian Government between 2013 and 2018.
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A Case Study of Facebook

A case study of Facebook as a platform enabling mass influence, produced for the Department of Defence.
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A Case Study of Cambridge Analytica

The purpose of this case study is to provide insight into the attributes that make an effective influence operations actor and any relevant factors of their operations.
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