Professor Shamit Saggar is the Director of the University Western Australia Public Policy Institute and Professor of Public Policy. The UWA Public Policy Institute was launched in 2018 as a new way for the University to share its world-class research and expertise with decision makers and community leaders to help shape the future of our society.
Professor Saggar has held academic appointments at the universities of Liverpool, Queen Mary London, Sussex, UCLA, Yale and Toronto.
Experience
2019–present
Chair professor, UWA
2014–2019
Chair professor, University of Essex
2004–2013
Chair professor, University of Sussex
Education
1989
University of Essex, PhD
1984
University of Essex, BA
Publications
2019
Patterns of Prejudice, ‘Just three Skittles in a bowl will kill you. Would you take a handful?’ Evidence, public policy and Islamist-inspired violent extremism