Helen Stenger is a Research Fellow at the Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW) at Monash University. She holds a Ph.D. in Politics and International Relations from Monash University, a Master of Arts in International Relations from Leiden University and a Master of Science in Clinical Neuropsychology from the University of Groningen. She previously worked for a civil society organisation implementing community-based strategies to prevent violent extremism while focusing on women’s empowerment.

Her research interest lies at the intersection of extremism, including Islamist, far right and Buddhist, and gender-based violence. Helen Stenger’s work has been published in the European Journal of International Security and the Global Network on Extremism and Technology. Her forthcoming book is titled Returning Home: An Intersectional Analysis of the Repatriation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Foreign Fighters.