Civil Society Responses to Extremism in the Philippine Bangsamoro

Civil Society Responses to Extremism in the Philippine Bangsamoro brings together new research and grounded perspectives from scholars and practitioners working in Mindanao to examine how violent and hateful extremism (VHE) takes root, and how it is being addressed.

Leanne M. Kelly is a researcher on the Australian Research Council Linkage project that underpins this book. She also holds a Deakin University Postdoctoral Research Fellowship on evaluation of community programming for preventing violent extremism. She has 20 years’ experience working in and with development-humanitarian NGOs across five continents, with a focus on research and evaluation. Her work centres on crises including conflict, violence, extremism, and disasters.

Primitivo III Ragandang is Associate Professor and Director for Research Dissemination at Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology. His research focuses on peace, memory, and youth agency in conflict-affected societies. His book Peacebuilding and Memory in the Philippines: Transgenerational Resilience (2025) critically examines community resilience within peace and conflict studies.

Anthony Ware is Associate Professor in International and Community Development at Deakin University. He researches humanitarian and development approaches in conflict-affected settings, focusing on Myanmar, the Rohingya conflict, and everyday peace. He has worked extensively with international partners on conflict-sensitive, community-led development and is the lead on the Australian Research Council Linkage project that underpins this book.

Yasmira Moner is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science of the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology. She is the current Gender and Development Focal Person of the University which focuses on mainstreaming gender-responsive governance and peace processes through research, peace education and stakeholder engagement