The Hunt Laboratory is a research partner for organisations seeking to enhance performance in intelligence analysis.
- We are Australia’s leading multi-disciplinary research team focused specifically on intelligence analysis
- We have experience working with intelligence organisations and managing security issues
- We integrate research capability from across the University of Melbourne and other research institutions, both in Australia and overseas.
The Hunt Lab Team
Dr Tim van Gelder- Director
Dr Richard de Rosario
Dr Ariel Kruger
Dr Morgan Saletta
Ashley Barnett
Tamar Primoratz
Our namesake: Atlee Hunt
The Hunt Lab is named in honour of Atlee Hunt, inaugural Secretary of the Department of External Affairs in 1901. Hunt established Australia’s first national intelligence capability.
![The Inaugural Departmental Heads of the Australian Commonwealth Public Service-1901. Atlee Hunt, centre standing.](https://huntlab.science.unimelb.edu.au/files/2019/10/1st-dfat_medium.jpg)