Sandy Schumann
Lecturer, University College London Dr Sandy Schumann examines risk factors of radicalisation and extreme political attitudes in increasingly digital and diverse societies. As a…
Florence Keen
Research Fellow, King’s College London Florence Keen is a Research Fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, specialising in far-right extremism…
CREST Roundup: February 2020
This is a roundup of what CREST has been up to in February 2020. You can stay up-to-date with all our work by signing…
Understanding digital traces
How well does your phone know you? Can it describe your personality better than you can? CREST Doctoral researcher Kris Geyer investigates. Getting a…
Soft Facts and Digital Behavioural Influencing After the 2017 Terror Attacks (Summary)
This Executive Summary gives an overview of the eight techniques of disinformation and types of ‘soft facts’. The document summaries research findings from a…
Soft Facts and Digital Behavioural Influencing After the 2017 Terror Attacks (Full Report)
This CREST report examines how ‘soft facts’ influence individual and collective behaviours, and what are the most effective counter-measures for managing their consequences. The…
Soft Facts and Digital Behavioural Influencing
CREST has published a report on how ‘soft facts’ influence individual and collective behaviours. The report, by Martin Innes, states findings from the research…
Laura Summers
CREST Administrative Assistant, Lancaster University Laura has a BSc in Psychology and an LLM in International Human Rights Law, and has worked both in…
CREST Roundup: January 2020
This is a roundup of what CREST has been up to in January 2020. You can stay up-to-date with all our work by signing…
How do security teams collaborate to understand threats to their building management systems?
Emma Boakes writes about her doctoral research on cyber and physical security collaboration. Could an unknown third party remotely manipulate your building’s heating systems? Could this cause…
Launch of UK Home Office cyber crime research open grant competition
The UK Home Office is launching an open grant competition to fund social science or interdisciplinary academic research projects on Understanding, Preventing and Responding…
CREST Roundup: December 2019
This is a roundup of what CREST has been up to in December 2019. You can stay up-to-date with all our work by signing…