Mindmap: What sources mean when they say “I Don’t Know”
When a source responds to a question with either ‘I don’t know’ or ‘I don’t remember’, that may well be a legitimate response. However,…
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Intelligence ethics: not an oxymoron
Applying intelligence and security activities to ethical concepts of the ‘Just War’ tradition. All professions have codes of ethics, often incorporated into legal regulation….
From extremist to democratic citizens
Tina Wilchen Christensen discusses a Swedish programme that helps to re-socialise extremists to become democratic citizens Leaving an extremist environment is difficult. Some individuals…
A to Z of Decision Making
From Anchoring to Zero-Sum Games, Dr Nicola Power gives us the A to Z of decision making. If you’re new to research on decision…
How does a smuggler behave?
A study on smuggling has disproved the myth that it is easy to spot smugglers by their evasive nonverbal behaviour. A disappointing finding? Not…
Communication error handling in suspect interviews and crisis negotiations
We don’t always make the correct decisions. Miriam Oostinga draws on her research in interviews and crisis negotiations to show us how we can…
Social Engineering: From thoughts to awareness
From persuading you to tip more, to clicking on phishing emails; we are more vulnerable to social engineering than we think… Would you give…
Understanding Engagement in Violent Extremism in Northern Ireland
Professor Neil Ferguson draws on his work in Northern Ireland with former Loyalist and Republican combatants, to look at factors which occur regularly in…
Communicating with casualties in emergencies
When your life is at risk, your body goes into ‘survival mode’ to stay alive. Or does it? Both survivor testimonies and research reveal…
8 things you need to know about terrorist decision making
Paul Gill gives a breakdown on eight things terrorists consider when making a planning an attack, from an analyse of over 80 terrorist autobiographies…
Naturalistic Decision Making and Uncertainty
Naturalistic Decision Making (NDM) addresses the cognitive problems and challenges associated with making decisions in demanding and uncertain situations. NDM research emerged in the…
Measuring decision making
The Behavioural Insights Team is a company, jointly owned by the UK Government, which applies behavioural science to public services. It’s Director of Home…