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Despite their centrality in academic and policy debates about radicalization and political violence, ideologies have been conceived narrowly, as cognitive, top-down, coherent and systematic….
This Executive Summary gives an overview of the eight techniques of disinformation and types of ‘soft facts’. The document summaries research findings from a…
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…
In none of the deception studies that used drawings to date, was the effect of sketching on both speech content and drawing content examined,…
Informed by social media data collected following four terror attacks in the UK in 2017, this article delineates a series of “techniques of disinformation”…
Behaviour detection officers’ task is to spot potential criminals in public spaces, but scientific research concerning what to look for is scarce. In two…
A toolkit for practising with uncertain security futures. How can we anticipate and counter the diversity of forms in which such abstract and broad…
A report on mitigating future threats via scenario planning. How can we anticipate and counter the diversity of forms in which such abstract and…
This animation is one of a series of CREST resources for managing organisational change to mitigate the development of Counterproductive Workplace Behaviour. Based on…
Our updated catalogue helps make it easier to find CREST outputs that relate to the same topic. This latest issue of the catalogue includes…
A review of the impact of the research projects conducted through CREST. Coming to the end of its fourth year of operation, the Centre…
The online space is a haven for extremists of all kinds. Although efforts to remove violent and extremist content are increasing, there is a…