Our NABS+ Seminar Series brings together Early Career Researchers (ECRs) and experienced academics and practitioners to explore topics that support personal, professional, and research development in behavioural and social science for security and defence.
We run seminars on a range of topics, from managing emotionally demanding research to practical skills and career development advice.
Each seminar provides a friendly space to share experiences, ask questions, and gain insights that help ECRs navigate the opportunities and challenges of their research careers.
What’s On
NABS+ ECR Researcher Wellbeing Workshop:
Emotional wellbeing, operational security, and publishing controversial material
Date: Wednesday 25th February, 12:00-14:30
Speakers: Dr Allysa Czerwinsky, Dr Ashton Kingdon, and Dr Antonia VaughanAn ECR-oriented workshop focusing on three key tenets of researcher safety and wellbeing. Each will feature a guest speaker and an open discussion where ECRs are encouraged to share their experiences and advice:
- Emotional and mental wellbeing when researching harmful content: Dr Allysa Czerwinsky
- Operational security for digital and physical safety: Dr Ashton Kingdon
- Publishing and disseminating sensitive or controversial research: Dr Antonia Vaughan
Advice and resources shared will go towards a new NABS+ guide comprising 'Do's and Don't's' for researcher wellbeing, aimed at ECRs, supervisors, and institutions.
Past webinars
30th October 2025:
Tales from the Security "Field"
Martin Innes and Diyana Dobreva discussed issues around keeping researchers safe when doing/publishing highly sensitive research.
Read, download, or share the Readout from this webinar on our outputs page.
16 October 2025:
Disinformation: What did we learn from the year of elections?
Professor Jacob N. Shapiro explored how online political influence efforts, which are coordinated campaigns designed to appear domestic to their targets, have changed since their 2018 peak.
Read, download, or share the Readout from this webinar on our outputs page.
3rd July 2025:
Doing Emotionally Demanding Research: A Dual Perspective of Supervisor and Researcher
In our first session, Dr Juliane Kloess and Dr Amy Burrell shared their insights into managing the challenges of emotionally demanding research, drawing on their experiences as both supervisors and researchers.
Read, download, or share the Readout from this webinar on our outputs page.
Stay Involved
Keep an eye on this page for future seminars, readouts, and resources.
Have an idea for a topic or want to suggest a speaker? Get in touch at nabs@lancaster.ac.uk
This series is shaped by our ECR community.