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Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST)

Lead Research Organisation: Lancaster University
Department Name: Psychology

Abstract

In his recent CaSE speech, the UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser reported that 63% of the government's challenges have solutions rooted in the behavioural and social sciences. In the area of national security, it is the mission of the Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST) to undertake pioneering research and translational activities that deliver such solutions. To date, our network of 140 researchers from 35 UK and international HEI/SMEs has contributed significant instrumental, conceptual and capacity-building impact for end-users (Independent Review, 2019). These contributions include providing insights into the social and ideological drivers of far-right extremism, developing tools for making inferences about risk from online data, and validating new methods for effective, ethical information elicitation.

Our 2020-2023 plan for CREST builds on this foundation but uses a renewed structure to foster agile, solution-focused activities. Our approach will deliver: (1) research that is tightly bound to the challenges of our funders while remaining world-leading in its contribution to the academy; (2) a step-change in our support for funders' evolving needs and their efforts to translate research into practice; (3) new forms of researcher-stakeholder co-working that promote knowledge exchange, research relevance, and professional development on both sides; and, (4) an engaged, collaborative international community of social scientists contributing to national security.

The renewed Centre, whose 24 researchers and 7 PhDs will work with 9 administrative, communication, and research-to-practice professionals, will pursue three Agendas:

The RESEARCH AGENDA will produce theoretically motivated, high-quality synthetic and original research on key aspects of the funders' challenges. It will comprise eight projects that are solution focused, diverse in disciplinary and methodological approach, and subject to the Centre's ethical and open science standards. In doing so, it seeks both to nurture exploration and new ideas, and to take mature concepts through to field validation.

This Agenda includes mechanisms for DIRECT TASKING, whereby funders will be able to draw on the expertise of the CREST network, securing rapid and timely responses to specific needs. This includes having researchers undertake evaluative and comparative work within the funder, which we view as facilitating impact and capacity building.

To respond to emerging challenges, £900k of CREST's funds will support short-term RESEARCH COMMISSIONING. Funds will be allocated via our established transparent and competitive process that delivers scientific excellence, stakeholder relevance, and value for money.

Combining our existing communication and network activities, the KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AGENDA will continue to innovate to ensure that research is communicated effectively across academia, our funders, government and industry, and the public. We will disseminate our findings to the academic community in peer reviewed publications, conference presentations, technical reports, and Open Science materials. We will engage users by focusing our production on fewer, high quality outputs, and by curating the existing CREST knowledge base to maximise its accessibility to time-poor user communities (e.g. via training frameworks).

The CAPACITY-BUILDING AGENDA will grow CREST's vibrant international network through a variety of events, from our biennial 150 attendee conference, to small-scale, challenge-focused residential 'sprints'. We will make a particular effort to reach underrepresented disciplines in order to foster new researcher-stakeholder exchanges, introduce new perspectives, and stimulate synergies across cognate centres and government departments. This Agenda will also train a cohort of seven PhD students, and continue our efforts to provide training and resources for the wider ECR community.
 
Description CREST's is committed to delivering on three agendas: (i) delivering new research and insights on security threats; (ii) exchanging knowledge with the wider academic community, policymakers / practitioners, and the public in a way that can be actioned; and (iii) growing capacity through connecting with cognate initiatives and developing the next generation of leaders. This year we published 15 new academic papers, many in leading journals, on topics such as how to achieve interoperability across different emergency services and online signals of extremist mobilization. These papers add to our growing catalogue of academic outputs, which showed a 21% increase in the number of academic citations when compared against the previous year. This year we also supported work around the development of new risk assessment tools that are among the first to consider the role of trauma in extremism. This work has started to operationalise theoretical models to allow for integration into practice by different stakeholder groups. As part of our co-leadership of the International Academic Partnership for Science and Security (IAPSS), we hosted the first annual meeting which brought together 62 experts from different stakeholder groups, from across 12 countries to discuss areas of shared interest. The meeting identified acute challenges where the evidence-base is relatively underdeveloped and which future research agendas may focus. These areas relate to emerging technologies, disinformation, civil unrest and online harms. Accompanying these where longer-standing challenges related to the need to create shared data sets and the importance of further evaluation of programmes. CREST continues to be instrumental in fostering relationships between researchers and stakeholders at a national level. This year we hosted BASS24, which brought together ~190 delegates from 13 countries to share the latest research in risk assessment, emerging threats and information use and misuse. We hosted two keynotes (from an academic practitioner and a regulator), an esteemed panel from law enforcement, and delivered an ECR workshop on the topic of network building (reasons to engage; building networks; communicating with different stakeholders in networks; and navigating multiple network opportunities). The ECR event was delivered to junior faculty from the UK, USA and Europe; and feedback was extremely positive.
Exploitation Route To inform policy and practice.
Sectors Government

Democracy and Justice

Security and Diplomacy

 
Description Our research is communicated through various mediums and formats to maximise engagement and support impact. This year we produced 70 outputs (guides, reports, executive summaries, reviews) for non-academic audiences, which were shared through our CREST website (www.crestresearch.ac.uk). For the current year, our website received 285,768 visits from over 168 different countries; with over 225,567 downloads of our products since October 2023-a 87.6% increase on the previous year. We also shared research updates through our newsletter (1,706 subscribers), social media (4,764 Twitter followers, 2,485 LinkedIn followers, and 1,245 BlueSky followers-new this year), and our bi-annual magazine CREST Security Review (distributed to ~2,500 people and openly accessible on our website). All of our communication channels show meaningful engagement and reach. In addition to written outputs, our research informed public understanding of national events; namely the national protests that happened in summer 2024. One of our researchers shared insights from their research on mobilisation with appearances on BBC Scotland, BBC Stoke, LBC and the Financial Times. We have actively engaged other stakeholder groups through focused events. For example, we have delivered sessions on trauma and extremism with practitioners in England and Scotland. These sessions provided practitioners both conceptual knowledge of trauma generally, and applied knowledge of the relevance of trauma to understanding risk. These sessions have prompted the development of a formal community of practice in this area, comprising multiple stakeholder groups.
Sector Government, Democracy and Justice,Security and Diplomacy
Impact Types Societal

 
Description Advice for training for specialist interviewing
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description BASS conference ECR workshop.
Geographic Reach Europe 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description Ben Lee - Joint Extremism Unit Independent Advisory Group on Counter Terrorism in Prison and Probation
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description CREST Research to Practice fellows; delivered training workshops.
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description CREST response to the PREVENT review
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description Early Career researchers; training sessions.
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description Invited to sit on advisory committee for Canadian Practitioners Network for the Prevention of Radicalisation and Extremist Violence
Geographic Reach North America 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description PREVENT Review
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description Response to HO request for expert advice on the pandemic's impact on online extremism
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description AI-ARC: Automatic Arctic Sea Vessel Anomaly Detection
Amount £395,319 (GBP)
Organisation European Commission 
Sector Public
Country Belgium
Start 03/2021 
End 09/2023
 
Description Bath Impact Fund
Amount £3,538 (GBP)
Organisation University of Bath 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 02/2022 
End 03/2022
 
Description Computational Social Science - Social Data Bias.
Amount £148,725 (GBP)
Organisation Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 08/2021 
End 05/2022
 
Description Conspiracy_FX-consequences of conspiracy theories
Amount € 2,499,185 (EUR)
Organisation European Research Council (ERC) 
Sector Public
Country Belgium
Start 01/2022 
End 01/2026
 
Description DiScriBe: Digital Security by Design Social Science Hub+
Amount £3,570,745 (GBP)
Funding ID ES/V003666/1 
Organisation Economic and Social Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 08/2020 
End 08/2024
 
Description Effectiveness of Non-Criminal Justice Interventions for Countering Cognitive and Behavioural Radicalisation amongst Children and Adolescents.
Amount £51,909 (GBP)
Organisation Campbell Collaboration 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country Norway
Start 03/2024 
End 03/2025
 
Description Examining the functional relationship between violent extremist ideologies and conspiracy theories
Amount $195,671 (USD)
Organisation United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 
Sector Public
Country United States
Start 08/2023 
End 06/2024
 
Description Influence, Manipulation and Information Threats as Adversarial Techniques: Events, Evolution and Effects (IMITATE3)
Amount £2,872,142 (GBP)
Organisation Economic and Social Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2024 
End 09/2027
 
Description International Academic Partnerships for Science and Security (IAPSS).
Amount $472,904 (USD)
Organisation United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 
Sector Public
Country United States
Start 08/2023 
End 06/2024
 
Description International Academic Partnerships for Science and Security (IAPSS). Year 2.
Amount $150,000 (USD)
Organisation United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 
Sector Public
Country United States
Start 08/2024 
End 09/2025
 
Description Network Plus Shifting Global Polarities: Russia, China, and Eurasia in Transition
Amount £4,291,419 (GBP)
Organisation Economic and Social Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2024 
End 03/2028
 
Description NetworkPlus for Analytical Behavioural Science (NABS+) in Security and Defence
Amount £2,991,283 (GBP)
Funding ID ES/Z502716/1 
Organisation Economic and Social Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2024 
End 03/2027
 
Description REPHRAIN: Research centre on Privacy, Harm Reduction and Adversarial Influence online
Amount £6,972,599 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/V011189/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2020 
End 05/2024
 
Description SPRTE+ Digital Vulnerabilities Sandpit
Amount £37,453 (GBP)
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 11/2021 
End 04/2022
 
Description Terrorism and Targeted Violence Prevention Programs: From What Works to How Programs Work
Amount £125,000 (GBP)
Organisation National Counterterrorism Center 
Sector Public
Country United States
Start 06/2024 
End 07/2025
 
Description The Devil's Advocate Approach to Detect Lying about Opinions
Amount $178,644 (USD)
Organisation US High Value Detainee Interrogation Group 
Sector Public
Country United States
Start 01/2023 
End 09/2024
 
Description The Devil's Advocate Approach to Detect Lying about Opinions. year 2.
Amount $187,574 (USD)
Organisation US High Value Detainee Interrogation Group 
Sector Public
Country United States
Start 09/2024 
End 09/2025
 
Description Trauma and Violent Extremism: Implications for Practice..
Amount £7,200 (GBP)
Organisation Public Safety Canada 
Sector Public
Country Canada
Start 09/2023 
End 10/2024
 
Description Trauma and Violent Extremism: Implications for Practice..(University of St Andrews Impact and Innovation Fund)
Amount £15,000 (GBP)
Organisation University of St Andrews 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2023 
End 10/2024
 
Description Understanding Effective Security Communications
Amount £252,542 (GBP)
Organisation Energus 
Sector Private
Country United Kingdom
Start 06/2022 
End 01/2024
 
Description Verbal cues in omission lies
Amount $191,721 (USD)
Organisation US High Value Detainee Interrogation Group 
Sector Public
Country United States
Start 01/2023 
End 09/2024
 
Description Verbal cues in omission lies, Year 2
Amount $201,306 (USD)
Organisation US High Value Detainee Interrogation Group 
Sector Public
Country United States
Start 09/2024 
End 09/2025
 
Description "Presentation at IIIRG conference. Information elicitation in an online chat. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact "Presentation at IIIRG conference. Information elicitation in an online chat. CRESt researchers - A De La Fuente Vilar, L Hope, F Kontogianni on 2022-06-01.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://iiirg.org/iiirg-2022-winchester/
 
Description "Technology impacts: smoke and mirrors." 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact "Technology impacts: smoke and mirrors. Invited talk presented at
Department of Culture, Media and Sport: T-EAM Network Launch Event, October 19, London, UK."CREST researcher D, Ellis.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description #Research4Good podcast series highlighting the impact of research on Tackling Online Extremism. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Part of the new #Research4Good podcast (hosted by Dr David Ellis) series highlighting the impact of her research on Tackling Online Extremism. CREST PhD presenting; Olivia Brown on 01/09/22
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/research4good-podcast/
 
Description 'Lunch and Learn' event. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Lunch and learn event, with professional practicioners, which sparked discussion and questions. Reported change in views, opinions, and behaviours.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description 2 Roundtable events at the Home Office 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Organised by Sarah Marsden, CREST PI.
Roundtable 1 - Nov 13 2020
Roundtable 2: Nov 23 2020
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description 2 hour TCQ training session 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 2 hour TCQ training session, with regional CT Police, on 19th January 2023. 13 officers and trainers (professional practitioners). L. Hope from CREST attending. Audience requested follow up future activities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description 3 x Roundtable events: Transnational Extreme-Right Series 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Roundtable 1: Transnational Extreme-Right Series. The History of extreme-right transnationalism. April 12 2021
Roundtable 2: Transnational Extreme-Right Series: Contemporary extreme-right transnationalism. April 26 2021
Roundtable 3: Transnational Extreme-Right Series: What's next for extreme-right transnationalism. May 10 2021
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description AI UK 2023 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A presentation By Kordoni, A on 22.02.23
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Advanced elicitation skills training 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Presentation to stakeholders;Advanced elicitation skills training to government agency (20 people) Anna Leslie
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Advisory workshop CONTEST Refresh 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST members S Marsden and J Lewis attended the Advisory workshop: CONTEST Refresh on 7th October 2022. Audience reported changes in opinions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Annual conference of the European Association of Psychology and Law (EAPL23) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Annual conference of the European Association of Psychology and Law (EAPL23). A presentation by Hillner, L. on 11.07.23
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Article in; India education Diary. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Article in; India education Diary. University Of Birmingham: Global Network Launches To Boost Global Security And Crime Fighters Gathering Evidence. https://indiaeducationdiary.in/university-of-birmingham-global-network-launches-to-boost-global-security-and-crime-fighters-gathering-evidence/ By Hope, Lorraine on 2022-09-26
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://indiaeducationdiary.in/university-of-birmingham-global-network-launches-to-boost-global-secu...
 
Description Automated social identity assessment (ASIA): International society of political psychology (ISPP) annual meeting, 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Automated social identity assessment (ASIA): International society of political psychology (ISPP) annual meeting, approx. 35 people. Both academic and no-academic audience (including Think Tanks) by Kordoni on 2022-07-01
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description BASS22 - CREST conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact "BASS22; CREST held its second international conference on Behavioural and Social Sciences in Security in July 2022. The three day conference focused on three themes Risk and risk management, Eliciting and assessing information, Deterrence and disruption, with over 40 presentations from a wide range of presenters across academia. The event also included two lighting talk sessions and a poster session, with two panels on Social Bias in Computational Social Science and a R2PF led panel session.

CREST received excellent feedback from delegates, with many attending their first conference since COVID. Attendees noted they were delighted to be able to meet up again face to face and meet old, and create new connections. Building on this success, CREST will be running BASS23 in July 2023. CREST funded presentations included Al Attar, L Brace, O Brown, J Busher, P Gill, B Rottweiller- on Risk & Risk Management. L Hope, F Kontogianni, - on elictating & assessing information. A De La Fuente Vilar, A Vrij, C Winters- on deterrence & disruption. Lightning talks; J Lewis, S Marsden, J Hewitt, S Lui, N Salmon, D Mcllhatton, C Rice, Posters: L Hillner, A Raducu, " from 19-21/07/2022
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description BASS22 ECR workshopt 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact ECR2022 event - As part of BASS22, CREST also ran a pre-conference workshop for Early Career Researchers on the topics of 'Impact' and 'Communicating your research'. This included a very popular speed dating session where researchers were able to pitch ideas to, and receive feedback from practitioners. This event was open to all BASS ECR researchers. 18th July 2022.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description BASS23 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact BASS23; CREST held its fouth international conference on Behavioural and Social Sciences in Security in July 2023, with over 220 delegates attending. The three-day conference focused on three themes: Risk Assessment, Gathering Human Intelligence, and Deterrence and disruption, with over 50 presentations from a wide range of presenters across academia. The event also included three lighting talk sessions, a poster session, with two panels on Incels and the far right amongst the diverse selection.


CREST received excellent feedback from delegates. Attendees noted the standard of research amongst academics and were impressed by the mixture of academic researchers and practitioners. Building on this success, CREST will be running BASS24 in July 2024. CREST funded presentations included - F Kontogianni and A De La Fuente Vilar - on Risk & Risk Management. L Hope, F Kontogianni Culture, Communication Style and Information Gathering and L Brace, A Phelan, and A Peterscheck on Incels. Lightning talks; I Orpen, C Squires, A Raducu, J Hewitt, L Hilner, A Machande, Posters: D Bocheva
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description BASS24 Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact BASS24: CREST held its fourth international conference on Behavioural and Social Sciences in Security in July 2024. The three day conference focused on three streams with over 80 presentations from a wide range of presenters across academia. The event also included two lighting talk sessions and a poster session, with two Keynotes and a panel session. CREST funded presenters: Peterscheck, A; Hewitt, J; Power, N; Lewis, J; Raducu, A; Monaghan, R; Rice, C; Salman, N; Hope, L; Hillner, L
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description BBC documentary about the Plymouth shootings in 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact CREST researcher Brace, L work presented in BBC documentary on 27/06/24
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0020lhs/the-plymouth-shootings
 
Description Bath-funded workshop - Extreme Right Wing. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Bath-funded workshop - Extreme Right Wing. Presented to 23 CREST stakeholders. CREST PI, A Joinson. 15th March 2022.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Behavioral Consistency in the Digital Age 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Shaw, H. (2022). Behavioral Consistency in the Digital Age. Presented as part of the Symposium " Analyzing Digital Human Behavior: The Shape of Psychology to Come" at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology's Annual Convention (SPSP), San Francisco, CA, USA on 2022-02-16
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Behavioural and social scientists in national security network event 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact CREST hosted - Paul Taylor, Matthew Francis and Paul Grasby. With three external speakers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Biometrics: Practitioner presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation to professional practioners.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Briefing - Ben Lee. Coronavirus and online extremism 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Briefing - Ben Lee (2020). Coronavirus and online extremism (internal governmental policymakers) December 1 2020
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Briefing to Government Network 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST commissioned researcher R Monaghan, presented at a Briefing to Government Network. 9th May 2024.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Briefing to Government commission 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST researcher, R Monaghan presented at a Government commission. 21st Nov 2023.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description British Society of Criminology Conference 2024, Glasgow 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact CREST PhD A Machande presented at British Society of Criminology Conference 2024, Glasgow. Audience consisted of both academics and also UK government / private sector. 12th July 2024.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description CBC News - Youtube - Social media criticized for fuelling violent U.K. protests. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact CREST researcher O Brown gives insight into having a 'large online following and spreading misinformation to drive a narrative' for CBC news on 7/8/24. Timestamp 1.22
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSKTYGZb2do
 
Description CCSITP Overview online presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CCSITP Overview online presentation (Critical Communication Skills in Territorial Policing)
Presented by Simon Wells. CREST Research to Practice Fellow.
May 2021. 300 attendees online.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description CREST Article: A Short Introduction To The Involuntary Celibate Sub-Culture 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST blog, written by Dr Lewys Brace
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://crestresearch.ac.uk/resources/a-short-introduction-to-the-involuntary-celibate-sub-culture/
 
Description CREST Article: Proof Of Life Or Death? 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST blog written by Matthew Fields, based on their research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://crestresearch.ac.uk/resources/proof-of-life-or-death/
 
Description CREST Article:Only Playing: Extreme-Right Gamification 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Blog written by Ben Lee, based on their research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://crestresearch.ac.uk/resources/only-playing-extreme-right-gamification/
 
Description CREST Practitioner Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact CREST Practitioner Workshop. Rottweiler, B 26-Oct-22
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description CREST Security Review: Risk - Issue 11 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Included 12 articles from a variety of researchers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://crestresearch.ac.uk/magazine/risk/
 
Description CREST presentation; Communication and resilience training 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Support to Health workers within Government dealing with resistance to treatment and rehabilitation through presentations and exercises aimed at using methods developed within CREST and by CREST affiliated academics. 14 attendees. Simon Wells, CREST Research to Practice Fellow.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description CT Policing event 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CT Policing event - Nov 18th 2021. 100 delegates attened in person and 300 online.  CREST presenters; CREST R2PF S Wells, & B Lee, P Taylor.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Canadian Practitioners Network for the Prevention of Violence 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Online session ran by CREST PI S Marsden, Canadian Practitioners Network for the Prevention of Violence. Project; Trauma and violent extremism: Implications for Practice on 29/09/24
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Capturing Memory using the Timelines Technique 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Capturing Memory using the Timelines Technique. Training session on Memory and Timeline Technique for training programme organised by IDDD, the National Association of Public Defenders of Brazil, and the National School of Public Defenders of Brazil. MAIN OUTCOME; International impact - training on 2021-05-01. CREST PI, L Hope.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Cited by other Agencies 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact From The ACE Annual Review - "Then there is our extended 'network of networks'. We plug into trade bodies like TechUK and ADS, and academic organisations such as Academic RISC and the Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST)."
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ace-annual-review-2022-23/ace-annual-review-2022-3-access...
 
Description Cited in the Press 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Quote from the Daily Mail - "In a 2021 report, the Centre For Research And Evidence On Security Threats determined that by their own analysis there was 'unlikely to be any significant effect on residential burglary through deploying smart home technology.' "
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12404167/Smile-youre-camera-smart-doorbells-latest-tool-hel...
 
Description Cited in the Press 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Quote from ABC News "Antifa is a left-wing "militant anti-fascist movement," according to the U.K. Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats."
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/transgender-swimmer-lia-thomas-dons-antifa-super-soldier-sweat...
 
Description Cited in the Press 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Moguldom Nation..."They believe a minority of alpha males (Chads) and females (Stacys) are at the top; a majority of average-looking betas (Normies) in the middle; and the exclusively male and minority group of incels at the bottom, according to research by the Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST), a hub for behavioral and social science research into security threats in the U.K."
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://moguldom.com/424860/ohio-incel-pleads-guilty-in-plot-to-kill-up-to-3000-students-what-is-an-...
 
Description Cited in the Press 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Quote from BBC article - "UK organisation Centre For Research And Evidence On Security Threats says that video doorbells may actually make a home more vulnerable to being burgled. Its argument is that the doorbells indicate to a burglar that the homeowner is affluent, and therefore is likely to have things worth stealing."
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66360030
 
Description Cited in the Press 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Quote from "a set of communities claiming to be misogynistic and of which a recent report from the Center for Research and evidence on security threats pointed out the numerous links with the extreme right, who are also very adept online"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.nextinpact.com/article/71410/en-ligne-misogynie-utilisee-pour-saper-liberte-dexpression
 
Description Colloquium at the Institute for Sex Research, Sexual Medicine & Forensic Psychiatry 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Colloquium at the Institute for Sex Research, Sexual Medicine & Forensic Psychiatry. A presentation by Hillner, L on 19.09.23
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Conference of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST Attendance at the Conference of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC). 9th August 2023. CREST presenter De La Fuente Vilar, A. Audience reported a change in opinion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Conference: Loyalty in rebel groups BISA 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Conference: Loyalty in rebel groups BISA, for an international audience, on 5th July 2023. Audience reported changes in opinion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Conference: Siege subcultures Leiden Institute of Government and Security 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST attendance at Conference: Siege subcultures Leiden Institute of Government and Security to practitioners, presenter B. Lee on 4th October 2022. Audience reported changes in their views and opinions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Contemporary research and practice 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST attended Workshop 1: Contemporary research and practice with professional practitioners.S Marsden attended on 22 February 2023. Audience reported changes in opinion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Countering Online Terrorist Propaganda The Europol Podcast Season Two, Episode One 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact CREST researcher Amarasingam, A spoke about CREST funded work in The Europol Podcast on 18.01.24
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/europol-podcast/episode-9-countering-online-terrorist-prop...
 
Description Deception 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Deception 2022. A presentation by De La Fuente Vilar, A. on 17.10.22
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Developing a Time-Critical Questioning framework in a naturalistic environment 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presented at IIIRG Conference (Developing a Time-Critical Questioning framework in a naturalistic environment) on 2022-07-01 by Kontogianni (CREST PhD)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Developing novel methods while exposing challenges for psychological science 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Symposium presented at British Psychology
Society - Annual Cyberpsychology Section Conference, July 6-7, Online, UK
Davidson, B., Ellis, D. A., Shaw, H. and Stuart, A. (2021).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Digital Behavioural Biometrics. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact H Shaw attended the SPRITE+ Conference 2023, presenting on Digital Behavioural Biometrics on 9th June 2023. Audience participation suggests a change in views.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description EAPL23 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A presentation by Raducu, A on 07.06.23
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description EAPL24 (European Association of Psychology and Law) conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Conference presentation at EAPL24 (European Association of Psychology and Law) conference. 10th July 2024. CREST PhD, Antonia Raducu. Talk on Informant-Source Handler Relationship.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description ECR BASS23 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact ECR2023 event - As part of BASS23, CREST also ran a pre-conference workshop for Early Career Researchers on the topics of 'Building Interdisciplinary Teams' and 'Communicating your research'. This included a very popular speed dating session where researchers were able to pitch ideas to, and receive feedback from practitioners. This event was open to all BASS ECR researchers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Elicitation of requirements workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Elicitation of requirements workshop by Bouhana, N on 2021-10-31
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Elicitation skills training 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Presentation to stakeholders; Elicitation skills training to. government agency
Anna Leslie
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Eliciting Information Framework 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentations to stakeholders: Eliciting Information Framework to UK government department
Anna Leslie
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Eliciting Information Framework to Police 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentations to stakeholders: Eliciting Information Framework to Police
Anna Leslie
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Eliciting Information Framework to US government department 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentations to stakeholders:Eliciting Information Framework to US government department
Anna Leslie
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Eliciting Information: Working Effectively with Memory 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Eliciting Information: Working Effectively with Memory. MAIN OUTCOME;International impact - training. Audience = Lawyers & advocacy personnel at Fair Trials (UK, Europe, New York) on 2021-12-01. CREST PI, L Hope.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Engagement Event with core stakeholder team. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Engagement Event with core stakeholder team. 9th Feb 2022. CREST by Hope, L
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Eurocrim Conference 2024; Bucharest 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST PhD A Machande presented at Eurocrim Conference 2024; Bucharest. Audience consisted of both academics and also UK government / private sector. 12th Sep 2024.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description European Society for Criminology Working Group on Extremism Online Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact European Society for Criminology Working Group on Extremism Online Conference. Presentation by Rottweiler, B on 26-Jan-23
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Examining Consistency in Digital Behaviours. Heather Shaw 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST presentation; ACE-CSR : Examining Consistency in Digital Behaviours
Heather Shaw. CREST, SRA
25 March 2021. '
185 people invited to the Teams meeting.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Examining the relationship between COVID-19 Conspiracy Beliefs and Anti-Government Violence 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Society for Terrorism Research - "Examining the relationship between COVID-19 Conspiracy Beliefs and Anti-Government Violence.CREST presenter: B, Rottweiler and P Gill on 2022-08-08
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Exploring right-wing extremism in online spaces: Can we use big data to predict offline action 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Association for Psychological Science, Virtual Convention, May 2021.
Brown, O., Joinson, A. N., Smith, L. G.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Extreme-Right gamification 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact VOX-pol; artile - ONLY PLAYING: EXTREME-RIGHT GAMIFICATION on 2021-11-01. CREST researcher B Lee.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.voxpol.eu/only-playing-extreme-right-gamification/
 
Description Funders workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST comissioned researcher A Kordoni ran a Stakeholder workshop with 8 attendees. 19 Oct 2023. Audience reported change in views and plans where made for future collaboration on the same area of research (problems and approaches for future project development identified).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Good Lives Matter 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact S Marsden was invited to present in Oslo, in July 22 on the Good Lives Matter project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Government stakeholder session 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Government stakeholder session. 65 attendees. Ran by S Marsden as part of project - Trauma and violent extremism: Implications for Practice on 13/03/24
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Guest lecture - Ben Lee. National Action, Atomwaffen Division, and Contemporary Right-Wing Terror(ism). 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Guest lecture - Ben Lee (2020). National Action, Atomwaffen Division, and Contemporary Right-Wing Terror(ism). Bournemouth University. December 7 2020
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Guest lecture . Extremist trajectories: Ideology, narrative identity and the pursuit of human goods. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Guest lecture - Sarah Marsden (2020). Extremist trajectories: Ideology, narrative identity and the pursuit of human goods. Bournemouth University. December 14 2020
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Guest presentation - Ben Lee. Extremism and Extremist Groups - their potential threat in an Irish Context - Unwrapping a layer at a time. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Guest presentation - Ben Lee. Extremism and Extremist Groups - their potential threat in an Irish Context - Unwrapping a layer at a time. April 28 2021
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Guest presentation - Ben Lee. International Policy Responses to Violent White Supremacy: A Virtual Roundtable. Institute for Strategic Dialogue 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Guest presentation - Ben Lee (2020). International Policy Responses to Violent White Supremacy: A Virtual Roundtable.
Institute for Strategic Dialogue. October 15 2020
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Home Office Counter-terrorism communication forum 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Home Office Counter-terrorism communication forum: Insights from the STARS project by Rice, C on 2022-01-01
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description How 'third hand' rumours led to riot fears 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact CREST researcher O, Brown mentioned in article where she speaks on her opinion on ' how misinformation (on the Southport incident) was able to spread' on BBC Gloucester on 11.08.24
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gqv87r4zdo
 
Description How Reliable and Robust Is Human Ability to Recognize Suspicious Activity? 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact CREST Research released a new report which offers a systematic review of the current evidence base for the human ability to accurately recognize suspicious behavior in Homeland Security News Wire on 15.08.23 by CREST/ Gill, Paul, & Marchment, Zoe
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20230815-how-reliable-and-robust-is-human-ability-to-reco...
 
Description ITV West Country. Topic -Incel culture. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Special Report: ITV West Country. Topic -Incel culture. by Brace, L on 2022-01-18
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2022-01-18/what-is-incel-culture-and-why-is-it-growing-around-t...
 
Description Ideology, Scenes, and Styles: Navigating the Extreme-Right Milieu 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited presentation DfE (B, Lee): Ideology, Scenes, and Styles: Navigating the Extreme-Right Milieu on 2022-04-18. CREST researcher B Lee.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Incel plymouth incident. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Radio: LBC Drive time with Eddie Mair. Topic; Incel plymouth incident. by Brace, L on 2021-08-13
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Incels. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Radio: BBC Radio 5 live. Topic; Incels. by Brace, L on 2021-08-30
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000z6vs
 
Description Incels. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Podcast: Andrew Piece show. The Daily Mail. Topic: Incels by Brace, L on 2021-08-19
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Innovation Week. Topic; horizon scanning 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact On 10th June CREST presenters, Research to Practice Fellows - A Leslie, S Wells, and CREST Executive Director M Francis.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Innovation Week: Elicitating information. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST presenters, Research to Practice Fellows - A Leslie, S Wells, and CREST Executive Director M Francis. Presented. Elicitation framework. On 9th June.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Input discussion: City of London Police. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Input discussion: City of London Police.CREST presenter: L Brace. On 2022-07-21
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Input discussion: Thames Valley Police. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Input discussion: Thames Valley Police. CREST presenter: L Brace. On 2022-07-05
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT). Presentation on 29-Mar-23 by Rottweiler, B.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Intervention practitioner workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Intervention practitioner workshop; ran by CREST PI S Marsden as part of Trauma and violent extremism: Implications for Practice on 31/05/24
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Intervention practitioner workshop. Trauma and violent extremism: Implications for Practice 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Intervention practitioner workshop. Trauma and violent extremism: Implications for Practice, ran by S Marsden on 17/07/24
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Interview for Sky News 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Media interview for Sky news, about Incels.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://news.sky.com/story/incels-waging-war-against-women-and-pose-emerging-threat-to-children-stud...
 
Description Invited presentation : Protective factors 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact S Marsden presentation: Protective factors on 15th March 2023. Audience reported changes in opinion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Invited presentation JTAC: Ideological transmission 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited presentation JTAC: Ideological transmission on 21st October 2022. Attended by B. Lee as presenter . Audience reported changes in opinions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Invited presentation London Prevent Network: Militant Accelerationism 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST attended and delivered a presentation to the London Prevent Network: Militant Accelerationism on 28th October 2022, presenter B. Lee. Audience reported changes in opinion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Invited presentation RICU: Siege subcultures 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST attended an Invited presentation at RICU: Siege subcultures, 26 October 22. Presenter B. Lee. Audience reported changes in opinion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Invited presentation: GNET Event on militant accelerationism 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST was Invited to deliver a presentation to: GNET Event on militant accelerationism on 9th March 2023. Presenter B. Lee. Audience reported changes in opinion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Invited presentation: PASILE conference: trauma 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST was Invited to present at PASILE conference: trauma on 7th June 2023. J Lewis attended. Audience reported changes in opinion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Invited presentation: Police Scotland Extreme right beliefs & values 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact CREST was invited to give a presentation to Police Scotland: Extreme right beliefs & values on 28th June 2023. Presenter, B. Lee. Audience reported changes in opinions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Invited presentation: Protective factors 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Presentation; Protective factors. S Marsden presented on 6 February 2023. Audience reported change in opinion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Issues up close: trauma and extreme violence 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Soundcloud; Issues up close: trauma and extreme violence on 2022-04-22. CREST PI, S Marsden, J Lewis.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://soundcloud.com/utrechtuniversity/issues-up-close-trauma-and-extreme-violence
 
Description Keynote 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Keynote at Society for Terrorism Research Conference. Title of talk: The Future of Terrorism Research: Think C.R.E.S.T.. September 2022. ~120 registered for conference
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Keynote: South East Asia Regional Meeting of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Mixed audience of research and practitioners; goal of raising visibility in SEA region.

Highlights CREST research in South East Asia
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Keynote: South East Asia Regional Meeting of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Keynote: South East Asia Regional Meeting of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. MAIN OUTCOME; Highlights CREST research in South East Asia. Mixed audience of research and practitioners; goal of raising visibility in SEA region on 01/06/21. CREST PI, L Hope.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Korean Association of Psychology and Law 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Korean Association of Psychology and Law. A presentation by Hope, L on 22.11.22
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Lecture - ACE workshop: Examining consistency in digital behaviours. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Lecture - ACE workshop: Examining consistency in digital behaviours. CREST researcher H, Shaw. 25th March 2022.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Lecture - Lunch and Learn. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Lecture - Lunch and Learn. Dec 2021. CREST PI; S Conchie, presented on digital footprint.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Male supremacist violence 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST attended BISA conference, with A Peterscheck presenting on male Supremacist Violence on 4th July 2023. Audience reported a change in views.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Memory, Evidence & the Timeline Technique. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Memory, Evidence & the Timeline Technique. Training session on Memory and Timeline Technique for programme organised by IDDD, the National Association of Public Defenders of Brazil, and the National School of Public Defenders of Brazil. Audience = Brazilian Judges. MAIN OUTCOME;International impact - training on 2021-11-01. CREST PI, L Hope.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description NCA Training - 1 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Anna Leslie and Simon Wells delivered training to NCA practitioners in April.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description NCA Training - 2 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Anna Leslie and Simon Wells delivered training in May to the NCA.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description NPCC Intelligence Practice Research Consortium 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact NPCC Intelligence Practice Research Consortium. A presentation by Hope, L on 31.10.22
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description National CT exercise 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact To observe the use of TCQ, a national CT exercise was run for a small group of practitioners, on 19th January 2023. Requests were made for future participation.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Neurodiversity in the Counter Terrorism Context - policy focus 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Neurodiversity in the Counter Terrorism Context - policy focus workshop. Organsied by CREST PI, Z Al Attar. 15 attendees, online event. 20 June 2024. Audience - professional practitioners.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Neurodiversity in the Counter Terrorism Context - practitioner focus 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Neurodiversity in the Counter Terrorism Context - practitioner focused event . Organsied by CREST PI, Z Al Attar. 9 attendees online event. 20th June 2024. Audience - professional practitioners.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description New Study: Social Media Posts Can ID Potential Terrorists 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Blog on Olivia Brown's work Online Signals of Extremist Mobilization on Mirage.com on 02/08/24
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.miragenews.com/new-study-social-media-posts-can-id-potential-1288955/#google_vignette
 
Description Newly Emerging Threats within Violent Extremism 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 5RD CVE Meeting - "Newly Emerging Threats within Violent Extremism", .CREST presenter: B, Rottweiler on 2022-06-22
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Newspaper Article in The Guardian 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Interviewed by the Guardian about the rise of Incel culture, and its potential ramifications.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/30/global-incel-culture-terrorism-misogyny-violent-acti...
 
Description Newspaper article : Devon live. Plymouth shooting: Incel culture and its staggering sense of entitlement 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact By Brace, L on 29/08/21
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/plymouth-shooting-incel-culture-staggering-5828041
 
Description Newspaper: Plymouth Herald.Plymouth shooting: Families meet with Security Minister over online incel culture fears. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact By Brace, L on 16/05/22
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/plymouth-shooting-families-meet-security-7088898
 
Description Newspaper: The Mirror. Sick 'women-hating' incel sites draw record audience one year from Plymouth shooting. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact By Brace, L on 13/08/22
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/sick-women-hating-incel-sites-27734139
 
Description Online - iIIRG Virtual 2023 conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST funded delegate, A Raducu attended the Online iIIRG Virtual 2023 conference, presenting findings on 9th June 2023. Audience reported a change in view.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Online presentation to CREST stakeholder 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Online presentation to CREST stakeholder, 9th November. Approx 50 attendees. CREST presenter, O Brown. Audience reported changes in views.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Online workshop: test existing evidence 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Online workshop: testing existing evidence. Ran by S Marsden as part of Project; Trauma and violent extremism: Implications for Practice 29/02/24
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description PASILE conference: trauma 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact S Marsden was invited to present to the PASILE conference, speaking on trauma on 6th June 2023. Audience reported a change in opinion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Podcast (Marsden): UN Office of Counter-Terrorism 'Going to Extremes' 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact S Marsden contributed to a Podcast by the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism 'Going to Extremes' on 14th November 2022. Podcast for public consumption.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Podcast: Combating Jihadist Terror series 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact S Marsden contributed to a Podcast, the Combating Jihadist Terror series, for consumption by the public on 18th November 2022.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Post-extremism lives 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact S Marsden attended and delivered Workshop 4: Post-extremism lives to professional practitioners on 20th May 2023. Audience reported changes in opinion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Potential terrorists can be identified from social media posts 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Blog on Olivia Brown's work Online Signals of Extremist Mobilization on Phys.org on 02/08/24
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/potential-terrorists-can-be-identified-from-social-media-p...
 
Description Predicting offline (right wing) action from digital data 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact STAR week 2021, Home Office. CREST presenter Olivia Brown (PhD) Predicting offline (right wing) action from digital data
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Presentation of findings and discussing implications of project. (Linguistic Tools To Measure Source Motivation And Intent) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST PI C Hardacker presented to stakeholders at Government event, Aug 2024 - Presenting findings and discussing implications of the project (Linguistic Tools To Measure Source Motivation And Intent)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Presentation to Home Office 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact S Marsden presented to the Home Office STAR week on findings on 22 December 2022. Audience reported changes in opinion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Protective Factors 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact S Marsden was invited to present at Leiden University: Protective Factors to a group of professional practitioners. Audience reported changes in opinion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Protective Security Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST researcher Boakes, E invited to speak at the Protective Security Conference in Manchester about her CREST funded PhD presentation on 05/12/23. Speakers from industry, academia and government.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Protective factors and risk assessment tools 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact S Marsden attended a Workshop on protective factors and risk assessment tools for professional practitioners on 28th February 2023. Audience reported changes in opinion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Qualitative analysis for sensitive research - how to protect against researcher vulnerabilities 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Dr Olivia Brown wrote a blog called, 'Qualitative analysis for sensitive research - how to protect against researcher vulnerabilities'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://blogs.bath.ac.uk/centre-for-qualitative-research/2021/05/06/qualitative-analysis-for-sensiti...
 
Description RICU (HO) market segmentation discussion 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Matthew Francis & Paul Grasby organised.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Radicalisation-Trauma 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact S Marsden attended and delivered a Workshop on radicalisation-trauma to a small group of professional practitioners on 20th July 2023. They reported a change in opinion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Radio Interviews 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact CREST researcher O Brown, discussing CREST-funded research in relation to the riots in the UK and misinformation on social media. Tom Swarbrick (globalplayer.com), BBC Stoke and BBC Scotland radio on 7/8/24 & 6/8/24.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Regional stakeholder presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Regional stakeholder office, in person presentation. 31st January 2023. CREST presenter Rice, C. Approx 10 people in attendance. There was a request for further information after the event.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Research and Practice Colloquium: Conceptualising, Understanding, and Preventing Mixed Forms of Extremism 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST researcher Z, Al-Attar presented CREST funded work at the Conceptualising, Understanding, and Preventing Mixed Forms of Extremism conference in Liverpool University on 24/09/24.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Research4Good podcast 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact University of Bath; Research4Good podcast; https://www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/research4good-podcast/ on 22/08/22. CREST PhD O, Brown.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/research4good-podcast/
 
Description Resilience working group 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Presentations to stakeholders: Resilience working group.
Anna Leslie
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Right-Wing Extremism Online: Can We Use Digital Data To Measure Risk? 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Right-Wing Extremism Online: Can We Use Digital Data To Measure Risk? Workshop with stakeholders. Presenter CREST PhD O, Brown on 2022-03-01
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Risk factors to violent extremism 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presented at NCITE on risk factors to violent extremism on 2022-08-01. CREST PI, P Gill.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Roundtable with Stakeholders 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Roundtable with Stakeholders on 25th October 2022. Event was part of a series of CDP events for practitioners and trainers. 11 stakeholders present, with additional dial in attendees, plus 2 x CREST Research to Practice fellows attended in person. There were subsequent requests for further participation.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Roundtable on constraints and protective factors 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST attended a roundtable event centering on constraints and protective factors, engaging in questions and discussion on 31st May 2023. Delegates reported a change in opinion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Roundtable: National Security Innovation Champion 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Roundtable (B, Lee): National Security Innovation Champion on 2022-04-05
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description STAR Week Presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact STAR week presentation to stakeholder practitioners. CREST researcher; Rottweiler, B on 1-Dec-22
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Siege culture. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact UK AVERT Symposium. Siege culture. CREST presenter B Lee on 2021-11-03
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Social Bias in Computational Social Science 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact "2 x Social Bias workshops; Social Bias in Computational Social Science. Workshop 1 - Addressing bias in computational social
science: What can we learn from social science theory?
Chair: Sophie Nightingale. Workshop 2 - Addressing bias in computational social
science: Explanation rather than prediction?
Chair: Sophie Nightingale. "
On 2022-04-06
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Stakeholder communication forum 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Stakeholder communication forum. 40 attendees online. 26th January 2023. CREST presenter Rice, C. Requests were made for further participation.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Stakeholders Onsite Visit 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact In-person presentation to Stakeholders on site visit to Bath University, current projects and PhD research. Approx 15 attendees (practitioners) 7th December. CREST presenter O Brown.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Strong Cities Network webinar "Getting Ready for Trouble? The Role of Cities in Responding to Anti-Minority Protest". 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Strong Cities Network webinar "Getting Ready for Trouble? The Role of Cities in Responding to Anti-Minority Protest". J Busher on panel on 01/03/22
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://strongcitiesnetwork.org/en/getting-ready-for-trouble-the-role-of-cities-in-responding-to-ant...
 
Description Subcultural constraints 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Subcultural constraints workshop by Marsden on 2022-04-01
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description TPV Podcast 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact CREST researcher, P Thomas spoke in a podcast on 27Aug 2024
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://open.spotify.com/episode/7kbOBjq7kkI6bWCVeBJ3z7?si=d85730b836dc4433
 
Description Talking About Research in Memory and Cognition (TARMAC) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Talking About Research in Memory and Cognition (TARMAC). Hillner, L., Hope, L., Kontogianni, F., & Conchie, S presented on 03.11.22
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Tech against Terror Podcast 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A podcast by Rottweiler, B on 08.05.23
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Terrorism and Political Violence Podcast on research on trauma 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Interviewed by The Terrorism and Political Violence Podcast on their research on trauma on 2022-04-01. CREST PhD J Lewis, CREST PI - S Marsden.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://open.spotify.com/episode/0NMqE2CNykgAqCPB1agGSf?si=00edcafc0d0f46ff&nd=1
 
Description Terrorism and Social Media Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST PhD reseacher D Bocheva presented at Terrorism and Social Media Conference. 19th June 2024. Audience included researchers, policy-makers and practitioners, from a number of different countries and disciplinary backgrounds.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Terrorism and the Mind, Talking to Terrorists 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Interviewed as part of a BBC Radio 4 Podcast: Terrorism and the Mind, Talking to Terrorists on 2022-02-01
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001421m
 
Description The ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST PhD reseacher D Bocheva presented at The ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Acadmic attendees, as well as from industry (technology) and practitioners. 1st Jan 2024.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description The Conversation Article - Lie detectors: body language tells us surprisingly little about whether someone is being honest 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A blog by Vrij, A on 27.03.23
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://theconversation.com/lie-detectors-body-language-tells-us-surprisingly-little-about-whether-s...
 
Description The Emergency Services Show 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST PI, N Power was invited to speak at the 'The Emergency Services Show' on 'Rethinking emergency teams: interoperability, decision making, and the myth of leadership'. Following the show, Power's research was mentioned in a write-up on the Emergency Services Show by the new head of JESIP.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://emergencyservicestimes.com/2024/09/26/jesip-has-new-leadership-but-it-will-need-funding-and-...
 
Description The Firefighters podcast: Decision-making & Teamwork in high pressured environments with Dr Nikki Power 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact CREST PI, N Power speaks in a Podcast The Firefighters podcast: Decision-making & Teamwork in high pressured environments. 16/09/25.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://ukfiremag.co.uk/the-firefighters-podcast/
 
Description The escalation and inhibition of violence during waves of far-right or anti-minority protests 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact University of Oslo; The escalation and inhibition of violence during waves of far-right or anti-minority protests; https://www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/english/news-and-events/right-now/2022/the-escalation-and-inhibition-of-violence-during-w.html by Busher J on 2022-02-01
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/english/news-and-events/right-now/2022/the-escalation-and-inhibition-of-...
 
Description The other right wing terrorism 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited presentation (B, Lee): University of Waikato/New Zealand Department for Internal Affairs. The other right wing terrorism on 2022-03-16
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description The relationship between conspiracy beliefs and violent extremism 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST / stakeholder workshop - Conspiracy Theories and Extremism Workshop. "The relationship between conspiracy beliefs and violent extremism", P Gill and B Rottweiler presented on 2022-04-05
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Training: CT Negotiation Course right-wing input 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact CREST was invited to speak at Training: CT Negotiation Course right-wing input on 10th April 2022. Presenter B. Lee. Plans were made for future activity.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Training: Police CT exercise input 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST was invited to participate in Training: Police CT exercise input on 18th May 2023. Attendee, B. Lee. Audience reported changes in opinion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Training: Police CT negotiation course RW input 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Training (B, Lee): Police CT negotiation course RW input (08/11/2021 & 11/04/2022 & 22/09/2022)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Trauma & Violent Extremism Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 1. Initiated an international, multidisciplinary working group of practitioners, policymakers and researchers who work on trauma and violent extremism. Since this session we've formalised the network and run a series of online events bringing together an international audience to discuss research and share good practice. This has led to new funding applications and research collaborations.
2. Provided the springboard for the next phase of the research. We have since engaged in a larger piece of work via CREST which is being supported by the working group.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Trauma and violent extremism 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited presentation DfE (Lewis & Marsden): Trauma and violent extremism by Sarah Marsden on 2022-05-12
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Trauma and violent extremism 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited presentation London Prevent Network (Lewis & Marsden): Trauma and violent extremism by Marsden, Sarah on 2022-07-15
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Trauma, Adversity & Violent Extremism 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Stakeholder workshop on Trauma, Adversity & Violent Extremism by Marsden, Sarah on 2022-03-07
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description U.S. practitioner presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Presented on 15-Feb-23 by Rottweiler, B for US practioners.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description University of Bath research shows how to improve emergency service response to terrorist incident 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Dr Olivia Brown wrote a blog called 'University of Bath research shows how to improve emergency service response to terrorist incident'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://scienmag.com/university-of-bath-research-shows-how-to-improve-emergency-service-response-to-...
 
Description Video interview as part of a short documentary by the Economist 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact An interview as part of a documentary for the Economist to highlight how online extremism is changing.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aJ1XPicw4o
 
Description What is the Online Safety Act and why have riots reopened debates about it? 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Blog by CREST researcher O Brown on 'What is the Online Safety Act and why have riots reopened debates about it?' backed by her CREST funded research. Posted on 19.08.24 on Policinginsight.com
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://policinginsight.com/feature/opinion/what-is-the-online-safety-act-and-why-have-riots-reopene...
 
Description What psychology tells us about the failure of the emergency services at the Manchester Arena bombing 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A blog by Power, N published on 16.11.23
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://theconversation.com/what-psychology-tells-us-about-the-failure-of-the-emergency-services-at-...
 
Description Working Group for Collaboratory Against Hate as an advisory role 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CREST PI Sarah Marsden attended; Working Group for Collaboratory Against Hate as an advisory role. Approx 20 people who were a mix of academics, practitioners and NGOs. It ran from April-September 2022.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Workshop - Eliciting sensitive information. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Workshop - Eliciting sensitive information. Seminar with CREST stakeholders. On 98/08/22 by Burns C
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Workshop 1: Trauma, Adversity and Violent Extremism 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Workshop 1: Michael Niconchuk, Beyond Conflict by Sarah marsden on 2021-11-11
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Workshop 1; Universities. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Workshop 1; Universities. 3rd August 2022
24 delegates from 12 universities
CREST researcher D McIlhatton .
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Workshop 2: Trauma, Adversity and Violent Extremism 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Workshop 2: Dr Daniel Koehler, German Institute of Radicalisation and Deradicalisation Studies by Marsden, Sarah on 2022-01-12
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Workshop 2; Resilience 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Workshop 2; Resilience
15th September 2022
14 delegates from across government and emergency services . CREST researcher D McIlhatton .
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Workshop 3: Trauma, Adversity and Violent Extremism 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Workshop 3: Dr Heidi Ellis, Harvard Medical School by Marsden, Sarah on 2022-05-05
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Workshop 3; Places of Worship 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Workshop 3; Workshop - Places of Worship
21th June 2022
22 delegates from faith based institutions across London. CREST researcher D McIlhatton .
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Workshop 4: Trauma, Adversity and Violent Extremism 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Marsden, Sarah on 2022-06-22
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Workshop 4; CT Policing 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Workshop 4; Workshop - CT Policing
30th June 2022
7 delegates from across CTP and HO. CREST researcher D McIlhatton .
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Workshop presenting selection of findings 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact S Marsden attended a workshop presenting selection of findings on 31st January 2023. Audience reported changes in opinion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Workshop to co-design StriM design framework 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Workshop to co-design StriM design framework. Ran by S Marsden as part of project - Trauma and violent extremism: Implications for Practice on 30/04/24
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Workshop to present findings and discuss next steps 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Workshop to present findings and discuss next steps - Presented to data scientists. 10 attendees. 28th Feb 2022
CREST PI; A Joinson.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Workshop: intervention policy and practice 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact S Marsden attended a Workshop: intervention policy and practice with professional practitioners on 20th October 2022. Audience reported changes in opinion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022