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SPRITE+: Tackling Challenges in the Future of Digital Security, Privacy, Identity and Trust

Tue 10, Dec 2019

SPRITE+, the newest EPSRC NetworkPlus, brings together people in academia, industry, government, law enforcement, and civil society organisations with a focus on digital contexts. It is a ‘one stop shop’ for engagement between academic and non-academic communities.

Online Radicalisation and Social Psychology

Tue 3, Dec 2019

In a follow-up to her 2016 guest post, Dr Laura Smith discusses her Conflict Theme Innovation Award project on predicting online radicalisation with PaCCS Communications Officer Kate McNeil

Universities, Security and Intelligence

Tue 26, Nov 2019

Kate McNeil reflects on a discussion with Dr Liam Gearon about his new book, the Handbook on Universities, Security and Intelligence Studies.

Prevent: Counter-Radicalisation and Education

Tue 19, Nov 2019

Kate McNeil and Professor Paul Thomas discuss Prevent, the UK’s counter-radicalisation program.

Mythologizing the Medieval: Ethnonational symbolism by far-right extremists

Tue 12, Nov 2019

Dr Matt Godwin explains why far-right ethnonational extremists are associating themselves with the mythology of medevial crusader symbolism.

Reflections on Conflict and the Politics of Empathy

Tue 5, Nov 2019

Kate McNeil, PaCCS Communications Officer, sits down with the University of Glasgow's Dr Naomi Head to discuss her ESRC project on Conflict, Dialogue and Ethics in International Relations and the politics of empathy.

Automotive Cybersecurity – An Interview with Professor Siraj Ahmed Shaikh

Tue 29, Oct 2019

For the final post in our October Cyber Series, PaCCS Communications Officer Kate McNeil sat down with Prof Siraj Ahmed Shaikh, Professor at Coventry University’s Institute for Future Transport and Cities to discuss automotive cybersecurity. Professor Shaikh has previously worked with PaCCS on PaCCS/KTN Policy Briefing on “Innovation Challenges in Cybersecurity”.

Cybersecurity, Politics, Governance and Conflict in Cyberspace – An Interview with Dr. Van Puyvelde

Tue 22, Oct 2019

PaCCS Communications Officer Kate McNeil sits down with Dr. Damien Van Puyvelde to discuss his new book Cybersecurity: Politics, Governance and Conflict in Cyberspace.

Modern Slavery Through the Eyes of a Historian

Fri 18, Oct 2019

To mark Anti-Slavery Day, Kate McNeil sat down with Professor Kristofer Allerfeldt, an Associate Professor of History at the University of Exeter, to discuss modern slavery from the perspective of a historian.

Ethics and Technology – An Interview with Professor Tom Sorell

Tue 15, Oct 2019

Kate McNeil interviews Professor Tom Sorell, Professor of Politics and Philosophy at the University of Warwick, about preparatory offenses, fraudulent romance scam posts, and the intersections between ethics research and technology.