Digital Data and National Security
Digital Data and National Security
Members of the Institute are leaders in the application of computational methods to social scientific studies of national security issues, both in the context of radicalisation and conspiracy theorising and in group behaviour and political violence. This work has included:
Digital footprints and the prediction of personality, demographics and movement
Using social media data to predict extreme right wing terrorism
Digital traces of offline mobilization
Group and communication processes in radicalisation
Conspiracy theories, including their propogation and development, and links to offline behaviour and action.
Current projects:
Reactions to Intragroup Threat
Previous projects:
Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST)
Networks and Radicalisation - University Innovation Concept