CREST

👋 To help us celebrate 10 years of CREST this October, we’re collecting case studies, quotes, stories, and stats to show how our work has been used in policy, practice, research, or teaching.

And we want to hear from YOU! 👉 lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Probing for information in online interactions: Cultural differences in perception of rapport, errors and recovery This report explores how online communication, cultural differences, and rapport-building impact information gathering and intelligence efforts in digital contexts.

📋 NEW Report! 'Probing for information in online interactions: Cultural differences in perception of rapport, errors and recovery'.

Read all about it here 👉 crestresearch.ac.uk/resources/pr...

ECR Funding The NABS+ ECR Conference Fund offers grants of up to £250 to help Early Career Researchers share their work, build networks, and gain valuable conference experience.

🚨 ICYMI: NABS+ ECR Conference Fund: Early Career Researchers can apply now 👉 crestresearch.ac.uk/nabs/early-c... for up to £250 to support presenting at academic conferences. Priority given to those who haven’t yet presented externally. Deadline Round One: 1 Oct (or until funds run out).

🤩 This October, CREST celebrates 10 remarkable years of commissioning, communicating, and collaborating on security threat research to help researchers, practitioners, and policymakers tackle security challenges.

Tell us how CREST has supported YOU! lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

ECR Mentoring The NABS+ Mentorship Scheme connects Early Career Researchers with experienced mentors in behavioural and social science for security and defence.

🚨 ICYMI: Are you an Early Career Researcher in behavioural or social science for security & defence? Want to gain one-to-one support from an experienced mentor? APPLY NOW to the NABS+ Mentorship Scheme. Closes 15 Aug: crestresearch.ac.uk/nabs/early-c...

ECR Funding The NABS+ ECR Conference Fund offers grants of up to £250 to help Early Career Researchers share their work, build networks, and gain valuable conference experience.

📢 NABS+ ECR Conference Fund: Early Career Researchers can apply for up to £250 to support presenting at academic conferences. Priority given to those who haven’t yet presented externally. Deadline Round One: 1 Oct (or until funds run out).
Apply now 👉 crestresearch.ac.uk/nabs/early-c...

ECR Mentoring The NABS+ Mentorship Scheme connects Early Career Researchers with experienced mentors in behavioural and social science for security and defence.

🫵 Are you an Early Career Researcher in behavioural or social science for security and defence? Gain one-to-one support from an experienced mentor through the NABS+ Mentorship Scheme. Deadline: 15 August

👉 crestresearch.ac.uk/nabs/early-c... for full details and application form

Doing Emotionally Demanding Research: A Dual Perspective of Supervisor and Researcher Explore the personal and professional challenges of emotionally demanding research, and discover practical strategies to support researcher wellbeing from both practitioner and researcher…

Doing research on tough topics? Missed our seminar? You’re not alone.

Check out our first NABS+ seminar readout on navigating emotionally demanding work, including memory impacts and practical strategies for self-care and supervision here:
crestresearch.ac.uk/nabs/early-c...

Future leaders: Imagining Scenarios/Effective Decision Making/Encouraging Resilience. | SPRITE+ Hub Apply to attend our Future Leaders workshop in collaboration with RBOC.

🚀 Event Alert: Imagining Scenarios/Effective Decision Making/Encouraging Resilience. Hosted by RBOC Network+ and SPRITE+, this event empowers future research leaders to respond to emerging threats.📍Birmingham | 📅 11 Sept | 📝 Apply by 25 July, 12pm: www.spritehub.org/event-detail...

Opportunities Check out the latest opportunities, funding, and events from the NABS+ community.

📣 Opportunity: Dstl are seeking a supplier to undertake an innovative study measuring the impact of certain security stimuli on the ability to elicit identifiable behaviours on those with simulated hostile intent.

R-Cloud: RQ0000081595.

Deadline 27/07.

crestresearch.ac.uk/nabs/opportu...

Individual-Level Perspectives on Mobilisation, Protest and Radicalisation: A Rapid Evidence Assessment This report critically analyses how political contention and protest relate to radicalisation and terrorism. It focuses on individual-level perspectives that examine what shapes the potential for…

📰 New report! Individual-Level Perspectives on Mobilisation, Protest and Radicalisation: A Rapid Evidence Assessment

What shapes the potential for violence and radicalisation? Read the full report: crestresearch.ac.uk/resources/in...

Commissioning Fund | Behavioural Research UK (BR-UK) | Usher Institute Information about the Fund and how to apply

📢 Funding Opportunity: Behavioural Research UK (BR-UK).

As part of ESRC’s investment in building national capability for behavioural research, a £1.3 million fund is being administered by BR-UK.

Join the webinar, this Wednesday @ 1pm to learn more: usher.ed.ac.uk/behavioural-...

Welcome to GOV.UK GOV.UK - The best place to find government services and information.

💼 Job alert: The UK Home Office is looking for a new Chief Scientific Adviser to lead on science advice for the department. Find out more about this exciting opportunity and apply here: www.gov.uk/government/n... Closes: Midday, 28 July

Getting Information Quickly: The Time Critical Questioning (TCQ) Protocol A new rapport-based interviewing protocol designed to enable emergency and other operational responders to obtain key information efficiently in time-limited contexts and urgent incidents.

🚨 Want to be more efficient with your questioning approaches?

Read: 'Getting Information Quickly: The Time Critical Questioning (TCQ) Protocol', designed to enable emergency responders to obtain accurate key information in urgent situations.

crestresearch.ac.uk/resources/ge...

Eliciting Information in Online Interactions: Development of a Rapport-based Approach for Security Contexts This project aims to identify the best elicitation techniques for use online, with a focus on building rapport and communication strategies.

📢 NEW SHORT REPORT OUT! 'Eliciting Information in Online Interactions: Development of a Rapport-based Approach for Security Contexts'

Learn more here: crestresearch.ac.uk/resources/el...

#interviewing #communication #security

Commissioning Thank you for your interest in applying to the NABS+ commissioning call. To ensure your application meets all necessary criteria, please read the guidance documents below carefully before submitting.…

Disinformation crosses into public health, climate, security, and more.

We’re commissioning research that explores how these threats intersect, and how to respond.

📄 Learn more: crestresearch.ac.uk/nabs/commiss...

Commissioning Thank you for your interest in applying to the NABS+ commissioning call. To ensure your application meets all necessary criteria, please read the guidance documents below carefully before submitting.…

Not all threats can be tackled at once.

We’re funding research into how governments and organisations can prioritise information threats more effectively and transparently.

📄 APPLY NOW! crestresearch.ac.uk/nabs/commiss...

Commissioning Thank you for your interest in applying to the NABS+ commissioning call. To ensure your application meets all necessary criteria, please read the guidance documents below carefully before submitting.…

📢 Misinformation is everywhere... but are we missing key threats?

We want research that highlights under-studied actors and platforms involved in information manipulation.

📄 Apply for funding: crestresearch.ac.uk/nabs/commiss...

Commissioning Thank you for your interest in applying to the NABS+ commissioning call. To ensure your application meets all necessary criteria, please read the guidance documents below carefully before submitting.…

Why do some people get drawn into violent online spaces, and why do others walk away?

We're seeking proposals that examine engagement, disengagement, and underlying motivations.

📄 Call open now: crestresearch.ac.uk/nabs/commiss...

Commissioning Thank you for your interest in applying to the NABS+ commissioning call. To ensure your application meets all necessary criteria, please read the guidance documents below carefully before submitting.…

Violent online networks targeting minors are evolving. Help us map the scale, structure, and user roles of com groups.

We're funding original research to improve our understanding.

📄 Find out more: crestresearch.ac.uk/nabs/commiss...

Commissioning Thank you for your interest in applying to the NABS+ commissioning call. To ensure your application meets all necessary criteria, please read the guidance documents below carefully before submitting.…

🧠 Human-AI teaming needs more than tech, it needs trust, accountability, and smart design. We're commissioning research that explores the human side of AI collaboration in security settings.

📄 Submit your proposal: crestresearch.ac.uk/nabs/commiss...

CREST Debates: In Pursuit of Insider Risk In this CREST Debate podcast, Professors Paul Martin and Rosalind Searle explore the complexities of insider risk and personnel security.

👂 NEW for your ears! Our CREST Debates series kicks off with Professors Paul Martin and Rosalind Searle who explore the complexities of insider risk and personnel security.

Listen now: crestresearch.ac.uk/resources/cr...

#Insider #Risk #Security #Podcast #Debate

Commissioning Thank you for your interest in applying to the NABS+ commissioning call. To ensure your application meets all necessary criteria, please read the guidance documents below carefully before submitting.…

How will AI reshape our workforce?

We’re funding research that draws lessons from past automation to prepare for future AI deployment in national security and defence.

Synthesis or original research welcome. APPLY NOW! crestresearch.ac.uk/nabs/commiss...

Commissioning Thank you for your interest in applying to the NABS+ commissioning call. To ensure your application meets all necessary criteria, please read the guidance documents below carefully before submitting.…

🔍 The NABS+ commissioning call is now open!

We’re funding small, focused research projects that tackle key security and defence challenges using behavioural science. Topics include AI, online harms, and information manipulation. APPLY NOW crestresearch.ac.uk/nabs/commiss...

Opportunities Check out the latest opportunities from the NABS+ community.

🗓️ Date for your diary!

NABS+ Early Career Researcher (ECR) Seminar, 'Doing Emotionally Demanding Research - A dual perspective of supervisor and researcher', Thurs 3 July, 11:00-12:00 (via Teams) with Dr Juliane Kloess and Dr Amy Burrell.

Details at crestresearch.ac.uk/nabs/opportu...

The Time-Critical Questioning (TCQ) Framework Time-Critical Questioning (TCQ) is a novel protocol which has shown to improve the ability to get critical information, quickly and accurately, in highly pressured situations.

📽️ ICYMI: Watch the video and learn more about Time-Critical Questioning (TCQ) - a novel protocol which has shown to improve the ability to get critical information, quickly and accurately, in highly pressured situations: crestresearch.ac.uk/resources/th...

The Time-Critical Questioning (TCQ) Framework Time-Critical Questioning (TCQ) is a novel protocol which has shown to improve the ability to get critical information, quickly and accurately, in highly pressured situations.

🎤 GAME-CHANGER! Extracting information in time-sensitive situations has previously been done using traditional interview techniques. But what if there was a faster, more efficient way?

Learn more about a new protocol: Time-Critical Questioning (TCQ) crestresearch.ac.uk/resources/th...

📢 Calling all Early Career Researchers!

Seminar: Doing emotionally demanding research - A dual perspective of supervisor and researcher

Date: Thurs 3rd July, 11.00-12.00, via Teams
Panel: Dr Juliane Kloess & Dr Amy Burrell
To register please email NABS+ : nabs@lancaster.ac.uk

Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Research Associate - NABS Doctoral Fellow The Network+ for Analytical Behavioural Science in Security and Defence (NABS+) seeks a Research Associate - Doctoral Fellow to spearhead its mission to develop the next generation of…

📣📋 JOB OPPORTUNITY! Research Associate: NABS+ Doctoral Fellow, Psychology, Lancaster University. Develop the next generation of computational/analytic behavioural and social science to address challenges in security and defence.

Apply before 11 June: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Social Movement Theory Perspectives on Group Mobilisation, Radicalisation, and Violent Extremism This report reviews research on how political contention and protest connect to radicalisation and terrorism. Drawing on social movement theory, it examines what drives and limits group and mass…

🚨 NEW REPORT! Social Movement Theory Perspectives on Group Mobilisation, Radicalisation, and Violent Extremism.

🔗 Read it here: crestresearch.ac.uk/resources/so...