I have a new paper on "The Psychology of Virality" with @steverathje.bsky.social We explain how similar psychological processes (eg preferential attention to negativity, social motives, etc.) drive the spread of information across online and offline contexts: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Dr Sandy Schumann, Winner of the First ENOC Open Criminology Award @sandyschumann.bsky.social @uclcrimescience.bsky.social

I am pleased to share that @isabellevdv.bsky.social, @ryanscrivens.bsky.social and I have just signed a contract with @uclpress.bsky.social to co-edit an open-access book that will discuss ‘Methods for Studying Extremism and Terrorism Online’. (1/4)

I am thrilled that Victoria Bowland published her MSc research. She showed that young people who are radicalised online are more readily perceived as victims, which shapes the public’s support for distinct criminal justice responses. bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A timely reminder at Charité in Berlin to remember persecuted science (and that the persecution of science is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes).

I am pleased that my paper with Jonathan Kenyon and Jens Binder has now been published here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... We delineate distinct types of internet use that are associated with an increased likelihood to prepare/commit a terrorist attack. 1/2

"We are losing sight of the academic mission: to think, to enquire, to design & perform new research, to innovate, to teach & communicate our findings for the purpose of societal improvement" A painfully accurate read. That lays out the folly of the modern uni! academic.oup.com/brain/articl...

I am recruiting a PhD student for our new EPSRC center for doctoral training in Cyber-physical risk. The project will examine how extremist content online can promote violence offline. 1/3

🚀 2 new pre-prints are out! 1) Led by my former student Victoria Bowland, we examined the victim-perpetrator nexus in the context of online radicalisation crimrxiv.com/pub/tosz8zd9... 1/2

#Germany's federal criminal police office, not exactly known for over-counting such things, reports that at least 41,000 crimes with a right-wing extremist motive were committed in 2024, a 1/3 increase compared to 2023. 2023, with a 23% increase on 2022, had already marked an all-time high #farright

Join us for UCL‘s first Replication Games, run by @i4replication.bsky.social 🙌🏻

Join us next week for International Love Data Week 2025! The theme is year is Whose data is it, anyway: https://buff.ly/48cq4hw Join us next week as we celebrate our love for all things data and showcase the fantastic work of teams across UCL who help staff and students everyday with their data!