Psychopathy, Narcissism and Machiavellianism are implicated in many of the most significant societal issues we face, including crime, destructive leadership, bullying and even terrorism. However, debate persists about how effectively they are captured by existing measures.

We are awarding our President's Medal to 'In Our Time' as it has done so much to showcase humanities & social sciences. We'd decided this before the news of Melvyn Bragg stepping down, but glad we got our timing right & had a chance to celebrate with him! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/renowne...

The website and social media accounts for our @leverhulme.ac.uk funded project Weaponised Pasts are now live, give us a follow! 🥳

This week, it was exciting to host @acerbialberto.com at @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social to launch our @leverhulme.ac.uk-funded *Weaponised Pasts* research project, through three days of teamwork, followed by a kick-off event at @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social