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Emma Barrett

@crimepsychblog.bsky.social

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Prof of Psychology, Security and Trust in @criminologyuom.bsky.social University of Manchester UK. Research on tech and crime, also human performance in extreme environments. Posting occasionally about either or both.

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Emma Barrett @crimepsychblog.bsky.social · Nov 13

My current focus is on risks/harms + #emtech particularly #XR ( #VirtualReality #AugmentedReality) and things we can do to make XR spaces happier, safer and more secure.

I may post a bit about that, some other crim stuff too (events, jobs, calls, interesting new pubs). And maybe cats. We'll see.

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Emma Barrett @crimepsychblog.bsky.social · 15h

And this is Dima, the baby mammoth.

Awww.

But also, kinda creepy.

Postcard showing an image of a mummified baby mammoth. The wording underneath reads "Dima from Siberia. Baby mammoth. Found 23 June 1977 in Siberia. Age 39 thousands years plus 7-8 months. Weight 90 kgs. Wants to meet you." Aww. But also a bit creepy...

Emma Barrett @crimepsychblog.bsky.social · 15h

Anyway, I still have some Olympics swag. Here’s a giant pencil and a tiny badge.

A rectangular badge the size of a pound coin saying MOSCOW 1980 under a stylised picture of a gymnast

A big fuck off foot long red pencil with Cyrillic lettering (transliteration: MOSCOW 1980) next to a pound coin for scale.

Emma Barrett @crimepsychblog.bsky.social · 15h

My mother was tight-lipped when I told her. My grandfather muttered something about missed opportunities to argue the socialist case. Thatcher's security detail no doubt reviewed their procedures.

Emma Barrett @crimepsychblog.bsky.social · 15h

I can't remember what I said.

Probably the baby mammoth.

Emma Barrett @crimepsychblog.bsky.social · 15h

Thatcher had been PM for about 3 weeks at this point. She was also the most loathed person in my household, and I knew it. Even aged 10.

I don't know which of us was more surprised but she regained her composure faster than me and asked me "And what did YOU enjoy seeing the most?"

Emma Barrett @crimepsychblog.bsky.social · 15h

I went off on a wander alone, and noticed a crowd of people. Being rather nosy, and (at the age of 10) rather small, I wormed my way into the scrum and popped up in the middle to find myself mere inches from the most famous woman in Britain.

Emma Barrett @crimepsychblog.bsky.social · 15h

The exhibition was basically a big propaganda exercise for the Soviet Union, with lacquer work, paintings, dioramas, a moon rover on a simulated lunar landscape, lots of Olympics 1980 tat, and a baby mammoth called Dima.

Emma Barrett @crimepsychblog.bsky.social · 15h

In May 1979 my mother took me on a daytrip to London to the USSR Exhibition, a cultural and industrial showcase that had taken over the Earls Court Exhibition Centre.

Emma Barrett @crimepsychblog.bsky.social · 15h

As we are marking her 100th birthday, I think it's finally time to tell the story of when I met Margaret Thatcher.

#Thatcher

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Emma Barrett @crimepsychblog.bsky.social · 2d

Call for papers - The Social #Psychology of Anti-Gender Movements and the #Manosphere

Deadline for expressions of interest 15 Nov 2025

#AcademicSky

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

European Journal of Social Psychology

The European Journal of Social Psychology is an international social psychology journal for research at the intersection of psychology, sociology & behavioural science.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Andreu Casas @andreucasas.bsky.social · 14d

🚨Hiring a fully funded (3.5 years) PhD for the @ldnsocmedobs.bsky.social to research social media and politics. Candidates should have quantitative/computational skills and/or be interested in content curation/moderation. UK home candidates only unfortunately. www.royalholloway.ac.uk/media/hquftp...

www.royalholloway.ac.uk

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Emma Barrett @crimepsychblog.bsky.social · 9d

Enough of puff pieces on AI in academia, THIS is the guidance we've been waiting for 😂

#AcademicSky

profserious @profserious.bsky.social · 9d

Here are your 10 -essential- AI prompts for academics ... make your life easy with help from @profserious.bsky.social profserious.substack.com/p/10-ai-prom...

10 AI Prompts for Academics

making those hard jobs a little easier ...

profserious.substack.com

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Emma Barrett @crimepsychblog.bsky.social · 10d

Learning BASIC on a Research Machines 380z.

My 1kb ZX81. The joy of a 64kb RAM pack.

Next, a ZX Spectrum and - what magic is this? Colour! The feeling of achievement after entering pages of machine code - and creating a game.

Happy days.

Yes I am also old. (And older than you my friend!)

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ESRC Digital Good Network @digitalgoodnet.bsky.social · 11d

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michael veale @michae.lv · 13d

Either real-time bidding data or app SDK data is being bought and used by ICE to seize people from the streets. If you didn’t believe that the adtech stack is a human rights concern, I’m not sure what more evidence you need. www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

www.404media.co

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John Horgan @johnhorgan.bsky.social · 25d

The entire special issue on terrorist motivation has just been published, with several pieces #openaccess.

Check it out.

www.tandfonline.com/toc/ftpv20/3...

Terrorism and Political Violence

Revisiting Terrorist Motivation, Guest Edited by John Horgan and Max Taylor. Volume 37, Issue 7 of Terrorism and Political Violence

www.tandfonline.com

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SPRITE+ @spriteplus.bsky.social · Sep 9

📢 Our first Project Partner Challenge is now live!

We welcome applications to co-develop an outcome evaluation of public awareness campaigns with the City of London Police.

🔗Apply here: www.spritehub.org/project-part...

#SPRITE #NetworkPlus #CoLP #TIPS #ProjectPartner #ProjectPartnerChallenge

Project Partner Challenge: Evaluating Fraud and Cyber Crime Behaviour Change Campaigns

We are excited to announce that our first Project Partner Challenge, with the City of London Police (CoLP), is now live.

www.spritehub.org

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SPRITE+ @spriteplus.bsky.social · Aug 22

🌟 The programme is now live for our 2025 Showcase! 🌟

Whether you can attend the full day, or there's a particular talk you'd like to tune in for, we're excited to see you there!

🔗 View the programme and register here: www.spritehub.org/event-detail...

#SPRITE #showcase #TIPS #NetworkPlus

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Helen McCabe @drhmccabe.bsky.social · Aug 15

Is it OK to post jobs here? Hoping so, as we're recruting 7 3-year Research Fellowships as part of a new Leverhulme Centre for the Study of Slavery in War. (More details below). Please share widely, and apply! jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Vacancy at the University of Nottingham: Research Fellow in Slavery and War (Comparative Contexts) (Fixed term)

In 2025, the University of Nottingham and King’s College London will launch the new Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War, funded by the Leverhulme Trust for up to £10 million over ten year...

jobs.nottingham.ac.uk

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Emma Barrett @crimepsychblog.bsky.social · Aug 15

www.theregister.com/2025/08/12/u...

UK government suggests deleting old emails to curb water use

: Keep calm and clear out that inbox. Also maybe lay off the GenAI

www.theregister.com

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Emma Barrett @crimepsychblog.bsky.social · Aug 15

But tell me again how I should delete old emails to save water.

BBC News - Data centres to be expanded across UK as concerns mount
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Data centres to be expanded across UK as concerns mount

The number of data centres is set to jump by a fifth in the coming years, figures seen by the BBC suggest.

www.bbc.co.uk

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SPRITE+ @spriteplus.bsky.social · Jul 14

🚨Call for proposals to run your own SPRITE+ funded event! 🚨

Successful applicants will have access to a budget of up to £1500, which can cover:
➡️ Venue hire
➡️ Speaker payments
➡️ Food and drink

🔗 Apply here: www.spritehub.org/2025/03/16/c...

#SPRITE #SpritePlus #FundingCall #events #activities

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CREST @crest-research.bsky.social · Jul 14

📢 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-...

Commissioning Fund | Behavioural Research UK (BR-UK) | Usher Institute

Information about the Fund and how to apply

usher.ed.ac.uk

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SPRITE+ @spriteplus.bsky.social · Jul 8

🌟 SPRITE+ and RBOC are hosting a co-funded workshop to develop future research leaders working in TIPS 🌟

📆 Thursday 11th September, 10:30 – 16:30
📍 NEC Campus, Birmingham

Learn more and apply here: www.spritehub.org/event-detail...

#SPRITE+ #TIPS #ResearchLeaders #ECRs #resilience

Future leaders: Imagining Scenarios/Effective Decision Making/Encouraging Resilience. | SPRITE+ Hub

SPRITE+ and RBOC are hosting a co-funded workshop to develop future research leaders working in TIPS

www.spritehub.org

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SPRITE+ @spriteplus.bsky.social · Jun 30

Together with the Alan Turing Institute, we are hosting a co-funded workshop on Resilience in Digital Identity - Systemic Risks from Emerging Technologies.

📆 Wednesday 9th July, 10am-1pm
📍 Online
⏱️ Applications close: Thursday 3rd July

🧷 Apply here: www.turing.ac.uk/events/resil...

#SPRITE #AI

Resilience in Digital Identity - Systemic Risks from Emerging Technologies

This workshop is designed to generate the technical framing, and stakeholder validation of the research questions that define the elusive non-malicious syste