AI and Policing: Trust, Identity, Privacy, and Security | SPRITE+ Hub This innovation forum brought together researchers working on Policing, and members of the N8 police forces, to discuss the emerging importance of AI in policing and the impacts that might have on…

In September 2025, SPRITE+ and @n8prp.bsky.social held an AI and Policing Innovation Forum 🔎

🔗 You can now read the event report here: www.spritehub.org/innovation-f...

🔗 View the speaker slides here: www.spritehub.org/ai-and-polic...

#SPRITEplus #N8PRP #Policing #AI #InnovationForum #TIPS

Research Associate SPRITE +, XRCET TIPSS:Manchester

📢 Job vacancy: join SPRITE+ as a Research Associate to work on our XRCET TIPSS Deep Dive!

This is a great opportunity for a first or second postdoc position.

📅 Closing date: 06 January 2026
📍 Location: Manchester

Apply here: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

#SPRITEplus #JobVacancy

Lunch and Learn with Prof. Emma Barrett: TIPSS risks associated with immersive technologies In this introductory talk, SPRITE+ Co-Director Prof. Emma Barrett will outline the potential risks and harms associated with immersive technologies such as virtual reality, mixed reality, and…

We recently hosted @crimepsychblog.bsky.social for our fifth Lunch + Learn talk of the year: 'What are the TIPSS risks associated with immersive technologies?

▶️ Watch SPRITE+ Co-Director Emma Barrett's talk here: youtu.be/kDxM1r-A5oM?...

#SPRITEplus #LunchAndLearn #ImmersiveTechnology

SPRITE+ Expert Clinic: speak to an expert about a TIPSS challenge Is your organisation facing a Digital TIPS (Trust, Identity, Privacy or Security) problem which could benefit from the input of a specific expert?

Is your organisation facing a Digital TIPS (Trust, Identity, Privacy or Security) challenge?

If so, our Expert Clinic Programme is the ideal opportunity to meet with a subject matter expert!💡

➡️ Learn more about the programme here: www.spritehub.org/sprite-exper...

#SPRITEplus #ExpertClinic

SPRITE+ Expert Clinic: speak to an expert about a TIPSS challenge Is your organisation facing a Digital TIPS (Trust, Identity, Privacy or Security) problem which could benefit from the input of a specific expert?

📢 Calling all organisations facing a Digital TIPS (Trust, Identity, Privacy or Security) problem!

Could you benefit from the input of a specific Digital TIPS Expert? 💡

➡️ Learn more about the SPRITE+ Expert Clinic Programme: www.spritehub.org/sprite-exper...

#SPRITEplus #ExpertClinic #DigitalTIPS

📢 Join us for our final Lunch and Learn of the year with Dr. Rahat Masood!

'From Sophistication to Coordination: Decoding the Next Generation of Social Bot Behaviour and Detection'

🔗 Register to join here: www.eventbrite.com/e/sprite-lun...

#SPRITEplus #LunchAndLearn #DigitalTIPS #SocialBots

Building Swift Trust in Supply Chains: Bridging Technology with Social Interactions This talk was presented at the SPRITE+ 2025 Showcase by Dr Nikolai Kazantsev, Co-Investigator of the Innovation Forum 'Building swift trust in supply chains: bridging technology with social…

How can we use digital tools to help build swift trust in supply chains? 🤔

📽️ Watch Co-Investigator Nikolai Kazantsev's presentation on this SPRITE+ funded Innovation Forum: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bl7...

#SPRITEplus #DigitalTIPS #CyberSecurity #FinancialFraud #DigitalTrust #DataAnalytics #FinTech

Threat Modelling for Sleeper Agents in Agentic AI: Attack Chains and Resilience for Digital Identity Systems | SPRITE+ Hub A workshop focused on threat modelling to counter systemic cyber risks from combining shadow AI, sleeper agents, malware and disinformation in autonomous AI attacks in digital identity systems.

⚙️ Upcoming workshop: 'Threat Modelling for Sleeper Agents in Agentic AI: Attack Chains and Resilience for Digital Identity Systems'

⏰ Registration deadline: 12:00pm, Monday 24 November 2025

🔗 Register here: www.spritehub.org/event-detail...

#SPRITEplus #TheAlanTuringInstitute #CyberSecurity

🕹️ What are the TIPSS risks associated with immersive technologies?

Join us next week for our November Lunch + Learn talk with SPRITE+ Co-Director Emma Barrett!

🔗 Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sprite-lun...

#SPRITEplus #LunchAndLearn #DigitalTIPSS #VR #MixedReality #AR

Applications Open for Fully Funded Training on Responsible AI for Educators and Researchers: Financial Support Available - JournoTECH Selected participants can receive support from a small inclusion fund to cover data or internet access, making the training accessible to everyone.

💡Fully Funded AI Training Available for Educators and Researchers!

@journotech.bsky.social invites applications to participate in an upcoming 2-day online training for educators and researchers globally.

🔗 Apply here: journotech.org/applications...

#SPRITEplus #AITraining #FundedTraining

💬Ever tried correcting someone’s misinformation online, and they just doubled down?

This SPRITE+ funded sandpit project explores the factors behind direct fact-check rejection. Hear from Principal Investigator Grégoire Burel: youtu.be/GWNfDmXLaC8?...

#SPRITEplus #Misinformation #FactChecking

SPRITE+ Global Partners Programme - Live Q&A session Join our live Q&A session to answer any additional questions you might have about the SPRITE+ Global Partners Programme.

We're thrilled to announce the launch of the SPRITE+ Global Partners Programme! 🌐

➡️ Learn more about this new research funding opportunity and apply here: www.spritehub.org/global-partn...

#SPRITEplus #GlobalPartnersProgramme #FundingCall #Research #DigitalEconomies

SPRITE+ Lunch and Learn with Emma Barrett What are the TIPSS risks associated with immersive technologies?

What are the TIPSS risks associated with immersive technologies? 👩‍💻

Join us for this introductory talk with SPRITE+ Co-Director Emma Barrett: www.eventbrite.com/e/sprite-lun...

#SPRITEplus #NetworkPlus #EPSRC #LunchAndLearn #DigitalTIPSS #VR #MixedReality #AugmentedReality #ImmersiveTechnology

SPRITE+ Community of Interest: Extended Reality TIPSS Join the SPRITE+ Community of Interest on Extended Reality TIPSS to get involved in online events, an adhoc newsletter and opportunities within our Deep Dive Project.

✉️ Join the SPRITE+ Extended Reality TIPSS Community of Interest!

Sign up to our Community of Interest to get involved in online events, receive an ad hoc newsletter, and stay up to date on opportunities within our Deep Dive project: www.spritehub.org/sprite-commu...

#SPRITEplus #XR #DigitalTIPSS

FinFraudSIM: Financial Fraud Simulative Analytic Research Platform This talk was presented at the SPRITE+ 2025 Showcase by Lena Podoletz and Dr Edward Apeh, Principal and Co-Investigator of the 'FinFraudSIM: Financial Fraud Simulative Analytic Research Platform'…

💰We trust our digital systems more than ever, but what happens when the fraudsters do too?

Curious to learn more? Hear from Dr Lena Podoletz and Dr Edward Apeh in their insightful talk at the SPRITE+ 2025 Showcase: youtu.be/lT3bywCwHR8?...

#SPRITEplus #CyberSecurity #FinancialFraud #DigitalTrust

SPRITE+ Lunch and Learn with Digital Futures & Jennifer Cearns: 'Through the Looking Glass?' 'Through the Looking Glass?' The Collapse of Self/Other in AI Mental Health Apps. In this talk, Dr Jennifer Cearns discusses how Generative AI is challenging some of the analytical frameworks we…

How is Generative AI challenging some of the analytical frameworks we think about self and other with? 👥

▶️ Watch our latest Lunch + Learn talk with Dr Jennifer Cearns to learn more: youtu.be/YasTQcAMYh4?...

@digitaluom.bsky.social

#SPRITEplus #DigitalIdentity #MentalHealthApps #GenAI

Digital Identity Systems Policy Hackathon - Policy solutions Read about the policy solutions proposed by our Digital Identity Systems Policy Hackathon participants.

Last month, we teamed up with Chatham House to deliver a virtual Digital Identity Systems Policy Hackathon 🪪

✅ Read about each group's policy solution: www.spritehub.org/digital-iden...

▶️ Watch the winning group's presentation: youtu.be/l8dJGgMO77E?...

#SPRITEplus #ChathamHouse #PolicyHackathon

Successful SPRITE+/IFCYBER funding applicants Introducing our successful SPRITE+/IFCYBER funding applicants!

📢Introducing our successful SPRITE+/IFCYBER funding applicants!

Earlier this year, we opened applications for seed funding to support exchange visits between UK and UNSW TIPSS researchers.

🔗 Read all about the successful applicants: www.spritehub.org/successful-s...

#SPRITEplus #IFCYBER #TIPSS

Benevolent Bots for Combatting Misinformation in Online Health Forums This talk was presented at the SPRITE+ 2025 Showcase by Prof Philip Fei Wu, Principal Investigator of the 'Misinformation Intervention Countermeasure for Health Advice (MICHA): Benevolent Bots for…

⚠️ It’s no secret that social media is filled with false and misleading health information. To address this issue, project MICHA aimed to use AI to help fight back against health misinformation.

▶️ Learn more: youtu.be/bOWuQLVW9P8?...

#SPRITEplus #EPSRC #AI #BenevolentBots #HealthMisinformation

SPRITE+ 2025 Showcase Presentations Watch the talks presented at our 2025 online showcase, with topics including AI vs Generative AI, Supply Chain Trust and Network Security.

Did you miss any of the talks from our 2025 online showcase?

If so, you can now catch the recordings of all 12 talks on our website!

▶️ www.spritehub.org/sprite-2025-...

#SPRITEplus #NetworkPlus #Showcase #DigitalTIPS #DigitalTrust #DigitalIdentity #DigitalPrivacy #DigitalSecurity

University of Strathclyde’s Cybercrime Summer School 2025 - participant blog Hear from PhD students Fatemeh Faraji, Jerahmeel C. Madumere, Jessica Richards and 'Mayowa Tijani about their experiences of attending the Cybercrime Summer School 2025.

Read our latest blog to hear from 4 PhD students about their experiences of attending the University of Strathclyde's Cybercrime Summer School 2025 ⬇️
www.spritehub.org/university-o...

#SPRITEplus #NetworkPlus #SummerSchool #PhD #UniversityOfStrathclyde #Funding #ECRs #CyberCrimeSummerSchool

Join us on Wednesday for SPRITE+ Lunch and Learn with @digitaluom.bsky.social! 🖥️

This month's talk will be with Dr Jennifer Cearns, a digital anthropologist specialising in AI and algorithms in social life.

🧷 Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sprite-and...

#SPRITEplus #LunchAndLearn

Earlier this week, SPRITE+ Director Professor Mark Elliot, a world-leading expert on anonymisation, spoke at the International Cyber Expo on the provocative topic: “Anonymisation – Is It Dead?”

#SPRITEplus #ICE2025 #CyberSecurity #InternationalCyberExpo #AI #Technology #Anonymisation

Earlier this month, we were joined by Emily Collins for our latest SPRITE+ Lunch and Learn talk 🖥️ 🥪

▶️ You can now catch the recording of her talk on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/j9CogVSCrbo?...

#SPRITEPlus #NetworkPlus #LunchAndLearn #TIPS #DigitalTIPS #DigitalTrust #Robotics #AI #RoboticsAndAI

SPRITE+ | September newsletter Discover the latest SPRITE+ events, opportunities and publications

Are you subscribed to the SPRITE+ monthly newsletter? 📧

It's a fantastic resource for staying up to date with the latest events, opportunities and publications, both at SPRITE+ and within the Digital TIPSS community.

🔗 Read September's issue: eomail5.com/web-version?...

#SPRITEplus #NetworkPlus

Today is our second day at Manchester Tech Festival ⚙️

Together with @salient-hub.bsky.social, we're exhibiting at Victoria Baths in Manchester. Come and visit our stall to chat with the SPRITE+ team, and learn all about our ongoing Deep Dive projects!

#SPRITEplus #DigitalTIPS #ManchesterTechFest

HC2P Summer School 2025 - participant blog SPRITE+ provided grants to 3 PhD students to attend the HC2P Summer Program. Read about their experience of attending the 2025 Summer School in Canada.

"The HC2P summer programme represented far more than a learning opportunity—it was an experience that enriched me academically, intellectually, culturally, and socially."

🧷Read our HC2P Summer School participant blogs: www.spritehub.org/hc2p-summer-...

#SPRITEplus #HC2P #Cybersecurity #Canada

🚨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

SPRITE+ Lunch and Learn with Daniel Dresner Don't dump that risk on me!

🎓 Cybersecurity meets curiosity!
Join us for a Lunch & Learn with Prof. Daniel Dresner on 18th June, 13pm BST.
Explore digital trust, human factors & the future of cyber.
Hosted by SPRITE+ 🧠💻
🔗 Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/sprite-lun...

#CyberSecurity #LunchAndLearn #DigitalTrust #SPRITEplus

SPRITE+ Lunch and Learn with Daniel Dresner Don't dump that risk on me!

🎓 Cybersecurity meets curiosity!
Join us for a Lunch & Learn with Prof. Daniel Dresner on 18th June, 13pm BST.
Explore digital trust, human factors & the future of cyber.
Hosted by SPRITE+ 🧠💻
🔗 Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/sprite-lun...

#CyberSecurity #LunchAndLearn #DigitalTrust #SPRITEplus