Understanding, mitigating and countering security threats.
Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:08:15 BST
CREST is seeking to identify and fund innovative and forward-looking economic, behavioural and social science research that will contribute to our understanding of contemporary security threats, or enhance the UK’s capacity to detect and mitigate such threats.
Successful applicants will become part of CREST’s larger research programme, benefiting from resources for translating and communicating evidence for impact, and opportunities for sustained interaction with our key stakeholders – including UK and overseas governments.
Topic focus
Applicants should propose a programme of work that addresses one of the following topics:
Behaviour change
Information disclosure in online/virtual environments
Assessing the health of a relationship
Developing, measuring and maintaining rapport across different contexts
Moral Injury and belief change
Individual differences in the adoption and use of new technology
Behavioural analytics
Human engagement with Artificial/Augmented Intelligence
Misinformation and disinformation
Violent Domestic Extremism.
Please see the Call Specification for more details on each topic.
Applicants are invited to propose one of two kinds of activity to address a requirement. Short projects, which should last no more than six months, and long projects, lasting no more than twelve months. Both forms of activity may include workshops or other innovative dissemination activity that have a clear objective and offer more than what might reasonably occur at existing conferences or meetings.
The total amount available for this Call will be up to £1.12million at 100 per cent full Economic Cost (fEC), of which 80 per cent fEC (i.e., up to £900,000) will be made available to successful applicants.
Closing Date: 10:00 GMT on 23rd January 2019.
