Archives: Profiles

Simone Long
Using a combination of computational and qualitative content analysis, my research focuses on ideological cross-pollination between the online manosphere and the alt-right, exploring thematic similarities in user-generated discourse on extremist platforms. In addition to hypothesising the implications of these findings regarding the nature of the on and offline self – and how these factor into supremacist radicalisation – I also aim to provide empirical support for the conceptual treatment of these loosely connected networks of interest groups as biotopes forming self-sustaining and ever-evolving virtual supremacist ecosystems that, while somewhat ideologically distinct, overlap and influence one another as in the natural environment.

Publications
- (Manuscript Accepted) Ging, D., Baele, S., Brace, L., Long, S., and Murphy, S. Aesthetics of Misogyny and the Repulsive Gaze: Worldview, Affect, and Ideology in the Visual Landscape of the Incelosphere. New Media and Society.
- Jasny, L., Long, S., Minihane, J. and Wu, J., 2022. How to Approach Sampling for Social Network Analysis: Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, and YouTube. [How-to Guide]. London: SAGE Publications, Ltd. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529610840.
June 17, 2025
Tom Statham

May 21, 2025
Jeremy Hawksworth

May 21, 2025
Meg Attwood

May 21, 2025
Elena Kucheiko

May 21, 2025
Xenia Levantis

The study examines UK government uses of evidence in national-level policy. The study collects ethnographic data on how evidence is used throughout policy subsystems, and across technocratic processes. The study seeks to empirically test if the turn to evidence-based policy has successfully dispersed and embedded evidence, as a scientific and politically neutral commodity, into UK policy.

March 4, 2025
Mohsen Rajabi

My name is Mohsen Rajabi, a doctoral researcher at the Department of Psychology at the University of Bath. My PhD research explores how caregivers and peers influence refugee children’s recovery from PTSD in resource-poor settings in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Trauma-exposed children often rely on social support, mainly from parents and peers, to cope with trauma-related distress. While evidence from high-income countries shows that caregiver responses impact child PTSD, little is known about these dynamics in socio-economically disadvantaged areas. Using qualitative interviews and a longitudinal assessment of refugee caregivers, my study aims to further understand parental and peer influences on children’s post-trauma recovery and inform culturally appropriate support strategies.

January 30, 2025
Helen Bramah

Trust in government and politicians is low and declining in many countries across the world. My research focuses on the UK context, where distrust is becoming ever more intense. I am interested in how citizens judge whether to trust politicians and how online information shapes their decision-making. I am taking a mixed-methods approach using surveys, content analysis, focus groups and an online experiment. My first study explored how MPs convey trustworthiness via social media. My current work looks at how independent regulation of pay and expenses relates to political trust judgements.

January 29, 2025
Julia Bradley

My research explores how gender, race, and class shape state identity and behaviour in the space sector. My work is multidisciplinary, studying how state identity is constructed through history and popular culture, maintained through boundary-drawing practices, and demonstrated in policy and action. I will explore the narrative of a congested, competitive, and contested space arena and reveal that this narrative, along with current state aims of exploration and extraction, are shaped by patriarchal, colonial, and capitalist norms.

January 24, 2025
Edward Dooley

Using the context of the FinTech sector, my research aims to investigate how blockchain technology contributes to value creation, considering the regulatory framework that shapes this process. It also aspires to extend beyond FinTech to enhance our understanding of how digitalisation impacts value creation through evolving business models and the implications of relevant regulations, including accounting standards.

January 24, 2025