🌳 How can we improve access to parks and green spaces for women and girls? Join Anna Barker, Associate Professor in #CriminalJustice & #Criminology, for her session showcasing a new free online short course informed by women’s and girls’ experiences. ➡️ Register to attend the talk: buff.ly/OqiBtTJ

🖥️ We're excited to welcome Dr Edward Apeh, Principal Academic in Computing, for our next #LunchAndLearn webinar! Edward will explore #AIAlignment through the lens of #OnlineSafety and the perspective of Trust, Identity, Privacy, Security, and Safety (TIPSS). ➡️ Register here: buff.ly/yrJmiL1

🤖 Introducing our #AI and #EmergingTech' showcase stream! Each session is a fantastic opportunity to hear about the latest research on topics, which include: - AI trust and safety - Emerging and converging technologies - Accessibility and security ➡️ Register to attend: buff.ly/Rej2sYW

📲 How can we help 18–21-year-olds spot the hidden risks of interacting with #SmartDevices? In this SPRITE+ #Showcase talk, Katharina Burger, Associate Professor in Major Infrastructure Delivery at UCL, will explore the research behind the 'Opening our eyes to the Panopticon' project.

🔏 What #security and #privacy threats do #ImmigrantPopulations face? Join Dr Ruba Abu-Salma for her talk on immigrant-centered taxonomy, spanning security and privacy risks posed by different threat actors, at our #OnlineShowcase. ➡️ Register here: buff.ly/iJOMUVk

▶️ We're excited to welcome Dr Edward Apeh, Principal Academic in Computing, for our next #LunchAndLearn webinar on #AIalignment. The talk will explore AI alignment through the lens of #OnlineSafety and from the perspective of #DigitalTrust. 🔗 Register to attend:

The AI Alignment Problem: Why Online Safety Starts with Human Values

What happens when AI goals and human values diverge? Explore AI alignment, online safety, and trust in the digital age.

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💡Join SPRITE+ and DTNet+ for a two-day #InnovationForum convening interdisciplinary experts to critically examine the opportunities and risks of #DigitalTwins. The event will include keynote provocations, deliberative breakout groups, and futures exercises.  ➡️Apply by Fri 04 Sept:

Digital Twins and TIPSS Innovation Forum | SPRITE+ Hub

Join SPRITE+ and DTNet+ for this two-day Innovation Forum convening interdisciplinary experts to critically examine the opportunities and risks of digital twins.

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What does a good digital society look like? is a two-day conference taking place in Sheffield, on 10th and 11th June 2027. We invite proposals for papers, panels and workshops from researchers from any discipline and stakeholders from any sector. digitalgood.net/conference-2...

⚖️ As #GenerativeAI continues to blur the boundaries between real and #SyntheticData, how should #PivacyLaw respond? ▶️ Watch our latest #LunchAndLearn talk with Dr Miranda Mourby to explore privacy harms relating to dignity and identity: buff.ly/vPyhiTn #TedTalk #DigitalTIPSS

Deepfakes, synthetic data & digital twins: the real impact of 'fake' data - Dr Miranda Mourby

As data becomes increasingly synthetic, privacy harms relating to dignity and identity no longer depend on how data are generated. 🔎 About the talk: The rise of generative AI is driving a shift…

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📅 We're pleased to share the agenda for the #VAWG stream of our 2026 Showcase! This stream will include thought-provoking talks from #RISE project teams, exploring different approaches to addressing #GenderBasedViolence and abuse. ➡️ Save your spot to join us: buff.ly/BxEy4ab

🤖 SPRITE+ at #ImmersiveTechWeek2026 In our latest blog post, XRCET-TIPSS Deep Dive lead Emma Barrett details her experience of attending Immersive Tech Week in Rotterdam, with a focus on the governance of XR technologies: buff.ly/txuBae7 Photo credit: Taufan Adia Putra/VRDays #ImmersiveTech

SPRITE+ at Immersive Tech Week 2026

SPRITE+ XRCET-TIPSS Deep Dive lead Emma Barrett details her experience of attending Immersive Tech Week in Rotterdam, with a focus on the governance of XR technologies.

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⚠️ Proximal Risks: Understanding the Pathways from Socioeconomic Disadvantage to #IntimatePartnerViolence Join Niels Blom, Lecturer in Criminology and Social Statistics, for his talk on the 'Proximal Risks' project: buff.ly/BKJfXEH #VAWG

SPRITE+ | 2026 Showcase

Join us for our annual online showcase to hear about the innovative research conducted by SPRITE+ projects over the last 12 months.

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🖥️ Join us tomorrow for our #LunchAndLearn webinar on #PrivacyLaw with Dr Miranda Mourby! The talk will explore why #PrivacyHarms relating to dignity and identity do not necessarily depend on how data are generated. ➡️ Register to attend here: buff.ly/1A6KpXN #DataProtection #PrivacyHarms

Beyond ‘Real’ and ‘Fake’ Data in Privacy Law

As data becomes increasingly synthetic, privacy harms relating to dignity and identity no longer depend on how data are generated

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💡Join us for the SPRITE+ 2026 #OnlineShowcase! This is your chance to hear from our most recent #ResearchProjects, including: - RISE projects addressing #VAWG. - Sandpit projects addressing #resilience and #TIPSS - Ongoing SPRITE+/IFCyber projects ➡️ Register now: buff.ly/jMw4Eka

SPRITE+ | 2026 Showcase

Join us for our annual online showcase to hear about the innovative research conducted by SPRITE+ projects over the last 12 months.

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💡Our RISE engagement lead Niamh had an inspiring time yesterday at the #WomensAid conference in Nottingham. The day included panel discussions and fascinating breakout sessions on '#AI in the context of responding to domestic abuse' and 'supporting child survivors to stay safe online'.

Everyone should be able to exercise in safety. For many women runners its not that easy. Discover how our RSEs and researchers from @uomsoss.bsky.social are working with runners to identify safe spaces.

Running Without Fear

Our Research Software Engineers (RSEs) worked with Dr Réka Solymosi from the School of Social Sciences to build a mobile app that helps women record where, when and why they felt unsafe during their…

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🤖 Can AI transform policymaking? Join us on 21 July for a lunchtime webinar exploring how AI is reshaping evidence in public policy. Hear from experts developing Nesta's Policy Atlas AI tool alongside government leaders driving change. Register to secure your place ➡️ https://bit.ly/3SSTPBY

📢 Call for participants: Survey on Women's Road Safety in #GreaterManchester RISE project leads Rose Broad and Caroline Miles are seeking input for a new study exploring women's experience of travel and #RoadSafety. ➡️ Participate here: buff.ly/TXdhKAc 🔗 Learn more about the study: buff.ly/hRHyNzy

New survey seeks women's experiences of travel and road safety in Greater Manchester

Women across Greater Manchester are being invited to take part in a major new study exploring how safe they feel when travelling around the region, as researchers seek to know more about the unique…

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🔎 SPRITE+/IFCyber project spotlight: 'Social Exclusion and Cyber Deception'. This project investigates how #SocialExclusion and #CyberDeception shape #FraudVictimisation, offering new insights into the structural production of #DigitalInequality. 🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/ZkP9vFp

Has AI accelerated the spread of #misinformation? Are #AITechnologies eroding our identity? How will #GenAI impact the future of human employment? Our series of #AIExplainers, co-written by the SPRITE+ AI Community of Interest, explore these questions and more.🔎 ➡️ Read here: buff.ly/ddCkbMa

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This series of AI Explainers focuses on AI Governance, Information Disorder, Identity Erosion, AI Alignment, AI and Human Employment, and TIPSS in Healthcare AI.

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Today we're exhibiting at the Centre for Digital Trust and Society Forum 2026💡 This year's theme is #Misinformation, #Disinformation & #OnlineSocialInfluence. A huge thank you to @digitaluom.bsky.social for inviting us! #CDTS #DigitalTrust #DigitalSociety #DigitalSecurity

⏰️ Save the date for our 2026 #OnlineShowcase! Our annual online showcase is your opportunity to hear about the innovative research conducted by SPRITE+ projects over the last 12 months. ➡️ Register your interest in attending: buff.ly/Za6ZfWJ #ResearchProjects #DigitalTIPSS #SaferStreets #VAWG

Our RISE #InnovationForum brought together researchers, policymakers, practitioners and third sector organisations from across the UK for a high-level agenda building event addressing violence against women and girls (#VAWG). 🔗Read more about the event on our blog:

RISE Innovation Forum: Addressing violence against women and girls together

Read about how SPRITE+ brought together project leads, policymakers, practitioners, and third-sector partners for our RISE Innovation Forum.

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🛡️What #PrivacyTools and methods do people use? What patterns shape their preferences? And how do they perceive different technologies? Dr Kovila Coopamootoo joined us to explore these questions in last week's SPRITE+ #LunchAndLearn talk. ▶️Watch it here: buff.ly/RVUHzmN #DigitalPrivacy

What are Privacy Enhancing Technologies? - SPRITE+ Lunch and Learn with Dr Kovila Coopamootoo

🛡️ What privacy tools and methods do people use? What patterns shape their preferences? And how do they perceive different technologies? Dr Kovila Coopamootoo joined us to explore these questions…

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🔎SPRITE+/IFCyber project spotlight: 'AI-Based Face #AntiSpoofingTechnology'. This project will assess the accessibility & trustworthiness of AI-based #FAS technologies in the context of #MarginalisedCommunities. 🔗https://buff.ly/Nn5MDEU

⚠️ Is your organisation facing a #DigitalTIPSS (Trust, Identity, Privacy, Security or Safety) problem which could benefit from the input of a specific expert? The SPRITE+ #ExpertClinicProgramme is your chance to access this expertise. 🔗 www.spritehub.org/sprite-exper...

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?

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🛜 SPRITE+/IFCyber project spotlight: 'Protocol-Aware Traffic Shaping for Privacy-Preserving Encrypted Communications'. This project aims to deliver a practical and deployable #PrivacyEnhancingTechnology that mitigates #MetadataLeakage in #EncryptedCommunications. 🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/AcP31NX

🛡️What privacy tools and methods do people use? What patterns shape their preferences? And how do they perceive different #PrivacyEnhancingTechnologies? Dr Kovila Coopamootoo will be joining us to explore these questions in our upcoming #LunchAndLearn talk. ➡️ Join us next week: buff.ly/9p3gN1u

📣 Invitation to apply - Beyond Mistakes public engagement event, Glasgow, 1st October (In person) ✅ Travel + accommodation support available 📅 Glasgow | Thursday 1 October (In person) 📝 Apply by 15 June, 2026 👉 Apply here (strathsci.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...)

🤖 We're pleased to share that @uk.theconversation.com have published this article, arising from a SALIENT funded project. The piece explores the impact on #resilience and #spirituality when #GenAI intersects with religion. Read here: theconversation.com/ai-godbots-r...

AI godbots: religious leaders warn of ‘alarming consequences’ when machines speak in the name of God

Researchers interviewed almost 30 religious leaders across all six major religious faiths in the UK to find out how AI was affecting them.

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