New Research: Stereotyped accent judgements in forensic contexts: listener perceptions of social traits and types of behaviour frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #FrontiersIn #Communication

Do Accents Influence Guilt Perceptions? A study found that accents strongly influence perceptions of guilt, with lower-status accents being associated with a higher likelihood of criminal behavior. Researchers analyzed responses from 180 participants who rated voices from 10

“Stereotyped accent judgements in forensic contexts: listener perceptions of social traits and types of behaviour” by Alice Paver et al. Frontiers in Communication dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.…

We're so excited that our study on accent prejudice and stereotypes in forensic contexts is finally out, and has got some serious media attention over the weekend! A thread with some links is linked below, and we will retweet the links as well. Read here: frontiersin.org/journals/commu…

📺 Are you watching #TheTraitors? Is traitor Charlotte right that a Welsh accent makes her sound more trustworthy? Explore what our researchers found out about how different accents are perceived 👇cam.ac.uk/research/news/…

I urge & request all accounts who posted about Gaza to LOUDLY post about the airstrikes, blockades, kidnappings and pogroms in the West Bank right now. This is not a ceasefire. Palestinians are still being killed, kidnapped, displaced and terrorized.

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… "Accent prejudice maps onto societal prejudice". I'm pleased to have contributed some thoughts to this great article on accent bias, but not pleased (or surprised) to read the accounts of people feeling held back by or mocked for their accent.

I was on BBC Radio 4 PM show yesterday evening talking about two of my favourite topics: accent prejudice and The Traitors!! Listen here from around 51 mins : bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

How has it been 5 whole years since we graduated from the MSc in Forensic Speech Science at ⁦University of York⁩ ⁦@FssYork⁩?? So many of us still work in the field. Personally had a ~5 year research job out of it and am now nearly halfway through a FSS PhD. So grateful 🥹

John Torturro and Britt Lower 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Severance is some of the best TV I’ve ever seen

been a while. started using semolina in my dough. love the silkiness and golden hue it imbues 🌾

Campaigners say accent or class-based prejudice should be treated like racist or sexist outbursts ⬇️ thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…

Lecturers at one of Britain’s most eminent universities have become the first in the country to have accent bias training to tackle prejudice against working class and state-educated students telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/0…

New blog with Gise Tomé Lourido published by the Higher Education Policy Institute. 💡We encourage Higher Education senior leaders to take proactive steps to tackle accent bias to foster a more inclusive and equitable Higher Education system.