If anyone is looking for a top class spatial geographer, look no further! The examiners were beyond impressed with this PhD. A category 1 pass (my first in over 20 years) no less!

The Science of Reducing Prejudice in Kids: As kids grow into adults, their ideas of “us versus them” too often harden into prejudices—and that has consequences. To intervene and stop this process in its tracks, Professor Melanie Killen designed the … linkedin.com/posts/prof-mat…

New online hate study published in Nature shows that instead of the large platforms being the key drivers, hate networks are bound together over time by links across smaller fringe platforms (e.g. 4chan, Telegram). linkedin.com/posts/prof-mat…

Explainable AI (XAI) decisions found to be biased towards WEIRD societies that favour individualistic over interdependent explanations…. linkedin.com/posts/prof-mat…

🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT🚨 In this week's episode we are joined by Jess Davies and Prof Matt Williams to discuss the many positives and negatives of social media in our politics, culture, society and more. open.spotify.com/episode/1oGYfW…

I say it a lot when retweeting a pod of ours but this one was really really interesting and well putting it out on Twitter seems very apt ! #socialmedia #media #trolls #culture #deepfake

I still can’t quite believe this happened. What does it say about our society?

.Cardiff University's flagship social sciences hub sbarc|spark has won a coveted Royal Society of Architects in Wales (Lauren Wilson) Award. The judges described sbarc|spark as a ‘place that exudes innovation and joy.’ - cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2821… #sbarc

Podcast: Cardiff University is at the forefront of social sciences commercialisation "(Cardifff Uni) - can already claim early successes such as HateLab, a platform to detect online hate speech and crime- was spun out as nisien.ai." globalventuring.com/university/bey… Global University Venturing

And if you're looking for a resource to help you - calmly and intelligently - confront the hatred of the Far Right, I can highly recommend this, by the remarkable Dr Adam Rutherford

First person charged with ‘stirring up racial hatred’ over Facebook posts during riots bbc.com/news/articles/…

Out now! I say it’s important to consider the pains of living in the gendered social structure when explaining women’s attraction to the far right. “The Ambivalence of Far-Right Women: Hate, Trauma, Gender, and Neoliberalism in Contemporary Japan” doi.org/10.1177/088626…

'I thought days of race hatred were over' - Riots take British Asians back to 1970s bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Between 2012 & 2023 hate crimes in England & Wales rose by 252%. In this ep. of the We Society podcast Neil Chakraborti & Prof Matt Williams join Will Hutton to discuss the impact of hate crimes on the victims, their communities & wider British society.👂➡️podfollow.com/the-we-society…

In this episode of the We Society podcast, Neil Chakraborti (University of Leicester) and Matt Williams (⁦Cardiff University⁩ ⁦Cardiff University School of Social Sciences⁩) join Will Hutton to discuss hate crimes and what can be done to combat them. linkedin.com/posts/academy-…

Big thanks to Academy of Social Sciences for the invitation to speak on The We Society podcast 🎙️. I’m a big fan of the series, and it was excellent to chat to Will Hutton + Prof Matt Williams about hate crimes and their impacts. Listen to our conversation at podfollow.com/the-we-society…

ICYMI 🎙️ the latest episode of the We Society podcast is out now! Neil Chakraborti & Prof Matt Williams join Will Hutton to discuss their research into hate crime, its impacts & what can be done to lower the incidences of hate crime. Listen now👂➡️podfollow.com/the-we-society…