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Bringing together people in research, practice, and policy with a focus on digital contexts. We are the go-to point of contact to engage with the broadest UK network of interdisciplinary, cross-sector digital Trust, Identity, Privacy, Security experts.
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💡Fully Funded AI Training Available for Educators and Researchers!

@journotech.bsky.social invites applications to participate in an upcoming 2-day online training for educators and researchers globally.

🔗 Apply here: journotech.org/applications...

#SPRITEplus #AITraining #FundedTraining
Applications Open for Fully Funded Training on Responsible AI for Educators and Researchers: Financial Support Available - JournoTECH
Selected participants can receive support from a small inclusion fund to cover data or internet access, making the training accessible to everyone.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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💬Ever tried correcting someone’s misinformation online, and they just doubled down?

This SPRITE+ funded sandpit project explores the factors behind direct fact-check rejection. Hear from Principal Investigator Grégoire Burel: youtu.be/GWNfDmXLaC8?...

#SPRITEplus #Misinformation #FactChecking
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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🎭 When it comes to the online world, not everything is as it seems...

Project UNMASKED used theatre to explore how digital inauthenticity can be exposed, understood, and even used responsibly.

▶️ Learn more about this project: www.youtube.com/watch?v=in8h...

#DigitalTrust #DigitalIdentity
UNMASKED: The Theatre of Inauthenticity
This talk was presented at the SPRITE+ 2025 Showcase by Luca Viganò, Principal Investigator of the 'UNMASKED: The Theatre of Inauthenticity' sandpit project. Luca is a Professor of Informatics at…
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November 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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We're thrilled to announce the launch of the SPRITE+ Global Partners Programme! 🌐

➡️ Learn more about this new research funding opportunity and apply here: www.spritehub.org/global-partn...

#SPRITEplus #GlobalPartnersProgramme #FundingCall #Research #DigitalEconomies
SPRITE+ Global Partners Programme - Live Q&A session
Join our live Q&A session to answer any additional questions you might have about the SPRITE+ Global Partners Programme.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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📢 Together with @theturing.bsky.social, we invite you to our upcoming workshop, 'Threat Modelling for Sleeper Agents in Agentic AI: Attack Chains and Resilience for Digital Identity Systems.'

➡️ Register to attend here: www.spritehub.org/event-detail...

#CyberSecurity #DigitalTrust #OpenSource
Threat Modelling for Sleeper Agents in Agentic AI: Attack Chains and Resilience for Digital Identity Systems | SPRITE+ Hub
A workshop focused on threat modelling to counter systemic cyber risks from combining shadow AI, sleeper agents, malware and disinformation in autonomous AI attacks in digital identity systems.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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What are the TIPSS risks associated with immersive technologies? 👩‍💻

Join us for this introductory talk with SPRITE+ Co-Director Emma Barrett: www.eventbrite.com/e/sprite-lun...

#SPRITEplus #NetworkPlus #EPSRC #LunchAndLearn #DigitalTIPSS #VR #MixedReality #AugmentedReality #ImmersiveTechnology
SPRITE+ Lunch and Learn with Emma Barrett
What are the TIPSS risks associated with immersive technologies?
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October 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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✉️ Join the SPRITE+ Extended Reality TIPSS Community of Interest!

Sign up to our Community of Interest to get involved in online events, receive an ad hoc newsletter, and stay up to date on opportunities within our Deep Dive project: www.spritehub.org/sprite-commu...

#SPRITEplus #XR #DigitalTIPSS
SPRITE+ Community of Interest: Extended Reality TIPSS
Join the SPRITE+ Community of Interest on Extended Reality TIPSS to get involved in online events, an adhoc newsletter and opportunities within our Deep Dive Project.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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💰We trust our digital systems more than ever, but what happens when the fraudsters do too?

Curious to learn more? Hear from Dr Lena Podoletz and Dr Edward Apeh in their insightful talk at the SPRITE+ 2025 Showcase: youtu.be/lT3bywCwHR8?...

#SPRITEplus #CyberSecurity #FinancialFraud #DigitalTrust
FinFraudSIM: Financial Fraud Simulative Analytic Research Platform
This talk was presented at the SPRITE+ 2025 Showcase by Lena Podoletz and Dr Edward Apeh, Principal and Co-Investigator of the 'FinFraudSIM: Financial Fraud Simulative Analytic Research Platform'…
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October 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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How is Generative AI challenging some of the analytical frameworks we think about self and other with? 👥

▶️ Watch our latest Lunch + Learn talk with Dr Jennifer Cearns to learn more: youtu.be/YasTQcAMYh4?...

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#SPRITEplus #DigitalIdentity #MentalHealthApps #GenAI
SPRITE+ Lunch and Learn with Digital Futures & Jennifer Cearns: 'Through the Looking Glass?'
'Through the Looking Glass?' The Collapse of Self/Other in AI Mental Health Apps. In this talk, Dr Jennifer Cearns discusses how Generative AI is challenging some of the analytical frameworks we…
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October 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Last month, we teamed up with Chatham House to deliver a virtual Digital Identity Systems Policy Hackathon 🪪

✅ Read about each group's policy solution: www.spritehub.org/digital-iden...

▶️ Watch the winning group's presentation: youtu.be/l8dJGgMO77E?...

#SPRITEplus #ChathamHouse #PolicyHackathon
Digital Identity Systems Policy Hackathon - Policy solutions
Read about the policy solutions proposed by our Digital Identity Systems Policy Hackathon participants.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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📢Introducing our successful SPRITE+/IFCYBER funding applicants!

Earlier this year, we opened applications for seed funding to support exchange visits between UK and UNSW TIPSS researchers.

🔗 Read all about the successful applicants: www.spritehub.org/successful-s...

#SPRITEplus #IFCYBER #TIPSS
Successful SPRITE+/IFCYBER funding applicants
Introducing our successful SPRITE+/IFCYBER funding applicants!
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October 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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⚠️ It’s no secret that social media is filled with false and misleading health information. To address this issue, project MICHA aimed to use AI to help fight back against health misinformation.

▶️ Learn more: youtu.be/bOWuQLVW9P8?...

#SPRITEplus #EPSRC #AI #BenevolentBots #HealthMisinformation
Benevolent Bots for Combatting Misinformation in Online Health Forums
This talk was presented at the SPRITE+ 2025 Showcase by Prof Philip Fei Wu, Principal Investigator of the 'Misinformation Intervention Countermeasure for Health Advice (MICHA): Benevolent Bots for…
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October 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Did you miss any of the talks from our 2025 online showcase?

If so, you can now catch the recordings of all 12 talks on our website!

▶️ www.spritehub.org/sprite-2025-...

#SPRITEplus #NetworkPlus #Showcase #DigitalTIPS #DigitalTrust #DigitalIdentity #DigitalPrivacy #DigitalSecurity
SPRITE+ 2025 Showcase Presentations
Watch the talks presented at our 2025 online showcase, with topics including AI vs Generative AI, Supply Chain Trust and Network Security.
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October 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Read our latest blog to hear from 4 PhD students about their experiences of attending the University of Strathclyde's Cybercrime Summer School 2025 ⬇️
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#SPRITEplus #NetworkPlus #SummerSchool #PhD #UniversityOfStrathclyde #Funding #ECRs #CyberCrimeSummerSchool
University of Strathclyde’s Cybercrime Summer School 2025 - participant blog
Hear from PhD students Fatemeh Faraji, Jerahmeel C. Madumere, Jessica Richards and 'Mayowa Tijani about their experiences of attending the Cybercrime Summer School 2025.
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October 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Join us on Wednesday for SPRITE+ Lunch and Learn with @digitaluom.bsky.social! 🖥️

This month's talk will be with Dr Jennifer Cearns, a digital anthropologist specialising in AI and algorithms in social life.

🧷 Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sprite-and...

#SPRITEplus #LunchAndLearn
October 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Earlier this week, SPRITE+ Director Professor Mark Elliot, a world-leading expert on anonymisation, spoke at the International Cyber Expo on the provocative topic: “Anonymisation – Is It Dead?”

#SPRITEplus #ICE2025 #CyberSecurity #InternationalCyberExpo #AI #Technology #Anonymisation
October 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Earlier this month, we were joined by Emily Collins for our latest SPRITE+ Lunch and Learn talk 🖥️ 🥪

▶️ You can now catch the recording of her talk on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/j9CogVSCrbo?...

#SPRITEPlus #NetworkPlus #LunchAndLearn #TIPS #DigitalTIPS #DigitalTrust #Robotics #AI #RoboticsAndAI
September 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Are you subscribed to the SPRITE+ monthly newsletter? 📧

It's a fantastic resource for staying up to date with the latest events, opportunities and publications, both at SPRITE+ and within the Digital TIPSS community.

🔗 Read September's issue: eomail5.com/web-version?...

#SPRITEplus #NetworkPlus
SPRITE+ | September newsletter
Discover the latest SPRITE+ events, opportunities and publications
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September 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Today is our second day at Manchester Tech Festival ⚙️

Together with @salient-hub.bsky.social, we're exhibiting at Victoria Baths in Manchester. Come and visit our stall to chat with the SPRITE+ team, and learn all about our ongoing Deep Dive projects!

#SPRITEplus #DigitalTIPS #ManchesterTechFest
September 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Together with @digitaluom.bsky.social, we'll be hosting Dr Jennifer Cearns for our next Lunch and Learn talk! 🖥️

🧷 Register to attend: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sprite-and...

#SPRITE #LunchAndLearn #DigitalIdentity #MentalHealthApps #AI
SPRITE+ and Digital Futures: Lunch and Learn with Jennifer Cearns
Through the Looking Glass? The Collapse of Self/Other in AI Mental Health Apps
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September 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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"The HC2P summer programme represented far more than a learning opportunity—it was an experience that enriched me academically, intellectually, culturally, and socially."

🧷Read our HC2P Summer School participant blogs: www.spritehub.org/hc2p-summer-...

#SPRITEplus #HC2P #Cybersecurity #Canada
HC2P Summer School 2025 - participant blog
SPRITE+ provided grants to 3 PhD students to attend the HC2P Summer Program. Read about their experience of attending the 2025 Summer School in Canada.
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September 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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This week, SPRITE+ was in Salford for the Public Sector Cyber Security Conference & Exhibition 2025.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by to chat - we look forward to continuing the conversation!

@salient-hub.bsky.social

#SPRITE #NetworkPlus #CyberSecurity #IGPP
September 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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We're excited to be attending Manchester Tech Festival next week!

Come and visit the SPRITE+ stand on the 24th/25th September to say hi to the team. We hope to see you there!

🔗 Read more about the festival here: www.manchestertechfestival.co.uk/mtf/

#SPRITE #NetworkPlus #TIPS #ManchesterTechFest
Manchester Tech Festival | 23rd Sept - 2nd Oct 2025
Join over 1,000 developers, engineers and leaders for two weeks of tech conferences including women in tech & AI plus our core festival featuring ex-NASA CDO
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September 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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🚀 Don't miss out! Registration for the International Cyber Expo is open!

Secure your pass today and be at the forefront of cyber security innovation: international-cyber-expo-2025.reg.buzz/sprite%F0%9F...

#ICE2025 #CyberSecurity #SecureYourPass #InternationalCyberExpo #SPRITE #NetworkPlus #TIPS
September 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM