Dr Joanne Hinds awarded GO-Science Fellowship

2 March 2026

We’re delighted to share that Dr Joanne Hinds has been awarded a prestigious UK Research and Innovation Policy Fellowship.

This highly competitive programme embeds outstanding researchers within UK government and policy organisations to help inform and shape effective public policy. Through the 18-month fellowship, Joanne will apply behavioural science to advise on sociotechnical futures, contributing to high-profile government policies and strategies and exploring how current and emerging technologies will shape UK society, the economy and people. Congratulations Joanne! We're excited to see the impact your work will have across government and society.

Find out more about the UKRI Policy Fellowship programme and this year’s cohort hereNew research by the Institute, recognised by the Home Office at the UK Government’s flagship Security and Policing event, is helping answer that question.

Bath research on online extremism was shortlisted for the Home Office Academic Innovation Award and highly commended at this year’s event. The award recognises work with the potential to deliver a step change in the UK’s ability to prevent, respond to, reduce the impact of, or investigate security risks and incidents.

The study found that the most influential actors are significantly more likely to share hateful or inciting content, suggesting that influence itself may be an early indicator of risk. The method has been tested across multiple platforms (including Discord and Iron March) and the team are now developing a prototype tool for policing and intelligence practitioners.

Read more here: Modelling Online Engagement Patterns To Infer Risk