Projects 2024 - 2025

Four projects were completed in 2024 - 2025 using CDTS seed corn funding. Read below to find out more about each project and its findings.

"You didn't read yourself into this, you felt it": Assessing the use of informal counterspeech in support-focused manosphere subreddits

Project investigator

• Prof Emma Barrett

Research assistant

• Dr Allysa Czerwinksy

Report

• Final Report 

Guarding Against the Threat of Misinformation Camouflage by Large Language Models

Project investigators 

• Prof Sophia Ananiadou
• Prof Peter Knight 

Research assistants

• Paul Thompson
• Zhiwei Liu

Assessing Cyber Capabilities of Key Sectors in Greater Manchester 

Project investigators 

• Prof Nadia Papamichail
• Prof Daniel Dresner
• Dr Joseph Lee Nazzini
• Dr Mustafa Mustafa
• Dr Jonathan Davies

Exploring Digital Trust in Healthcare Companions: A Scoping Review and Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Study

Project investigators

• Landon Kuester

Research assistants

• Ales Cap
• Carlos Andres Pineda Ramos