Outputs
Read, download, and share summaries and insights from our seminars and events, capturing key discussions and takeaways.
Guide
NABS+ ECR Steering Group
Researcher Safety and Wellbeing Advice
The NABS+ ECR Steering Group have developed some helpful guides on researcher safety and wellbeing, synthesising advice from researchers in the fields, and direct researchers to existing resources and supports.
Guide | NABS+ |
2 min read
Readout
NABS+
Researcher Safety Session
In this meeting participants shared experiences, observations, advice, and resources related to researcher safety.
Readout | NABS+ |
3 min read
Readout
NABS+
Moral Injury from the Battlefield to Remote Warfare and Online Child Sex Crime Investigation
This seminar traced the concept of moral injury from its military origins into two
contemporary settings: RAF Reaper drone operations and police online child sex crime investigation.
Readout | NABS+ |
1 min read
Guide
Caitlin Clemmow, Bettina Rottweiler, Sandy Schumann
Identifying Pathways to Engagement with The Com: A Study of Open-source Data
This brief summarises the results of an exploratory analysis of open-source data examining whether particular combinations of (risk) factors are consistently associated with four different harmful behaviours linked to engagement with The Com.
Guide | NABS+ |
1 min read
Article
NABS+
Workshop Pilots Wargaming Tool for Strengthening Resilience Against Hybrid Threats
Read more about the pilot workshop that aimed to test and refine an innovative scenario-based wargame, developed within the NABS+ project.
Article | NABS+ |
3 min read
Guide
NABS+ ECR Steering Group
ECR Safety and Wellbeing: Advice from the Experts
This guide, compiled by the NABS+ ECR Steering Group, offers practical tips of do's and don't's on researcher safety and wellbeing.
Guide | NABS+ |
1 min read
Report
Chloe L. Squires, Laura Smith
Youth Exploitation, Harm, and Violence in Online Networks
This report highlights key findings from a recent systematic review, in which relevant research topics, including online extremism, radicalisation, child sexual abuse, and self-harm, were assessed to formulate directions for future research.
Report | NABS+ |
2 min read
Readout
NABS+
NABS+ Creative Workshop 2
The 2nd NABS+ Creative workshop introduced the Design Fiction method as a practical and creative low-risk way to think critically about future directions in security and defence research and generate fresh, actionable insights.
Readout | NABS+ |
1 min read
Readout
The Data Protection Implications of Accessing Publicly Available Data for Research Projects
This seminar set out the key elements of GDPR, highlighted the risks of breaching these regulations, and provided practical advice for researchers working with publicly available data.
Readout | NABS+ |
1 min read
Readout
Can continuous collection, structuring, and sharing of threat intelligence help prevent public unrest?
Using the public disorder in Southport in 2024 as a case study, this seminar explored how disinformation, amplified by algorithmic incentives and AI, is a catalytic driver of civil unrest.
Readout | NABS+ |
3 min read
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NABS+ Creative Workshop
Drawing From Your Research: a creative workshop using playful storyboarding and analogies to help you communicate your research in fresh, engaging ways.
Readout | NABS+ |
1 min read
Report
Youth Radicalisation and Harm in Online Networks
NABS+ Findings Report from two expert roundtables.
Report | NABS+ |
2 min read
Readout
Tales from the Security Field: Safety Online for Researchers and OSINT Practitioners
Key takeaways on Operational Security for researchers and practitioners from the online seminar.
Readout | NABS+ |
2 min read
Readout
Disinformation: What did we learn from the year of elections?
Key takeaways from the seminar on assessing exposure to and the effects of disinformation and foreign state information operations.
Readout | NABS+ |
3 min read
Report
Wellbeing Challenges when Working in Difficult Contexts
This short report summarises key observations from a workshop with academics, practitioners and industry.
Report | NABS+ |
1 min read
Readout
Doing Emotionally Demanding Research: A Dual Perspective of Supervisor and Researcher
Practical tips from the online seminar on supporting wellbeing from both practitioner and researcher perspectives.
Readout | NABS+ |
4 min read
Readout
NABS+ Community Event 2025
Highlights from our Community event discussing national security and defence areas related to online harms that target vulnerable groups, disinformation, and behavioural aspects of AI.
Readout | NABS+ |
1 min read