Matt is Professor of Criminology at Cardiff University, and is Founder and Chief Scientist at nisien.ai. He has studied hate crime and speech for 25 years and is author of The Science of Hate.

Pete is Professor of Computer and Data Science at Cardiff University, and is Founder and Chief of AI at nisien.ai.

Associate
Professor Luke Sloan

Cardiff University

Luke is Professor and Head of the School of Social and Spatial Sciences at Cardiff University.

Associate
Dr. Luca Giommoni

Cardiff University

Luca is a Reader in Criminology at Cardiff University.  He leads on network analysis in HateLab.

Associate
Paul Giannasi

Private Consultant

Paul is the former National Policing Advisor for Hate Crime within the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and former Director of the National Cyber Hate Crime Hub. He provides subject matter expert advice on all HateLab projects.

Associate
Professor Alex Sutherland

University of Oxford

Alex is Professor of Practice in Criminology & Public Policy at the University of Oxford.

 

 

Research Associate
Dr. Pablo Ezquerra Silva

Cardiff University

Pablo is a Data Scientist at nisien.ai, previously holding a lectureship in the School of Social Sciences. He holds an Honorary Research Associate position within HateLab.

Doctoral Student
Jodie Luker

Cardiff University

Jodie is a PhD candidate in HateLab studying online hate speech targeting the LGBTQAI+ community. She is also a Senior Analyst at nisien.ai.

Doctoral Student
Maryam Saeed

Cardiff University

Maryam is a PhD candidate in HateLab studying the effectiveness of counter-narratives to tackle online hate speech in Pakistan.

Doctoral Student
Jay Harley

Cardiff University

Jay is a PhD candidate in HateLab studying online hate speech targeting the transgender community.

Doctoral Student
Joe Dowsell

Cardiff University

Joe is a PhD candidate in HateLab studying mis/disinformation and online hate speech, crime and public disorder.

Doctoral Student
Md Kamruzzaman Bhuiyan

Cardiff Univeristy

Md is a PhD candidate in HateLab studying deradicalisation.