Psychology and Communication Technology (PaCT) Lab. Cyberpsychology & HCI Research Group, Northumbria University. Directed by @TheCyberPsyche
Newcastle upon Tyne
Joined May 2011
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You can catch me this evening talking at the BPS Education in the Age of AI event. I’ll be talking about the impact of AI on education and how we can balance innovation and academic integrity ⬇️ bps.org.uk/event/education-a…
📢 New PaCT Blog post 📢 @ClaireMorganM shares her reflections on presenting work from the Remote Healthcare for Eating Disorders throughout COVID-19 project (@RHEDC_Project) at the London International Eating Disorders Conference 2025. Check it out: pactlab.co.uk/2025/09/09/con…
PaCT Lab director @TheCyberPsyche will be a panelist discussing ethical issues in cyberpsychology at the annual @BPSCyberPsych conference in July. The conference schedule looks full of fascinating talks, details below ⬇️ #cyberpsychology
Our #Cyber25 conference programme is now live! You can view the talks we have lined up here 👇👇
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🚨 Latest PaCT Lab publication from Richard Brown, @beehivewife & @TheCyberPsyche: "AcademAI: Investigating AI Usage, Attitudes, and Literacy in Higher Education & Research". Open access now in Journal of Educational Technology Systems journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.… (@NorthumbriaUni)
You can now find us on LinkedIn! Give our page a follow to stay up to date with the latest cyberpsychology research from our lab: linkedin.com/company/pactlab…
Dawn's talk today at @timeshighered #THEdigitalUK included examples of innovative, good practice by researchers within PaCT Lab. She also discussed findings from recent work with PaCT colleagues Dr Richard Brown & @beehivewife around academic & student attitudes towards AI 💡
Honored to speak at @timeshighered Digital Universities UK today, on AI’s role in research. I explored how AI can be used to support (not replace) responsible research & promote good practice. Let’s keep the conversation going! DM me or share any session photos! ✨ #THEdigitalUK
You can catch our lab director speaking about how AI can be used to enhance and support research at the @timeshighered Digital Universities UK event tomorrow at @LancasterUni ⬇️
Delighted to be invited to speak at @timeshighered 'Digital Univerisites UK' tomorrow. I'll discuss how AI can enhance research, with examples from @PaCTLab (pactlab.co.uk) at @NorthumbriaUni. Join me & Prof John Murray for this session, chaired by Yvonne Fox, 3.05pm ✨
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📢 Today at @LondonEDConf 📢 @ClaireMorganM will be presenting our 'ConnectED on the Journey' tookit. A co-designed online resource to support anyone receiving, or providing, remote support for eating disorders. 11am, Mountbatten room. #LEDC2025 #LEDC25 rhedc.uk/toolkit
🚨 Hot off the press - latest paper from PaCT lab 🚨 This position paper highlights the need for a dedicated national healthcare strategy for eating disorders in England. Available open access here: doi.org/10.1186/s40337-025-0…
📢 New Paper calling for a dedicated eating disorder strategy for England. Gaps in care persist, leaving many without adequate support. Our paper calls for clear guidance incl. for remote care: doi.org/10.1186/s40337-025-0…
#EatingDisorders #Policy @PaCTLab @NorthumbriaUni @MedResFdn
✨ Check out this video from the @MedResFdn w/ @TheCyberPsyche talking about one of the projects in PaCT lab. @RHEDC_Project has been co-developing resources to help individuals & healthcare providers to get the most out of their online support sessions for eating disorders ✨
We spoke to Dr Dawn Branley-Bell (@TheCyberPsyche), about her @MedResFdn research on the impact of remote healthcare during COVID-19 on those with #EatingDisorders.💻🏥
Hear too from study participant, @hshaddock, on being involved. 📽️⬇️
@PaCTLab @NorthumbriaUni @NorthumbriaPsy
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Join an awesome crew of Student Volunteers and help make #CHI2025 an unforgettable experience! 🤩 Join our SV team, make new friends, network with experts, and see the “behind the scenes” of the largest HCI conference! 🙌
Enrolment Info 👉 buff.ly/48w8wig
#SV #CHI2025
We very much look forward to welcoming you into the PaCT Lab team soon 🎉
Lots of see you soons recently as I come to the end of my PhD journey with @JigsawYMH and @UCDPsychology. A strange but exciting time as I make my move to the UK next week to start a whole new journey as a postdoctoral researcher with the @PaCTLab and @digi_citizens 🥰
Take part in science whilst taking part in a pub quiz. Check it out ⬇️
My supervisor (@BrownGenavee) and I are running a small pub quiz next week focusing on Sexism Online, as part of the #FestivalofSocialScience. If you're available, feel free to come along! There will be prizes!! @PaCTLab @NorthumbriaPsy
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Great talk by @DrNeilKirk at today’s @NorthumbriaPsy seminar (thanks to Glenn Williams for arranging). Neil was talking about cognitive biases in voice perception, including in categorising AI vs human voices 👏🏼 (@PaCTLab & @BPSCyberPsych groups may be interested in Neil’s work)
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📢Northumbria Psychology Department Staff & Students (@NorthumbriaPsy). The Psychology and Communication Technology Lab, @PaCTLab, hold fortnightly talks & you can find a list of all talks until Summer 2025 on our website. Please feel free to come along! pactlab.co.uk/upcoming-pact-…
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It has been an honour & pleasure to Chair the BPS Cyberpsychology Section (@BPSCyberPsych) for the last 3yrs. This is a wonderful opportunity to lead an exciting section within an increasingly influential discipline. Working with a great committee too. Feel free to DM questions!
Interested in leading our section? There’s still time to apply to be chair of @BPSCyberPsych
Deadline for applications: 12 noon 31 October 2024
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PaCT Lab research being showcased at the EPSRC Digital Health Policy Event at the Institute for Healthcare Engineering in London yesterday ✨👏🏼 @NorthumbriaPsy @NorthumbriaUni @helen_cartner
Helen & Elhassan were in London yesterday presenting RIICE at the @EPSRC Digital Health Showcase (@KingsCollegeLon)✨ Thank you to everyone who came to chat about our remote intervention to measure chewing efficiency. riiceproject.uk
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Join us for the launch of ConnectED on The Journey: our new remote support toolkit co-designed by and for people accessing or providing online support for eating disorders/distress recovery.
Monday 4th November 6-7pm (online).
Book here: eventbrite.ie/e/connected-on…
PaCT member, @ClaireMorganM (Senior RA @RHEDC_Project) will be joining the panel discussion tonight at the artED event (organised by @hshaddock) 🎉 The panel will be discussing “Joined-up thinking: writing, recovery, art” in relation to eating disorders. Check it out ⬇️
We are super excited to be part of this fantastic event with @hshaddock as part of ArtED tomorrow night! Our own @ClaireMorganM will be joining this exciting panel discussion
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Sunderland University 'to make 1 in 10 academics redundant'
“Saying things are being decimated is pretty much an accurate depiction for where we are.” - @jonbryan from @ucu bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crl8…
