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Olivia Brown is an Associate Professor in Digital Futures at the University of Bath, School of Management. Liv’s research sits at the intersection of psychology and behavioural science, aiming to understand how intra- and inter-group processes influence individual and group behaviour in online and offline settings. For instance, Liv studies high-reliability organisations to understand what factors support teamwork in extreme and challenging settings and has conducted extensive research examining how online communications data might be used to predict and understand behaviour offline. She is especially interested in how online interactions can influence offline behaviour, with a focus on extremism and terrorism.
Liv is Deputy Director for the Bath Institute of Digital Security and Behaviour, part of the research stream for the Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST) and a member of the Bath Beacon, The Value of Data, considering how the cultural, economic, and psychological value of digital traces can deliver positive societal impacts.
Other responsibilities
Associate Editor - Journal of Cognitive Engineeiring and Decision Making
Editorial Board Memeber - Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
Deputy Chair - Social Science Research Ethics Committee
Research Staff Coordinator - School of Management
Willing to supervise doctoral students
Graduates or undergraduates are welcome to contact Liv directly.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Networks and Radicalisation - University Innovation Concept
Brown, O. (PI), Fincham Haines, T. (CoI) & Smith, L. G. E. (CoI)
National Police Chiefs' Council
16/10/23 → 31/05/24
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
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CREST 3.0
Joinson, A. (PI), Ellis, D. (CoI), Hinds, J. (CoI), Piwek, L. (CoI) & Brown, O. (Researcher)
Economic and Social Research Council
1/10/20 → 30/06/24
Project: Research council
Research output
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Online Signals of Extremist Mobilization
Brown, O., Smith, L. G. E., Davidson, B., Racek, D. & Joinson, A., 31 Jan 2026, In: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 52, 1, p. 70-89Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cognitive Task Analysis: Eliciting Expert Cognition in Context
Brown, O., Power, N. & Gore, J., 31 Jul 2025, In: Organizational Research Methods. 28, 3, p. 375-404 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Examining Membership Across Multiple Online Communities in the ‘Manosphere’
Bocheva, D., Hinds, J., Brown, O. & Mayer, L., 20 Nov 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: New Media & Society.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Optimeet: A computational tool to enhance participant attendance in group research
Mayer, L. W., Bocheva, D., Hinds, J., Brown, O., Piwek, L. & Ellis, D. A., 31 Oct 2025, In: Behavior Research Methods. 57, 10, 289.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The DECIDE Framework: Describing Ethical Choices in Digital-Behavioral-Data Explorations
Shaw, H., Brown, O., Hinds, J., Nightingale, S., Towse, J. & Ellis, D. A., 30 Sept 2025, In: Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science (AMPPS). 8, 3Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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