SPRITE+ Lunch and Learn with Emma Barrett

In this introductory talk, SPRITE+ Co-Director Emma Barrett will outline the potential risks and harms associated with immersive technologies such as virtual reality, mixed reality, and augmented reality.

The talk is aimed at people who have limited familiarity with these new technologies and their applications. Prof Barrett will draw on the results of a recent scoping review of relevant research to highlight the range and nature of TIPSS risks and harms, and potential ways of mitigating harm.

About Emma

Emma is a Professor of Psychology, Security, and Trust, and the University of Manchester’s strategic lead for Digital Trust and Security. Her role involves developing a multi-disciplinary community of researchers to apply their expertise to all aspects of digital security.

Before joining UoM in March 2018, Emma was Research to Practice Fellow at the Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST) at Lancaster University, leading efforts to ensure that CREST’s research activities focused on end user requirements and fostering strong links between academics and stakeholders.

From 2003-2015, she led a UK Government research unit of 25 specialist staff and contractors that developed and applied behavioural, psychological, and social research to a range of security and defence issues. She was awarded the OBE in 2010.​

​​Emma is a Chartered Psychologist. She completed her doctorate in Psychology at the University of Birmingham and holds a MSc in Investigative Psychology, a Conversion Diploma in Psychology, and a BSc in Anthropology. She is the co-author of Extreme: Why some people thrive at the limits (Oxford University Press, 2014), and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

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SPRITE+ Lunch and Learn is your chance to find out the latest developments in the world of Trust, Identity, Privacy and Security (TIPS). Join us every third Wednesday of the month at 1:00pm (GMT) for a lightning 20 minute talk from an Industry or Academic expert followed by 10 minutes of Q&A.

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