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Rob Gleas­ure

Professor

Subjects
Decision-making Digitalisation Artificial intelligence Well-being Misinformation

Primary research areas

On­line emo­tion
I study how in­di­vidu­als ex­press and ex­per­i­ence emo­tion when in­ter­act­ing via di­git­al sys­tems.
Col­lect­ive in­tel­li­gence
I study how groups (which may in­clude hu­mans and AI agents) use on­line sys­tems to co­ordin­ate, share re­sources, and solve prob­lems.
Cog­nit­ive se­cur­ity
I study the ways in which ma­li­cious agents can use on­line sys­tems to spread mis­in­form­a­tion, con­fu­sion, neg­at­ive emo­tions, and so­cial dis­har­mony.

I look for ways that tech­no­logy can bring us to­geth­er

My research focuses on how individuals come together to share information and coordinate behaviors online, with particular emphasis on the differences that emerge when individuals interact solely through digital media. I am especially interested in the idea that human beings understand the world through embodied processes, and that many of these embodied processes are impacted in unexpected ways when we interact in digital spaces that can include vast numbers of other users, some of which are people and some of which are AI.

Recent research projects

Es­tab­lish­ing the Nor­d­ic-Balt­ic Cog­nit­ive Se­cur­ity Net­work

This pro­ject brings to­geth­er aca­dem­ic and de­fense in­sti­tu­tions from across the Nor­dics and Balt­ics to ad­dress the grow­ing threats to lib­er­al demo­cracy from ma­li­cious state act­ors.