Lorraine Hope

Professor Lorraine Hope is a leading academic in Applied Cognitive Psychology at the University of Portsmouth, affiliated with the International Centre for Research in Forensic Psychology and the UK National Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST). She leads the Hope Applied Cognition Lab, focusing on developing evidence-based tools like the Timeline Technique, Self-administered Interview, and Time-Critical Questioning Protocol for information elicitation in investigative contexts.

• Research Themes: Applied memory, investigative interviewing, cross-cultural cognition, deception detection, and operational intelligence.
• Impact: Tools adopted by international policing and security agencies, emphasizing practitioner-scientist collaboration.

Her recent publications (2025-2024) analyze cross-cultural rapport dynamics, time-sensitive interviewing, and trust-building mechanisms in high-stakes environments. She has received recognition including the 2021 UK Times Higher Education Outstanding Research Supervisor shortlisting and 2020 Fellow of the Psychonomic Society. Her work spans forensic applications, digital contact tracing, and cognitive bias mitigation through technological strategies.

• Scientific Awards:
  • Outstanding Research Supervisor (2021, shortlisted)
  • Fellow of the Psychonomic Society (FPsyS, 2020)
  • Academic Excellence Award (iIIRG, 2019)
• Advising: Supervises PhD students in cognitive and forensic psychology, with collaborative projects across 34+ countries.
• Grants: CREST-funded projects (2019-present) and international policing grants.

Email: Lorraine.Hope@port.ac.uk. Her lab's work informs global security practices and evidence-based policy development.