Rob Dickinson

Rob Dickinson is a Doctoral Candidate in Psychology & Public Health at the University of Sussex and holds a Research Fellow position with the Dangerous Speech Project. He specializes in radicalization dynamics, misinformation, and public health, with interdisciplinary expertise spanning international development, economics, and policy. His work examines far-right media radicalization (e.g., PragerU) and misinformation during crises like the pandemic. Dickinson has held roles across academia, including Research Officer/Assistant at Sussex's Science Policy Research Unit and Geography departments, and non-academic roles such as Executive Director at Humanity Research Consultancy.

Education includes an MA in Development Studies (Institute of Development Studies, 2017–2018) and a BA in Public Policy (University of Michigan, 2013–2016). He completed certifications in Network Dynamics, R programming, Tableau, and Bayesian Statistics through Sussex and online platforms.

Research focuses on media manipulation, conspiracy theories, and health misinformation. His FRAMES project with Tom Cowin investigates PragerU's role in radicalization, with publications analyzing far-right media strategies, pandemic misinformation, and cardiovascular disease prevention. Recent work includes gamified inoculation against misinformation and systematic reviews of digital health interventions.

He has been honored with the Adam Weiler Research Impact Award (2024) and the US Presidential Election Research Fellowship (2023–2024). Teaching includes seminars on Development Studies and International Political Economy, alongside freelance tutoring.