Welcome to Social Machines

Driving behaviour and culture change in systems of people and technology

Our Mission
Our Context

Societies across the globe are dependent on technology, which has transformed how people connect and communicate, how information is disseminated, and how individuals and organisations think and act.

These technologies can be exploited to enhance everyone’s lives – but they can also be exploited by threat actors, from propagandists to cyber thieves, who use them to harm people and societies.

Our Mission
What We Do

We conduct behavioural science-based research and innovation to help organisations in the public, private, and third sectors understand and build enhanced systems of people and technology designed to improve societies, organisations and people’s lives. We build trust and resilience to protect people in a changing threat landscape.

 
Expertise
How We Work
We bridge the gap between the worlds of academia and operations in Government, Commerce and the Third Sector.

We build foundational evidence for clients using the following methods:

  • Literature review
  • Open-source data collection
  • Survey
  • Interview
  • Quantitative analysis
  • Qualitative analysis
  • Focus group
  • Experimentation
  • Natural language processing
  • Machine learning
  • Mixed methods analysis
  • Delphi method
  • Expert panels
  • Scenario generation
  • Horizon scanning
  • Backcasting and morphological analysis

We achieve this using the following methods:

  • Training needs analysis
  • Training delivery
  • Randomised controlled trials
  • A-B testing
  • Measurement and evaluation
  • Behaviour and culture change design
  • Stakeholder analysis

These include:

  • Instrument development
  • Method and toolkit development
  • Service development
  • Product development
  • Serious games design and development
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    Anupama Guha


    Emma Hewlett


    Ingrid Sommer


    Joseph Dingley


    Justin Hempson-Jones


    Lily Thompson D’Arcy Johnson


    Manuel Canas


    Midori Nishioka


    Nick Wilding


    Sharon Olorunniwo