--- title: Tech Against Terrorism Announces Partnership with the University of Birmingham for Groundbreaking PhD Studentship description: Tech Against Terrorism (TAT) is pleased to announce its partnership with the Centre for National Training and Research Excellence in Understanding Behaviour (CENTRE-UB) at the University of Birmingham, to investigate the effects of workplace exposure to terrorist and violent extremist content.  image: https://techagainstterrorism.org/hubfs/purple%20TaT%20thiumbnail.png --- [Skip to the main content.](https://techagainstterrorism.org/news/tech-against-terrorism-commends-australias-esafety-commissioners-initiative-to-combat-terrorist-and-violent-extremist-content-online-0#main-content) [![TAT White logo - Left](https://techagainstterrorism.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Brand%20and%20icons/TAT%20White%20logo%20-%20Left.png?width=3719&height=1451&name=TAT%20White%20logo%20-%20Left.png "TAT White logo - Left")](https://techagainstterrorism.org/home) [![TAT White logo - 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We offer industry-leading support to our staff, from operation security to post-trauma support. Through this partnership, a PhD student from the University of Birmingham will be able to access TAT’s wellbeing procedures and shadow its staff to gain [further understanding of the long-term effects of workplace exposure to harmful content and its mitigation](https://podcast.techagainstterrorism.org/1684819/13541258-institutionalising-counterterrorism-practitioner-welfare) with the aim of designing an intervention to protect TAT staff and others in similar roles. The CENTRE-UB PhD student will be supervised by [Professor Jessica Woodhams and Dr Fazeelat Duran.](https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/research/protecting-the-protectors/contact-us) Their investigation will follow a longitudinal design to include interviews, surveys, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).  To be considered for this PhD, [apply here](https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/centre-ub/projects/understanding-the-behaviour-of-analysts-working-with-online-violent-extremist-content) before the 16th May 2024. 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