Lorraine Bowman Grieve

Biography

Lorraine Bowman Grieve is a lecturer in Psychology at Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland. She hold an MSc in Forensic Psychology and a PhD in Applied Psychology. Prior to joining WIT in 2013 she worked at Leeds Trinity University College and University of Lincoln in the UK. She is primarily interested in the application of social and forensic psychology to understanding behaviour and phenomenon related to crime, criminality and terrorism. She have researched terrorist use of the internet for over 10 years, in particular the content and function of discourses supportive of terrorism and the potential of alternative discourses in counter-terrorism efforts. She is interested in online interaction and engagement and in understanding the form and function of extreme ideology online. She is open to discuss research possibilities at both Masters and PhD levels.

Research Interest

Social and Forensic Psychology