Role
Lecturer in Psychology
Sebastian teaches deception detection/credibility assessment, suspect interviewing / false confessions and other police-related topics across the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. He also teaches Research Methods on the undergraduate Psychology programme and provides supervision to undergraduate and postgraduate projects.
Career overview
Sebastian has a general interest in projects that relate to police and / or aspects of criminal investigations using experimental and quantitative methods, e.g. investigative interviewing and deception / credibility assessment.
Research areas
- Sexual Offences, Crime and Misconduct Research Unit (SOCAMRU)
- Investigative Interviewing
- Deception and Credibility Assessment
- Policing and Aspects of Criminal Investigations
External activity
Sebastian is a member of:
- British Psychological Society (BPS)
- European Association of Psychology and Law (EAPL)
- International Investigative Interviewing Research Group (iIIRG)
- American Psychology-Law Society.
Sponsors and collaborators
- Dr Lynsey Gozna (University of Lincoln)
- Dr Julian Boon (University of Leicester)