Prof van der Linden and the Cambridge Social Decision-Making lab have been awarded the University of Cambridge's Vice-Chancellor Award for Research Impact 2024.
"Professor Sander van der Linden and team have developed a novel approach to countering the spread of harmful misinformation. This ‘psychological vaccine’ resulted in award winning public impact tools that have shown millions of people how to spot fake news online. These games have been adopted by the World Health Organisation, United Nations, UK Government and Google and led to key policy changes in the EU Digital Services Act."
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Photo of Prof van der Linden (left) and Vice-Chancellor Prof Debbie Prentice right).