Prof. Matt Williams
Founder & Chief Scientist
A Professor of Criminology, Matt is the author of The Science of Hate and is top cited globally for hate crime and hate speech. A victim of hate crime himself, Matt has spent 20 years exploring the psychological and sociological reasons behind it, establishing HateLab in 2017, a global hub for data and insight into hate crime. He has advised TikTok, Meta, Google, the UK Home Office and the US Department of Justice.
