Andrew Ross

  • Doctoral Researcher

Andrew R. N. Ross is a Doctoral Researcher at the Online Civic Culture Centre (O3C). His research interests and PhD project are focused on disinformation on social media, perceptions of public opinion, and (social) media effects.

In 2014, Andrew was awarded a BSc in Applied Psychology from Durham University where he finished in the top 10% of his year group. His dissertation was Highly Commended in the David Kleiman BSc Dissertation Prize.

In 2017, he awarded an MA with Distinction in Politics from the University of East Anglia where his dissertation won the prize for the Best MA Dissertation Prize for School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies. This project was expanded and was later published in New Media and Society.

He joined Loughborough University in 2019 on a fully funded ESRC 1+3 programme. At the end of his first year, he was awarded an MSc with Distinction in Social Science Research. He also won the prize for the highest scoring dissertation across the postgraduate MSc taught programmes in Communication and Media, and Social and Policy Studies.