Literature on modern racism identifies denial as one of its key features. This article examines the discourses of denial that feature in the talk of local anti-racism actors in Australia, and asks what drives these discourses. The research draws on qualitative interviews undertaken with participants involved in local anti-racism in two case study areas, one in South Australia and the other in N...

This paper seeks to understand how the denial of health risks and investment in preventative health care are related, and how they are shaped by the underlying environment. I study individuals who derive anticipatory utility from believing that they will be in good health in the future and who are able to actively bias their beliefs. Anticipatory utility provides an incentive to deny health ris...

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems have been increasingly used to make decision-making processes faster, more accurate, and efficient. However, such are also at constant risk of being attacked. While the majority attacks targeting AI-based applications aim manipulate classifiers or training data alter output an AI model, recently proposed sponge against models impede classifier’s execution by...