果冻影院

What is your role and what does it involve?

I am Lecturer in International Security and Emerging Technologies at the Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP), where I currently lead the 鈥淕ender and IoT鈥� (G-IoT) research project 鈥� which I recommend everyone to have a look at! I am totally passionate about it. I am also member of the Advisory Council of the Open Rights Group () and affiliated with 果冻影院's Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research ().

My role - or rather my roles - involve a lot of different things. So it鈥檚 quite a list: research 鈥� which includes working on academic publications; teaching and supervision 鈥� I lead the course as well as the elective and overlook dissertation projects; policy/media/public engagement 鈥� which ranges from feeding into consultations, responding to questions from journalists, to speaking at public events; academic leadership 鈥� organising conferences and panels or editing special issues; income generation 鈥� we all know research funding has become incredibly important for universities and the ability to conduct studies; administration and line management 鈥� for instance, I am chair of our departmental Ethics Committee; executive education 鈥� in particular training for domestic abuse charities who I currently work with; 听and last but not least consultancy 鈥� which is a way to combine research with practice. So yeah, I am keeping myself quite busy!听

How long have you been at 果冻影院 and what was your previous role?

I鈥檝e been at 果冻影院 since January 2017. Prior to my lectureship appointment, I was Postdoctoral Research Associate for the EPSRC-funded , where I was part of its "Standards, Governance and Policy" research team.

What working achievement or initiative are you most proud of?

Oh wow, I am not sure鈥� but perhaps my commitment to bring better cybersecurity practices to diverse communities, including through so-called (i.e., digital security trainings) as well as through workshops with domestic abuse charities as part of the G-IoT 辫谤辞箩别肠迟.听

Tell us about a project you are working on now which is top of your to-do list

Definitely the earlier mentioned G-IoT research! It is an interdisciplinary project exploring the implications of smart, Internet-connected devices on gender-based domestic violence and abuse. It started as a small pilot project in 2018 and has since then become the prime focus of my research. Most recently, I have also become part of one of eight UKRI-funded mental health networks. As member of the "Violence, Abuse and Mental Health: Opportunities for Change" () network led by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (), I am studying how new digital technologies are changing people's experiences of abuse and how this impacts mental health. Very exciting!

Who would be your dream dinner guests?

Funnily enough, I was asked the same question for a spotlight feature as part of the PETRAS Internet of Things Research Hub. . While I don鈥檛 know how well these people would get on with each other, I鈥檇 probably invite members of L0pht, people involved in the Chaos Computer Club, the Cult of the Dead Cow, and Hackers on Planet Earth. I鈥檇 add a couple of activists such as Eva Galperin from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, feminist role models such as Donna Haraway, and I鈥檇 sneakily put J. K. Rowling on the guest list too.

What advice would you give your younger self?

I said this before, but it holds true: Don鈥檛 work too hard.

What would it surprise people to know about you?

Strangely, I do own an IoT device now!听

What is your favourite place? 听

I can only think of the Wizard of Oz quote: 鈥淭here鈥檚 no place like home鈥�!