The Institute leverages and combines the University of Bath’s unique expertise in social and data science as applied to digital security.
Leadership team
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Laura Smith
Institute Director
Professor of Psychology
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Adam Joinson
Institute Director
Professor of Information Systems
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David Galbreath
Deputy Director
Professor of War and Technology
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Olivia Brown
Deputy Director
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Digital Futures
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Sarah Parry
Director of Operations
Institute Members
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Andre Barrinha
Reader (Associate Professor) International Relations
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Leda Blackwood
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Psychology
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Patrick Bury
Reader (Associate Professor) Security
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Alicia Cork
Research Assistant, Psychology
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Brittany Davidson
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) of Analytics
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Amelia Dennis
Research Assistant, Psychology
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David Ellis
Professor of Behavioural Science
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Catherine Giachritsis-Hamilton
Professor of Forensic and Clinical Psychology
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Tom Fincham Haines
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) Compter Science
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Joanne Hinds
Senior lecturer (Associate Professor) Information Systems
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Hannah Hutton
Research Assistant, Management
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Oishee Kundu
Research Associate, Management
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Michael Lewis
Professor of Operations ad Supply Management
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Katie Maras
Reader (Associate Professor) Psychology
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Aurelien Mondon
Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) PoLIS
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Julian Padget
Reader (Associate Professor) Computer Science
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Rob Peace
Research Assistant, Management
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Lukasz Piwek
Senior Lecture (Associate Professor) Data Science
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Will Smith
Institute Research Associate
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Danae Stanton Fraser
Professor of Psychology, Dept of Psychology
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Kseniya Stsiampkouskaya
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) Management
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Joanna Syrda
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Business Economics
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Alexandra Voinescu
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) Psychology
Current PhD candidates
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Hannah Hutton
‘Improving User Privacy in Mobile and Ubiquitous Health Technologies’
EPSRC Cyber Security CDT, School of Management
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Rob Huw Peace
‘Investigating the Perceived Trustworthiness of Digital Information’
EPSRC CDT Cyber Security , School of Management
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Tobias Weickert
‘Habits in Cybersecurity’
EPSRC CDT Cyber Security, School of Management
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Emily Godwin
‘Exploring the development and dissemination of harmful conspiracy narratives online ’
EPSRC CDT Cyber Security, School of Management
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Darja Wischerath
‘Exploring pathways to violent extremism through conspiracy theories’
School of Management, BT iCASE
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Emily Johnstone
Domestic Violence in the Digital Age: Investigating the Role of Smart Home Technologies
EPSRC CDT Cyber Security, Dept of Psychology
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Cassie Lowery
‘The relationship between crowdsourcing digital activism and cybersecurity’
EPSRC CDT Cyber Security, Department of Psychology
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Emma Woodward
‘Constructing a holistic view of cyber incident response using Systems Thinking and re-imaging its future using creative methodologies’
EPSRC CDT Cyber Security, School of Management
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Zaina Dkaidek
‘Determining the Optimal Level of Cyber Security Investment’
EPSRC CDT Cyber Security, School of Management
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Jessica Johansen
‘A mixed methods exploration of the motivations for, and impact of, Digital Identity Concealment’
EPSRC CDT Cyber Security, Department of Psychology
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Johnny Swierczynski
‘Creepy or crime preventing? Investigating how people make decisions about the costs and benefits of adopting smart home security technologies’
School of Management
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Jessie Hamill-Stewart
‘Towards effective national and international cyber security for space infrastructure’
EPSRC CDT Cyber Security, PoLIS
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Katie Thomas
‘Investigating the balance of privacy versus security in a family environment’
EPSRC CDT Cyber Security, School of Management/ Department of Psychology
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Elizabeth Kolade
‘Cybersecurity in the Global South: Exploring the bi-directional relationship between CSIRTs and norms for responsible state behaviour in cyberspace’
EPSRC CDT Cyber Security, PoLIS
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Tina Kimfumu
‘Exploring the impact of employee monitoring software on employee well-being and productivity in the digital age’
School of Management
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Desislava Bocheva
‘Examining the influence of social identity on online group composition’
School of Management
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Edward Harrison
‘Examining social media users’ attitudes towards fact checking on Twitter, Reddit and Telegram’
Department of Psychology