A call for papers is now open for the 2026 Cybernetic Culture Workshop, on the theme of ‘Digital Underworlds: Hidden, Obscured and Transgressive Spaces Online’. The workshop, organised by RISCS Associate Fellow Sophie James and colleague James Cronin, will take
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Attending the 2025 European Symposium on Usable Security (EuroUSEC) in Manchester on September 10th and 11th was an incredible and memorable experience. As one of the key conferences in the Usable Security and Privacy community, EuroUSEC 2025 brought together researchers,
Read More Report on EuroUSEC 2025, Manchester – Christina Katsini
On 23–24 September 2025, RISCS Alumni Fellows Dr Rebecca Owens and Dr Partha Das Chowdhury convened an international workshop, ‘Cybersecurity: A Matter of Law or a Matter of Justice?’ at Durham Law School. Over two days, early-career researchers, senior academics,
Registration has now opened for the 2025 European Symposium on Usable Security (EuroUSEC). EuroUSEC is a forum for research and discussion on human factors in security and privacy that brings together researchers, practitioners, and students from diverse backgrounds – including
A new report, co-authored by RISCS Associate Fellow Dr Andrew Dwyer for the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT), looks at how emerging technology intersections will shape the future of cybersecurity. Drawing on research conducted with 20 cybersecurity experts,
Cyber intrusion capabilities—such as those used by penetration testers—are essential to enhancing our collective cyber security. However, there are various actors who build and use these capabilities to degrade and harm the digital security of human rights activists, journalists, and
Lucy Davies, the summer 2025 RISCS doctoral intern, has drawn upon the expertise of the wider RISCS community to put together a critical response to the BBC Panorama documentary Fighting Cyber Criminals. In this blog, Lucy explores the impact of
Read More Responding to BBC Panorama’s ‘Fighting Cyber Criminals’ – Lucy Davies
A new white paper on the ‘Cyber Workforce of the Future’ has been published. The paper captures insight and expertise shared during a roundtable held at Westminster earlier this year, at which RISCS Director Genevieve Liveley was a participant. The
In the past, keeping candles in the kitchen drawer in case of a power blackout was a symbol of cultural, mundane, and domestic resilience. What could be an equivalent of that candle in 2047, in a world where energy resilience
The flagship ‘Cybersecurity: A Matter of Law or a Matter of Justice?’ workshop will be held on in Durham on Wed 24 September 2025. Proudly co-hosted by RISCS alumni Rebecca Owens, PhD from Durham Law School and Partha Das Chowdhury
Read More Cybersecurity: A Matter of Law or a Matter of Justice? – registration open
