On 11th April 2025, the inaugural Cybernetic Culture Workshop: Consumption, Security and Society in the Digital Age convened over 40 participants from academia, government, and industry. Hosted at Lancaster University by the Centre for Consumption Insights (CCI) and funded by
Read More Reflections on the Inaugural Cybernetic Culture Workshop 2025 – Sophie James
Recently, I had the pleasure of attending a webinar provided by Resilience Beyond Observed Capabilities (RBOC) Network + as part of my internship with RISCS. Presented by established sci-fi writers Allen Stroud and Emma Newman, the webinar explored ways in
Read More How to Imagine a Future Society in Crisis – Emma Fowler
Every individual should be able to securely participate in a digital first society; there are no ‘wrong kind of leaves’. While usable security has contributed significantly to bring humans to the centre of systems design, quantitative evaluation of preferences cannot
Predicting future security challenges is hard. It involves anticipation and imagination. How will emerging technologies be used by entrepreneurs and businesses to change systems and infrastructures? And conversely, how will adversaries exploit the new opportunities and attack surfaces. It is
Read More Anticipating security trends – an exercise in creative writing – Simon Shiu
As the American Museum in Bath welcomed over thirty delegates from across the UK, the surroundings made an apt fit for an exploration of cyber power: stately yet quiet gardens and sombre statues of the US founding fathers. The décor
Read More Cyber Statecraft in an Era of Systemic Competition – Kester Brookland
King’s College London (KCL), the University of Bath, and the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) launched a new project last September—funded by Dstl via EPSRC—dedicated to investigating the various ways we can conceptualise cyber statecraft in a global context of
I am a PhD candidate at the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security at the University of Bristol. I am currently researching the intersection of corporate and state interests in the management and administration of online spaces, with
Profile Nerida Brand is a PhD candidate at the Universities of Exeter and Cardiff. She is currently undertaking a research placement with RISCS, which is supported and funded by the South, West & Wales Doctoral Training Partnership. Her research focuses
I’m a PhD Student at the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security at the University of Bristol. Rooted in Anthropology as well as International Development, I am keen on exploring the sociotechnical aspects of cybersecurity, with a particular
