A new policy report, co-authored by RISCS Senior Fellow Dr Matt Spencer, and colleagues Carlos Cámara-Menoyo and Timothy Monteath from University of Warwick, provides key insights into any unintended consequences that professionalisation of cyber security may bring, with a particular
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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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RISCS invites nominations to pilot Impact Award! RISCS is always keen to support our community in showcasing the impact and reach of research beyond immediate academic audiences. In particular, we want to collect stories featuring successful impacts – large and small
RISCS invites nominations to our first Doctoral Prize! If you have a former PhD student, or have collaborated with one, who has conducted excellent RISCS-aligned research we want to hear from you! To be eligible for the award, a student
A new report, co-authored by RISCS Advisory Board Member Prof Simon Shiu (lead author), RISCS Advisory Board Co-Chair and former RISCS Associate Fellow Dr Ola Michalec, and University of Bristol’s Martin Sadler, along with colleagues at Imperial College London, for
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,
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
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