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
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New resource: Preppers’ Kit 2047
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
Cybersecurity: A Matter of Law or a Matter of Justice? – registration open
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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CyberMi2 Research Day 2025 – registration open
The third CyberMi2 Research Day 2025 will take place on Thu 21 August at the Edinburgh Futures Institute. CyberMi2 is an exclusive in-person event bringing together leading interdisciplinary cybersecurity researchers from Royal Holloway, University of London, and the The University
Cybercrime summer school – registration open
The 8th Strathclyde International Perspectives on Cybercrime Summer School will run Monday 25th-Friday 29th August 2025 at the University of Strathclyde with a research symposium on Monday 25th August. Registration is open and students (PhD, MSc, UG), practitioners, and academics
Cyber Security Growth Action Plan now out
The UK Government has just published its Cyber Security Growth Action Plan, which was led by RISCS alumna Dr Ola Michalec and RISCS advisory board member Simon Shiu. The plan, developed with the support of Bristol Digital Futures Institute and
RISCS Annual Report 2024/2025 published
The RISCS annual report for 2024/2025 has now been published. In it, you’ll find a recap of the year from RISCS Director Prof. Genevieve Liveley, as well as the latest RISCS ‘Problem Page’, news from our Fellows, and updates on
RISCS at Cheltenham Science Festival 2025
We are very excited to announce that RISCS will be at this year’s Cheltenham Science Festival! On Thursday 5 June, RISCS Director Prof. Genevieve Liveley will be joined by Luca Viganò, Adam Joinson, and RISCS Associate Fellow Oishee Kundu for
RISCS Associate Fellow Application process
RISCS Associate Fellows represent early career researchers from the sociotechnical cyber security community – the ‘rising stars’. Each Fellow will be actively engaged in research in one or more thematic areas identified as a priority for NCSC. It is our
POSTER CALL (Deadline 16 Feb 2024): RISCS Annual Conference March 2024, ‘Cyber Security Futures’
DO you identify as an Early Career Researcher? DOES your research align with the objectives of the Research Institute for Sociotechnical Cyber Security (RISCS)? If the answer is ‘yes’, COME AND PRESENT your research poster at the RISCS Annual Conference,