Notes: - Rutger Leukfeldt discusses his background and how he became involved in cybersecurity research. - The importance of cybersecurity education and the new cybersecurity bachelor program at Leiden University.  - The need for a multidisciplinary approach to cybersecurity, which includes not only technical skills but also social and legal aspects.  - Hack_Right is a program designed for juvenile offenders in the Netherlands who have committed cyber-dependent crimes. The program aims to provide education and support to help young offenders turn away from cybercrime and develop posi ..read more

Notes: - Dr. Benoît Dupont has written a book on the ecology of cybercrime, which was born from his frustration with the segmentation of research on cybercrime within criminology and between disciplines.  - The book argues that all research on cybercrime should be connected because we all live in the same digital ecosystem. - There are many hurdles and obstacles in the way of making positive change in the fight against cybercrime, but Dr. Dupont is optimistic about our chances.  - Residual cybercrime will always subsist, but it can also help identify vulnerabilities in technologies t ..read more

Notes: Dr. Kemp initially moved to Spain and worked as an English teacher before deciding to go back to university to study a social science. He ended up choosing criminology due to the available classes in the morning. While in university, Dr. Kemp became interested in corporate crime and white-collar crime, but later specialized in cybercrime due to its potential for funding and career opportunities. Dr. Kemp discussed the challenges of studying in a different country and in a non-native language. He initially had limited Spanish proficiency but learned the language to a level where he coul ..read more

About our guests: Dr. Katalin Parti https://liberalarts.vt.edu/departments-and-schools/department-of-sociology/faculty/katalin-parti.html https://www.linkedin.com/in/partikat   Papers or resources mentioned in this episode: PROS: Performances to Reduce Online Scams https://liberalarts.vt.edu/research-centers/center-for-gerontology/pros--performances-to-reduce-online-scams.html Parti, Katalin, and Faika Tahir. 2023. "“If We Don’t Listen to Them, We Make Them Lose More than Money:” Exploring Reasons for Underreporting and the Needs of Older Scam Victims" Social Sciences 12, no. 5: 264. http ..read more

About our guests: Kenrick Bagnall https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenrickbagnall/ Papers or resources mentioned in this episode: KonCyber the Podcast https://koncyberthepodcast.podbean.com Other: If I took anything from Kenrick's story, besides of course all of the policing and technical stuff,  it was that you are not too old to seek or take advice nor are you too old to start again.  ..read more

About our Guest: Dr Teresa Scassa https://techlaw.uottawa.ca/people/scassa-teresa https://www.teresascassa.ca   Papers or resources mentioned in this episode: Robinson, P., & Scassa, T. (2022). The Future of Open Data. https://ruor.uottawa.ca/bitstream/10393/43648/1/9780776629759_WEB.pdf Scassa, T. (2020). Designing data governance for data sharing: lessons from sidewalk Toronto. Scassa, T., Robinson, P., & Mosoff, R. (2022). The Datafication of Wastewater:: Legal, Ethical and Civic Considerations. Technology and Regulation, 2022, 23-35 Scassa, T. (2022). The survei ..read more

About our guests: Dr. Richard Frank https://www.sfu.ca/criminology/about/faculty/criminology-faculty/richard-frank.html Noelle Warkentin https://www.sfu.ca/iccrc/members/memberprofiles/Noelle-Warkentin.html Papers or resources mentioned in this episode: Noelle Warkentin, Richard Frank, Yuxuan (Cicilia) Zhang & Naomi Zakimi (2022) Potential cyber-threats against Canada’s critical infrastructure: an investigation of online discussion forums,Criminal Justice Studies, 35:3, 322-345, DOI: 10.1080/1478601X.2022.2081568 Frank, R., & Mikhaylov, A. (2020). Beyond t ..read more

About our guests: Allysa Czerwinsky https://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/criminology/research/postgraduate-research/phd-students/ Diana Benitez Kwasi Boakye-Boateng https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwasi-boakye-boateng-63493412/ https://www.unb.ca/cic/membership/researchers.html Rachel Bleiman https://liberalarts.temple.edu/content/rachel-bleiman Shabnam Saderi https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=LVnEWXoAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&citft=1&citft=2&citft=3&email_for_op=cic.unb.ca%40gmail.com&gmla=AHoSzlVYTOE3KQjjnontUQ0nxOb5LshadwXIRGvt5WbMjlB_dt6e06uBFq49m ..read more

About our guests: Allysa Czerwinsky https://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/criminology/research/postgraduate-research/phd-students/ Diana Benitez Kwasi Boakye-Boateng https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwasi-boakye-boateng-63493412/ https://www.unb.ca/cic/membership/researchers.html Rachel Bleiman https://liberalarts.temple.edu/content/rachel-bleiman Shabnam Saderi https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=LVnEWXoAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&citft=1&citft=2&citft=3&email_for_op=cic.unb.ca%40gmail.com&gmla=AHoSzlVYTOE3KQjjnontUQ0nxOb5LshadwXIRGvt5WbMjlB_dt6e06uBFq49m ..read more

Episode Notes About our guests: Allysa Czerwinsky https://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/criminology/research/postgraduate-research/phd-students/ Diana Benitez Kwasi Boakye-Boateng https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwasi-boakye-boateng-63493412/ https://www.unb.ca/cic/membership/researchers.html Rachel Bleiman https://liberalarts.temple.edu/content/rachel-bleiman Shabnam Saderi https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=LVnEWXoAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&citft=1&citft=2&citft=3&email_for_op=cic.unb.ca%40gmail.com&gmla=AHoSzlVYTOE3KQjjnontUQ0nxOb5LshadwXIRGvt5WbMjlB ..read more