Cyber Threats Research Centre Members

a photo of a computer processor board with a blue colour overlay

Assessing and responding to threats in cyberspace

Visiting Researchers

Meet our Visiting Researchers

A meeting on a laptop

The Members of CYTREC

J.M Berger

Extremism | Violence | Extremist Ideologies | CVE | Social Media | Terrorism

J.M Berger

Dr Patrick Bishop

Deterrence theory | Cybercrime Control Strategies | Computer Misuse

Dr Patrick Bishop

Assad Burki

Terrorist Financing | Cyber laundering | Organized Cyber Crime

a head shot of assad

Lord Alex Carlile of Berriew CBE KC

Terrorism | Cybercrime | Regulatory Law and Practice | Foreign Policy

a head shot of lord carlile

Lydia Channon

Computational Social Science | AI | Ethics | Far-right Ideologies and Gender

A head shot of Lydia

Professor Maura Conway

Online Extremism & Terrorism | Online Radicalisation

A head shot of Maura Conway

Dr Sara Correia-Hopkins

Cybercrime | Cyber Law | Victimisation | Offenders | Data Science

Sara Correia

Ninian Frenguelli

Gender In The Online Far Right | Terrorism | Extremism | Radicalisation

a photo of Ninian

Florence King

Gender | Cybercrime | Cyber Law | Social Media

Daniel E. Levenson

AI | Counter Terrorism | Tech & Terrorism | Law Enforcement Intelligence

A head shot of Dan

Professor Nuria Lorenzo-Dus

Digital Communication | Online Grooming Resilience-Building

Professor Nuria Lorenzo-Dus

Professor Stuart Macdonald

Counterterrorism | Criminal Law | Human Rights

Professor Stuart Macdonald

Dr Ashley Mattheis

Extremism | Digital Culture | Gender | New Media | Propaganda

A head shot of Ashley

Sean McCafferty

Terrorism | Insurgency | Propaganda | Technology

A head shot of Sean

Professor Yvonne McDermott Rees

Human Rights | Open Source Investigations | International Criminal Law

Yvonne McDermott Rees

Dr Miraji Mohamed

Extremism | P/CVE | Radicalisation | Gender | Youth | New Media

A head shot of Miraji

Dr Reza Montasari

Digital Forensics | Cyber Threats | Dark Web | Open Source Intelligence

a head shot of reza

Dr Melanie Morgan

Psychosocial Research | Marginalised Communities | Hate Crime - Visuals/Graffiti

A head shot of Melanie

Dr Lella Nouri

Radical Right | Far-Right | Social media | Online Extremism

Dr Lella Nouri

Dr Alastair Reed

(Counter)Terrorism | Radicalisation | Propaganda | Strategic Communications

Dr Alastair Reed

Connor Rees

AI Ethics | Extremism | Social Media

Dr Livio Robaldo

LegalTech | Regulatory compliance | Explainable AI | NLP | Data Protection

A head shot of Livio

Ellie Rogers

Online Extremism | CVE | Social Media | Radicalisation

A head shot of Ellie

Dan Soper

International Law | Jurisdiction | Digital Data | Human Rights

Dan Soper, PhD student

Jack Springett-Gilling

PCVE Messaging and Civil Society | Terrorism | Extremism | Radicalisation

A head shot of Jack

Andrew Staniforth

Counter-terrorism | National security | Cybersecurity | Open Source Intelligence

Dr Kris Stoddart

Cybersecurity | Cyberterrorism | Cybercrime and the law | International security

a photo of kris stoddart

Kerime Toprak

Cybercrime | Financial Crimes | Organized Crime

a head shot of kerime toprak

Sam Treacy

Communications (online and offline) | Narratives | Extremism

a head shot of sam treacy

Dr Katy Vaughan

Counterterrorism Law And Policy | Human Rights

dr katy vaughan

Shahed Warreth

Cybercrime | Social Media | Terrorism | Extremism | Open Source Intelligence

David Wells

Counter-terrorism | CVE | Far-right | Human rights

A head shot of David

Dr Joe Whittaker

Terrorism | Radicalisation | Extremism | Social Media

Joe Whittaker

Dr Kamil Yilmaz

Political Violence | Radicalization | Deradicalization | Counterterrorism | CVE

a head shot of kamil