The bulk of my teaching is at Master’s level for the Department of Sociology. I convene the core methods course on Research Design, as well as my own option on the Sociology of Cybersecurity. This option is cross-listed with the MPhil in Global and Area Studies, for which I also convene the Qualitative Methods classes. I teach an intensive module on Cyber Threat Intelligence for the MSc in Software and Systems Security.
I am willing to supervise DPhil students across a range of topics and methods. With that said, my core areas of interest for supervision usually cross one or more of:
• Cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Organised Crime
• Sociology of Technology
• Economic Sociology
• Analytical Sociology
I’m particularly interested in taking on students who wish to engage in detailed case studies of cybercrime hotspots around the globe, and have the language skills and cultural knowledge to conduct fieldwork in these locations (e.g. Brazil, Nigeria, Eastern Europe, or Southeast Asia), or are committed to developing these skills.
While I am open to supervising hardworking students on a range of methods, my expertise is on qualitative methods and various forms of data collection/curation (e.g. interviews, questionaires/surveys; content analysis; experiments). If you wish to work on a topic which is highly quantitative or engages seriously with data science, but you think we are well matched, you may wish to consider a co-supervisor and/or have a high level of confidence in your methodological abilities in these areas.