Life in Cyberspace

Dr Mary Aiken is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Geary Institute for Public Policy University College Dublin, Ireland. She is an Academic Advisor (Psychology) to Europol's European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), and a member of the EC3 Academic Advisory Network. Mary is a Global Fellow at the Wilson Center, the leading US institution for in-depth research and dialogue to inform actionable ideas on global issues. She is a lecturer in Criminology and Fellow at the School of Law, Middlesex University, and Fellow of the Society for Chartered IT Professionals.

In 2017, Dr Mary Aiken was inducted into the Infosecurity Europe Hall of Fame, in recognition of her contribution to the information and cybersecurity sector. She is a strategic advisor at European and International levels in policy debates on the impact of technology on human behaviour, and has published and spoken worldwide on this topic. Her research interests include forensic cyberpsychology, AI, human factors in cybersecurity, Internet psychology, organised cybercrime, cyber criminology, behavioural manipulation online and the rights of the child in cyber contexts. Dr Mary Aiken is a member of the Advisory Board of The Hague Justice Portal - a foundation for international peace, justice and security. She is a Strategic Advisor to the European Paladin Capital Group Cyber fund.

Mary's groundbreaking work inspired the CBS prime time television series CSI:Cyber. Her recent book The Cyber Effect was selected by the Times as 2016 Book of the Year in the "Thought Category", and 2016 Best Science Pick by Nature, the international journal of science and technology.