Expert Clinic Matchmaking

Expert Clinic Matchmaking

SPRITE+ Expert Fellows are subject matter experts in specialist areas of TIPSS. The aim of the Expert Clinic initiative is to make this body of expertise accessible to organisations addressing practical challenges and seeking a specific expert input. SPRITE+ will act as a triaging platform to enable organisations meet an Expert Fellow with expertise relevant to their issue.

View the list of SPRITE+ Expert Fellows who have expressed interest in providing an Expert Clinic, and their different areas of expertise, below. If your organisation would like to be connected with an expert, please submit an expression of interest here.

Abir Awad

Principal Academic in Cyber Security

Areas of expertise:

Cloud security
Cybersecurity assurance | Cybersecurity threats
Cryptography
Data breaches | Data provenance
Human factors in security | Incident response
Information governance
ISO27001/27002
Risk management
Security awareness program design
Social engineering
Trustworthiness

Charis Rice

Associate Professor

Areas of expertise:

Behavioural nudges for security compliance
Consumer trust
Disinformation
Insider threats
Reputation management
Security awareness campaigns
Security culture development
Trustworthiness
Trust-building frameworks

Charles Weir

Senior Lecturer

Areas of expertise:

Cyber resilience
Decision-making under uncertainty in cybersecurity
Human factors in security
Risk management
Security by design
Sociotechnical aspects of software engineering

Cigdem Sengul

Reader at Brunel University London

Areas of expertise:

Access control (models)
Dark patterns and deceptive designs
Digital identity
GDPR
Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Internet of Things
Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs)

Edward Apeh

Principal Academic in Computing

Areas of expertise:

AI safety
AI assurance
Authentication
Behaviour change programs
Cyber Resilience
Human Factors in Security
Fraud prevention
Fintech
Identity fraud
Privacy enhancing technologies

Emma Barrett

Professor of Psychology, Security and Trust, Department of Criminology, University of Manchester

Areas of expertise:

Artificial Intelligence Ethics
Cybercrime: Emerging threats (AI-enhanced/facilitated)
Cybercrime: Emerging threats (XR)
Disinformation
Misinformation
Online safety
Risk management
Security of XR/AR/VR Systems

Farhan Ahmad

Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security

Areas of expertise:

Blockchain Trust Models
Cyber resilience
Cybersecurity Threats
Internet of Things
Post Quantum Cryptography
Risk management
Smart cities
Trust frameworks
Trustworthiness
Zero trust architecture

Irini Katsirea

Reader in International Media Law

Areas of expertise:

Disinformation
Misinformation
Right to be Forgotten

John McAlaney

Professor of Psychology

Areas of expertise:

Behaviour change programs
Behavioural measurement in security
Behavioural nudges for security compliance
Cognitive biases affecting security decisions
Cognitive load in security tasks
Collective security behaviour in organisations
Cybercrime: Criminal infrastructure and MO
Human Factors in Security
Human-AI collaboration
Incident response psychology

Julie Dawson

Chief Regulatory & Policy Officer

Areas of expertise:

Age assurance/verification
Cultural attitudes towards digital identity
Digital credentials
Digital identity verification | Digital identity wallets
Digital identity
Identity management
Identity presentation in digital spaces
Online safety
Privacy concerns in identity verification
Trust development in online communities

Kai Xu

Associate Professor

Areas of expertise:

Agentic systems
Data provenance
Human AI collaboration
Human centred AI

Karen Mc Cullagh

Associate Professor in Law

Areas of expertise:

Data protection regulation
GDPR
User privacy rights
Cross-Border Data Transfers
Freedom of Information
Data privacy
Regulatory compliance
ECHR
Qualitative methods in privacy research
Right to be forgotten

Kate Han

Lecturer in Digital Business & Information System

Areas of expertise:

Digital transformation | Digital twins
Data synthesis | Data linkage
Federated learning
Explainable AI
Open data
Personal data
Qualitative methods in privacy research
Recommendation systems
Smart cities
Scenario analysis
Third-party data sharing

Lijun Shang

Professor of Biomedical Sciences

Areas of expertise:

AI safety
Biometric data
Brain-Computer Interfaces
Citizen-led approaches to (AI) governance
Collective security behaviour in organisations
Cross-border data transfers
Cross-border regulations
Cross-cultural research approaches
Cross-cultural security communication
Digital ethics
Information governance

Marcus Kaiser

Professor of Neuroinformatics

Areas of expertise:

Brain-Computer Interfaces
Data privacy
Neuroprivacy

Maria Limniou

Senior Lecturer in Cyberpsychology

Areas of expertise:

AI trust and acceptance
Cultural attitudes toward digital identity
Cybercrime: Identity theft/compromise
Digital Forensics | Digital Identity | Digital Literacy
Offensive cyber capabilities
Online safety
Psychological ownership of digital assets and identity
Psychology of anonymity and pseudonymity
Social norms around information sharing
Trust development in online communities
Trust formation in digital interactions
User anonymity | User confidence

Mark Elliot

Professor of Data Science

Areas of expertise:

Anonymisation
Data privacy
Data provenance
Data synthesis
Digital ethics
Motivated intruder testing
Privacy analytics
Privacy by Design
Personal data
Statistical Disclosure Control

Mark Levine

Professor of Social Psychology

Areas of expertise:

Collective security behaviour in organisations
Context collapse awareness
Decision-making under uncertainty in cybersecurity
Ethical data practices
Human factors in security
Incident response psychology
Privacy paradox exploration
Surveillance systems
Social proofs
Security culture development

Martin Gallagher

Director

Areas of expertise:

Change management for security initiatives
Cost-benefit analysis in security decisions
Cultural adaptation strategies
Cultural aspects of trust building
Cybercrime: Emerging threats (AI enhanced/facilitated)
Incident response psychology
Leadership influence on security culture
Reputation management | Risk management
Security culture development
Social networks in threat propagation
Trustworthiness

Mohamed Khamis

Professor of Cybersecurity and Human-Computer Interaction

Areas of expertise:

Cybercrime: Emerging Threats (XR)
Cybercrime: Emerging Threats (AI-enhanced/facilitated)
Cultural variations in security mental models
Human Factors in Security
Online safety
Privacy by Design
Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs)
Security of XR/AR/VR Systems
Social engineering
User experience in authentication
Virtual reality trust building

Niki Panteli

Professor of Digital business

Areas of expertise:

Trust development in online communities
Trust formation in digital interactions
Trust frameworks
Trust indicators effectiveness
Trust repair after security incidents
Trust signals in digital identity
Trust transfer in digital contexts
Trust-building frameworks
Trustworthiness
Trustworthy AI systems

Philip Wu

Professor of Information Management

Areas of expertise:

AI trust and acceptance
Contextual integrity
Identity management
Misinformation
Privacy paradox exploration
Privacy attitude assessment
Reputation management
Reputation systems psychology
Social media privacy behaviour
Sociotechnical aspects of software engineering
Trust development in online communities

Sabah Suhail

Research Fellow

Areas of expertise:

Cybercrime: Emerging threats (digital twin attacks)
Cybersecurity threats
Digital Twins

Santosh Vijaykumar

Associate Professor

Areas of expertise:

Behaviour change programs
Consumer trust
Digital literacy
Disinformation
Information asymmetry
Misinformation
Risk communication effectiveness
Risk perception and assessment in digital environments
Social capital in online trust networks
Trust development in online communities

Sebati Ghosh

SPRITE+ Expert Fellow

Areas of expertise:

Cryptography
Cognitive load in security tasks
Cultural differences in privacy expectations
Cultural adaptation strategies
Generation gaps in privacy attitudes
Password behaviour and psychology
Social proof in trust decisions
Social proof in security behaviour
Training program design
User confidence

Stacey Conchie

Professor in Psychology

Areas of expertise:

Behavioural measurement in security
Biometric data
Collective security behaviour in organisations
Cultural aspects of trust building
Leadership influence on security culture
Security culture development
Trustworthiness

Xiaochun Cheng

SPRITE+ Expert Fellow

Areas of expertise:

Access control (models)
Authentication
Autonomous systems trust
Blockchain trust models | Blockchain security
Biometric data | Biometric authentication
Chain of trust
Communication privacy
Data provenance
Fintech
Fraud prevention
Trust transfer in digital contexts
Verifiable AI

Yang Lu

Senior Lecturer

Areas of expertise:

Autonomous systems trust
Behavioural nudges for security compliance
Data linkage
Data privacy
Digital Footprint Management
Human-AI collaboration
Privacy paradox exploration
Privacy enhancing technologies
Trustworthy AI systems
Transparency

Match with a SPRITE+ Expert Fellow

Is your organisation facing a Digital TIPS (Trust, Identity, Privacy or Security) problem which could benefit from the input of a specific expert? Submit an expression of interest below to start the matchmaking process.