Dr Julia Slupska
Former DPhil Student
Julia Slupska was a doctoral student at the Centre for Doctoral Training in Cybersecurity and the Oxford Internet Institute. Julia previously graduated from the LSE and the OII.
The pandemic has seen an increase in online crime, with scams, phishing, and ransomware targeting remote works. Online abuse aimed at women, particularly women from Black and minority backgrounds, has continued to rise. Among all these, it is key that online security is open and accessible to all.
The Reconfigure project takes on this task by aiming to build a more cyber-aware society with users rather than in spite of them. It asks: ‘how is cybersecurity different when it starts from ordinary citizens’ concerns?’ The Reconfigure Network ran a 10-month pilot study applying “action research” methods to cybersecurity. This included a series of community workshops which invited participants to define their own cybersecurity threats, implement changes to protect themselves, and reflect on the role cybersecurity played in their lives. This report sets out findings from those workshops.
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Publication date:
July 2021
July 2021
Authors
Scarlet Dawson Duckworth
Former MSc Student
Scarlet is interested in the role that online spheres play in shaping identity, particularly personal and national identities. She holds a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics.
Professor Gina Neff
Former Professor of Technology & Society
Professor Neff is the Executive Director of the Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy at the University of Cambridge. She is a sociologist who studies innovation, the digital transformation of industries, and how new technologies impact work.
Dr Nayana Prakash
Former DPhil Student
Nayana is a DPhil researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute. Her research focuses on purpose-built storytelling platforms in India and the changing nature of writing online. In her work, she blends ethnographic methodology with literary practice.
Selina Cho
Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford
Linda Ma
Former MSc Student
Linda was a student on the MSc in Social Sciences of the Internet programme.
Laura Shepherd
Dr Hubert Au
Former DPhil Student
Hubert is a DPhil student at the OII, interested in computational propaganda and social movements online.
Antonella Perini
Former MSc Student
Antonella holds a BA in International Relations from Universidad de San Andrés (Argentina) and an MA in International Relations Europe-Latin America from Università di Bologna. She works at a civil society organization political innovation projects.
Romy Minko
Related Project
Reconfigure is a feminist cybersecurity project that uses community-based participatory methods and feminist approaches to reconfigure cybersecurity research and build public capacity for data privacy and action.