Social Glue

On Sunday, I received an urgent message from a friend. PayPal had sent him an email saying that a co-worker had sent him money. This was not unexpected, as he was collecting contributions towards a farewell gift for another coworker. What struck him as odd were the instructions to claim the money by logging into […]

Happy to announce that I’ve started a position as Security Awareness Advocate with the world leader in Security Awareness Training, KnowBe4. I’m based in Berlin, Germany. My main area of attention will be the DACH region, but you can expect to see me around EMEA and else where. While the industry names itself “Security Awareness […]

This paper summarises a pivotal chapter of my doctoral thesis. It has just been submitted for peer review and is now available as a preprint. In spite of research recognizing the home as a shared space and privacy as inherently social, privacy in smart homes has mainly been researched from an individual angle. Sometimes contrasting […]

Empowering privacy in the connected home: communal use of smart technologies (thesis). Doctor of Philosophy. Department of Computer Science and Linacre College, University of Oxford (accepted on June 30th 2022). It’s finally available online: The latest wave of internet-connected smart home technologies promises convenience and control over a diverse network of different systems, such as appliances, […]

I’m happy to share that I’ve joined VDI/VDE-IT as a research consultant with a focus on cyber security. I will be consulting funding organisations and innovators/researchers on trends in the field and support clients in implementing funding programs. I still pursue my research interests and will be happy to chat about any of my work.

I finally found some time to collate information on the different research projects I worked on over the years. Check out the projects page.

Data Security and Privacy, MSc in Software and Systems Security. Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford.

(Paper, 2nd author) accepted to CHI 2021 in Yokohama, Japan Smart home products aren’t living up to their promise. They claim to transform the way we live, providing convenience, energy efficiency, and safety. However, the reality is significantly less profound and often frustrating. This is particularly apparent in security and privacy experiences: powerlessness, confusion, and annoyance have […]

Brown Bag Seminar at the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford. Virtual Event.