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Personal Statement
Karen Renaud is a Scottish Computing Scientist working on all aspects of Human-Centred Security and Privacy. She was educated at the Universities of Pretoria, South Africa and Glasgow. Her research been funded by the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the Royal Society, the Royal Academy of Engineers and the Fulbright Commission. She is particularly interested in deploying behavioural science techniques to improve security behaviours, and in encouraging end-user privacy-preserving behaviours. Her research approach is multi-disciplinary, essentially learning from other, more established, fields and harnessing methods and techniques from other disciplines to understand and influence cyber security behaviours. https://www.karenrenaud.com
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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SELF-PROTECT: Privacy in a Context of Power Imbalance
Renaud, K. (Principal Investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/03/23 → 31/07/24
Project: Research
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WELL-CONSENT documents: true consent through subtraction
Renaud, K. (Principal Investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/05/22 → 30/04/23
Project: Research
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Emotion and big data: the elephant in the room?
Renaud, K., 1 Jun 2025, The Cambridge Handbook of Behavioural Data Science. Pogrebna, G. & Hills, T. (eds.). Cambridge, p. 278-291 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Unpacking the social and emotional dimensions of security and privacy user engagement
Gerber, N., Zimmermann, V., von Preuschen, A. & Renaud, K., 12 May 2025, (Accepted/In press). 24 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Prizes
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Best Paper Award at the Cloud Computing Conference.
Renaud, K. (Recipient), May 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Insider Threats: Let me count the ways ….
Renaud, K. (Speaker)
5 Jun 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Consulted by The Scotsman & Scotland on Sunday
Renaud, K. (Recipient)
16 May 2025Activity: Public Engagement and Outreach › Media Participation