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Personal Statement
Professor Wendy Moncur leads the Cybersecurity Group at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. Her research focuses on online identity, reputation, trust and cybersecurity. It traverses disciplinary boundaries, drawing on Human Computer Interaction, psychology, sociology, digital anthropology and design. Wendy has over 80 peer-reviewed publications across human-computer interaction, cybersecurity, AI, law, psychology, design and sociology. She currently leads the Human Factors workstream in the £3.6Million project AP4L: (Adaptive PETs to Protect & emPower People during Life Transitions), and leads the REPHRAIN-funded project Addressing Privacy Risks and Legal Challenges in the Emergent Use of Text-based Generative AI for UK Research (REPHRAIN). She is also an Expert Fellow in SPRITE+, the Security, Privacy, Identity and Trust Engagement NetworkPlus.
Teaching Interests
Wendy has supervised the following PhD students to completion:
- Kirsten Smith (2016) Exploring personalised emotional support
- Karin De Wild (2019). Internet art and agency : the social lives of online artworks
- Daniel Herron (2021) Design for relationship break ups : curation of digital possessions
- Lee Cheatley (2021) Continued bonds : towards the design of computationally creative bereavement support
- Lucy Robertson (2021) Interactive Textiles for Wellbeing
She currently teaches on the Graduate Apprentice MSc in Cybersecurity, and supervises undergraduate and Mc dissertations.
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):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, A model for the provision of adaptive e-health information across the personal social network, University of Aberdeen
Award Date: 1 Jan 2011
Master of Science, Edinburgh Napier University
Award Date: 1 Jan 2007
External positions
Visiting Professor, University of Dundee
Aug 2020 → Aug 2022
Board Member, Academic RiSC
Member, EPSRC Peer Review College
Keywords
- Human Computer Interaction
- Cybersecurity
- Interdisciplinarity
- trust
- identity
- privacy
- Qualitative Research
- Mixed Methods
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Addressing societal cybersecurity challenges
Moncur, W. (Principal Investigator)
14/11/22 → 14/11/25
Project: Internally funded project
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AP4L: Adaptive PETs to Protect & emPower People during Life Transitions
Moncur, W. (Principal Investigator), English, R. (Academic), Renaud, K. (Co-investigator) & Yan, J. (Co-investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/04/22 → 31/03/25
Project: Research
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Assisting care recipients with dementia in accessing and using their online financial accounts: practices of caregivers
Ryan, S., Moncur, W. & Ruthven, I., 27 Apr 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Assessing risks in online information sharing
Azzopardi, L., Nicol, E., Briggs, J., Moncur, W., Schafer, B., Nash, C. & duheric, M., 19 Dec 2024, (Accepted/In press) ACM CHIIR 2025: ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction And Retrieval. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book
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Data for: "An Evidence Synthesis of Covert Online Strategies Regarding Intimate Partner Violence" (version 2)
Grimani, A. (Creator), Gavine, A. (Creator) & Moncur, W. (Creator), figshare, 16 Feb 2023
DOI: 10.25384/sage.c.5123325.v2, https://doi.org/10.25384/SAGE.c.5123325.v1
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Online Information Disclosure and Information Privacy Practices During Significant Life Transitions: Scoping Review Data Extraction Tool
Gibson, R. C. (Creator), Meiklem, R. (Contributor), Moncur, W. (Contributor) & Ruthven, I. (Contributor), University of Strathclyde, 3 Feb 2025
DOI: 10.15129/8b9ff16f-cc41-4d65-b0ff-625c1e4ec7a0
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Prizes
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Top 10 IRIS 2022 LexisNexis Best Paper Award
Schafer, B. (Recipient), Nash, C. (Recipient), Nicol, E. (Recipient), Htait, A. (Recipient), Briggs, J. (Recipient), Moncur, W. (Recipient), Azzopardi, L. (Recipient) & Carey, D. (Recipient), 25 Feb 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Activities
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UK and The World in 2025
Moncur, W. (Participant)
30 Jan 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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A Design Oriented Adaptation of the Thematic Analysis Method for Use in HCI
Moncur, W. (Examiner)
3 Nov 2024Activity: Examination types › Examination