Mary Aiken (psychologist)

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Aiken in 2018.

Mary Aiken is an Irish cyber psychologist.[1] Her book The Cyber Effect investigates the relationship between technology and human behaviour.

Education[]

She received a Masters in Science in cyberpsychology and a Philosophy in Science in forensic psychology.

Career[]

She is academic advisor to Europol's European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) and an Associate Professor in the Department of Law and Criminology at the University of East London (UEL).

She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, a fellow of the Society for Chartered IT Professionals, and a Global fellow at Wilson Center[2]

Author[]

On 18 August 2016, Aiken published her book The Cyber Effect.[3][4][5][6] This book investigates the relationship between technology and human behaviour. The book received the award of "Book of the Year" in the "Thought Category" by the Times,[7] along with "Science pick" by Nature.[8]

Popular culture[]

Aiken was the inspiration for the lead character, played by Patricia Arquette, in CSI: Cyber.[9]

Achievements[]

She was inducted into the Infosecurity Europe Hall of Fame.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ O’Dea, Ann (2014-03-11). "Women Invent: 100 top women in science, technology, engineering and maths - Part 1 - Careers | siliconrepublic.com - Ireland's Technology News Service". Silicon Republic. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  2. ^ "Mary Aiken". Wilson Center. 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  3. ^ Ronson, Jon (9 September 2016). "Jon Ronson Reviews a New Book About Bad Digital Behavior". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-20 – via NYTimes.com.
  4. ^ Naughton, John (14 August 2016). "The Cyber Effect by Mary Aiken – review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-06-20 – via www.theguardian.com.
  5. ^ "The Cyber Effect by Mary Aiken review". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  6. ^ Frean, Alexandra. "The Cyber Effect by Mary Aiken". The Times. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  7. ^ Sriram (2017-03-11). "Concerned about the amplifying effect of technology, says Mary Aiken". CyberPsychology. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  8. ^ Kiser, Barbara (24 August 2016). "Books in brief". Nature. 536 (7617): 395–395. doi:10.1038/536395a. ISSN 1476-4687. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  9. ^ Thursday; January 08; 2015 (2015-01-08). "Meet the Irish woman who inspired the new CSI show". www.irishexaminer.com. Retrieved 2020-04-16.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "Hall of Fame - Infosecurity Europe". www.infosecurityeurope.com. 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2020-01-27.

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