AGENCY
Assuring Citizen Agency in a World with Complex Online Harms
AGENCY
A multidisciplinary project seeking to understand the role of agency in the complex online harms both groups and individuals experience, so we can better respond to those harms in a way that empowers users.
Overview
The online world is a curious but uncertain world. Whilst it brings connectivity and vast quantities of information, it can also be used to cause harm. Complex harms tend to happen to citizens, and, in most cases, they are not purposely caused or easily controlled by citizens. Bringing together experts across different disciplines and engaging with all stakeholders, crucially citizens themselves, AGENCY seeks to understand complex online harms and propose ways citizens can be empowered to have more control and confidence using the internet.
The Case Study Approach
AGENCY Research can be broken down into 3 different topics/case studies:
Updates from AGENCY
Bluetooth security analysis of general and intimate health IoT devices and apps: the case of FemTech
Authors: Stephen Cook (RHUL), Maryam Mehrnezhad (RHUL), Ehsan Toreini (University of Surrey) We are pleased to announce…
CyberMi2 Research Day 2024
by Maryam Mehrnezhad On 24 May 2024, we had a successful second CyberMi2 Research Day, which was…
Tech Back Your Bits!
by Maryam Mehrnezhad On Saturday, 13 July 2024, some members of the AGENCY Research team presented some…