Meet The Team

AGENCY’s approach to addressing the wicked problem of online harm is collaborative, bringing together academics from different disciplines

Aad van Moorsel

Principal Investigator (Lead)

Professor and Head of the School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham

Abi Durrant

Co-Investigator

Professor of Interaction Design, School of Computing, Newcastle University

Adrian Bermudez Villalva

Research Associate

Research Associate, Royal Holloway University of London

    Becca Owens

    Researcher

    PhD Candidate in Law, Newcastle Law School, Newcastle University

    Ben Farrand

    Co-Investigator

    Professor in Law & Emerging Technologies, Newcastle Law School, Newcastle University

    Cristina Neesham

    Co-Investigator

    Professor of Business Ethics and Sustainability, Business School, Newcastle University

    Deborah Chambers

    Co-Investigator

    Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, School of Arts and Cultures, Newcastle University

    Ehsan Toreini

    Co-Investigator

    Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University

    of Surrey

    Han Wu

    Research Associate

    Lecturer in Cyber Security, University of Southampton

    Helen Orpin

    Project Manager

    School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham

    Jehana Copilah-Ali

    Research Associate

    Research Associate, University of Birmingham

    Julian Williams

    Co-Investigator

    Professor in Accounting and Finance, Business School, Durham University

    Karen Elliott

    Co-Investigator

    Chair (Full Professor) of Practice in Finance and Fintech, Business School, University of Birmingham

    Karolina Markeviciute

    Researcher

    PhD Candidate in Finance, Business School, Durham University

      Kovila Coopamootoo

      Co-Investigator

      Lecturer in Computer Science, Cyber Security Group, King’s College London

      Lei Shi

      Co-Investigator

      Senior Lecturer, School of Computing, Newcastle University

      Maryam Mehrnezhad

      Co-Investigator

      Reader in Information Security, Information Security Group (ISG), Royal Holloway University of London

      Maxim Kolomeets

      Research Associate

      PhD in Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, Durham University

      Scott Harper

      Researcher

      Research Assistant, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Surrey

      Sheena Robertson

      Project Manager

      School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham

      Shola Olabode

      Research Associate

      PhD Media Studies, School of Arts and Cultures, Newcastle University

      Shrikant Malviya

      Research Associate

      PhD in Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, Durham University

      Stamos Katsigiannis

      Co-Investigator

      Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Durham University

      Tasos Spiliotopoulos

      Research Associate

      Innovation Fellow, School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham

      Vasilis Vlachokyriakos

      Co-Investigator

      Reader (Associate Professor) of Human-Computer Interaction, School of Computing, Newcastle University

      Viana Nijia Zhang

      Research Associate

      PhD in Computer Science, School of Computing, Newcastle University

      Zoya Pourmirza

      Senior Research Fellow

      Academic Director of Smart Systems, School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham