Research clusters

Our core research clusters are at the heart of the Centre for Digital Trust and Society.

Our projects investigate trust and security issues in digital contexts, supported by a wide range of stakeholders in government, industry, and civil society.

Research is funded primarily via Principal Investigators in the Centre through external grants and internal strategic investments.

Research projects across our clusters allow novel cross-disciplinary perspectives on digital trust and cybersecurity.

We encourage collaborations across and beyond clusters through annual seedcorn funding to pump-prime innovative and timely projects.

Clusters

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Digital Technologies and Crime

Focuses on analysing and understanding criminal activity across the digital spectrum.
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Trusted Digital Systems

Developing tools, policies and practices to safeguard data and communication.
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Workplace and Organisational Security

Researching institutional security, insider threats, supply chain security and psychology of crime.
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Democracy and Trust

Researching the threats that digital technologies and AI pose to trust and security in democratic systems.
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Privacy and Trust

Focusing on the interplay of a complex number of topics around privacy and confidentiality.
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Advanced Mathematics

Applying advanced mathematical theory and methods for cyber security.