Mary Aiken (psychologist)

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

Aiken in 2018.

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]

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. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-cyber-effect-a-pioneering-cyberpsychologist-explains-how-human-behaviour-changes-online-by-mary-aiken-fwkxkj3t6
  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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