Mary Aiken

Mary Aiken is a Professor of Forensic Cyberpsychology in the Department of Law and Criminology at the University of East London. She is a Professor of Cyberpsychology and Chair of the Department of Cyberpsychology at Washington D.C.'s premier STEM University, Capitol Technology University, and Adjunct Professor at the Geary Institute for Public Policy University College Dublin. She is a member of the INTERPOL Global Cybercrime Expert Group and Academic Advisor to Europol's European Cyber Crime Center (EC3), Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, member of Medico-Legal Society, International Affiliate Member of the American Psychological Association (APA), Fellow of the Society for Chartered I.T. Professionals, and International Global Fellow at the Washington DC Wilson Center. Professor Aiken has an M.Sc in Cyberpsychology & a PhD in Forensic Cyberpsychology; her research interests include SafetyTech, Online Harms, Cyberchondria, A.I., Fintech, human factors in cybersecurity, organized cybercrime, online behavioural profiling, Internet psychology & youth protection online. She engages in policy debates at the intersection of technology and human behaviour and has published and spoken internationally on this topic. A published, peer-reviewed author, Professor Aiken, has been featured by CBS, BBC, New York Post, Newsweek, NPR, Inside Edition, Scientific American, Variety, the Atlantic, Washington Post, WSJ, New York Times, Sunday Times, Guardian, Hollywood Reporter and Time Magazine.

Publications

Handbook of Research on Cyberchondria, Health Literacy, and the Role of Media in Society’s Perception of Medical Information
Hacer Aker, Mary Aiken. © 2022. 436 pages.
Cyberchondria is characterized by a pattern of excessive health-based search behaviors that are likely to increase health anxiety or distress, heightened by ever-increasing...
Cyberchondria, Coronavirus, and Cybercrime: A Perfect Storm
Mary Aiken, Ruby Farr, Doug Witschi. © 2022. 19 pages.
Humans are adapting to and increasingly relying on technology particularly in times of global crisis. As online audiences increase, so does the risk of cybercrime. The impact of...