Associate ProfessorJoel Scanlan

Associate Professor Scanlan specialises in cybersecurity and privacy, having undertaken a PhD in the area. He has been teaching and consulting with the industry for 20 years and is also an Associate Professor in maritime cybersecurity at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences.

His primary research interests relate to the technical and social harms of the internet, with a particular focus on child exploitation prevention, cybersecurity and machine learning. He is the academic co-lead of the CSAM Deterrence Centre, working with the technology industry and other stakeholders to prevent the access and sharing of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). His research involves collaborating closely in multiple-disciplinary teams from psychology, law and maritime. He is an active researcher on projects related to child exploitation prevention, data privacy, maritime cybersecurity, and machine learning.