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

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]
Popular culture
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
- O’Dea, Ann (11 March 2014). "Women Invent: 100 top women in science, technology, engineering and maths - Part 1 - Careers | siliconrepublic.com - Ireland's Technology News Service". Silicon Republic. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- "Mary Aiken". Wilson Center. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- Ronson, Jon (9 September 2016). "Jon Ronson Reviews a New Book About Bad Digital Behavior". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 June 2020 – via NYTimes.com.
- Naughton, John (14 August 2016). "The Cyber Effect by Mary Aiken – review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 20 June 2020 – via www.theguardian.com.
- "The Cyber Effect by Mary Aiken review". www.ft.com. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- Frean, Alexandra. "The Cyber Effect by Mary Aiken". The Times. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- Sriram (11 March 2017). "Concerned about the amplifying effect of technology, says Mary Aiken". CyberPsychology. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- Kiser, Barbara (24 August 2016). "Books in brief". Nature. 536 (7617): 395–395. doi:10.1038/536395a. ISSN 1476-4687. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- Thursday; January 08; 2015 (8 January 2015). "Meet the Irish woman who inspired the new CSI show". www.irishexaminer.com. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - "Hall of Fame - Infosecurity Europe". www.infosecurityeurope.com. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
External links
- Mary Aiken at IMDb
- maryaiken.com - personal website