How can the features that make dating apps convenient also create opportunities for harassment? Jennifer Ayerza from George Mason University joins us to discuss how people use dating apps, what they disclose on their profiles and how these choices can affect their experiences. We also discuss what users, platform operators, schools and governments can do to make online dating safer.

How do we study cybercrime when the usual data sources are limited, uneven or built around assumptions from the Global North? Irnasya Hadi joins us to discuss cyber insecurity in Indonesia, public responses to government data breaches and her Snapshot of Society approach to studying digital harm in the Global South. We talk about critical criminology, data breach fatigue, insider and outsider perspectives and why apparent public indifference may actually reveal exhaustion, resignation and institutional failure.

AI agents are changing how people find, consume and evaluate news. Dr. Aengus Bridgman from McGill University joins us to discuss how AI systems interact with journalism, what happens when news is summarized without clear attribution or compensation and why this matters for the future of the information environment.

How should we think about security when many of the most important problems are not purely technical? Bruce Schneier joins us to discuss the challenge of communicating complex security ideas to non-technical audiences, the lasting relevance of security theatre, and why psychology, economics, and governance often matter as much as code. We also explore artificial intelligence, manipulated media, cybercrime, regulation, and the growing need for people who can bridge the worlds of engineering, policy, and society.

Dr. Rachel McNealey joins us to examine how people understand cybercrime and why existing response systems often fail to meet their needs. We explore how perceptions of police capability differ across types of cybercrime, and what happens when gaps in response are filled by private actors.

Dr Samuel Tanner offers a reflective monologue tracing his intellectual journey from doctoral research on war crimes in the Balkans to contemporary work on right-wing extremism, disinformation, and what he calls pop masculinism. Across these projects runs a persistent question: how do people make sense of a world that feels as though it is slipping out of alignment? Drawing on fieldwork, policing research, and analysis of digital platforms, Dr Tanner explores the relationship between violence, information, and social order in an era where public discourse increasingly unfolds within privately governed online spaces.

Who commits cybercrime, and are all cybercrime offenders the same? In this episode, We speak with Dr. Luuk Bekkers about what criminological and psychological research reveals about cybercrime perpetrators. They discuss differences between financially motivated and technically skilled offenders, the overlap between online and offline crime, and why understanding offender types matters for prevention, policing, and policy.

How do we change cybersecurity behaviour rather than simply improve awareness? In this episode, Julia Prümmer joins Cybercrimeology to discuss cybersecurity training through the lens of psychology, systematic reviews, and behavioural theory. The conversation examines why many training programmes improve knowledge and attitudes but struggle to produce sustained behavioural change, and how differentiating between types of cybersecurity behaviour may lead to more effective interventions.

What leads someone from early curiosity in technology to criminal hacking? Dr Melissa Martineau joins us to discuss cyber profiling, pathways into cyber dependent offending and what distinguishes those who drift toward crime from those who enter cybersecurity. We talk about motivations, early developmental factors and what her research reveals about opportunities for prevention and diversion.

We speak with Dr Grant Ho from the University of Chicago about a large-scale field evaluation of anti-phishing training inside a major health organisation. The conversation examines annual awareness training, embedded “teach-at-click” exercises, and the role that engagement plays in any observed benefit. We also discuss how to measure programme value realistically and why careful experimental design matters when organizations make investment decisions.