Victoria is a 3rd year PhD student based in the School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Wales and is part of the Doctoral Training Program (DTP) in Cyber Security Analytics. Victoria studied Criminology as an undergraduate at the University of Lincoln and went on to complete her Masters in Criminology and Social Research – Cyber Crime and Cyber Security at the University of Surrey. Around her studies, Victoria has worked as a Research Assistant; delivered talks at both national and international conferences, workshops and symposiums and is also an established Cyber Security and Information Assurance Consultant.
Under the guidance of Professor Phillip Morgan - Research Group Director: Human Factors Excellence (HuFEx) at Cardiff University; Director of Research: Cardiff University Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Human Machine Systems (IROHMS); and Lead: Human Factors & Cognitive Science and Transportation Themes – Cardiff University Digital Transformation Innovation Institute (DTII) - I am a 3rd year PhD student researching how autonomous vehicles would be blamed and trusted (or not) in the event of a cyber attack using methods from both applied and experimental psychology. I am also examining how the initial loss of trust in such technology could be countered by human-computer interactions with the human-machine interface and wider vehicle design.