Personal profile
Research interests
My research interests lie at the intersection of cybersecurity and data science, commonly crossing over into the application of machine learning techniques to cybercrime prevention. My work has focused around understanding security implications from online data in application domains such as child protection, social engineering, online fraud and technological cybercrime, whilst simultaneously attempting to improve the transparency and reliability of technologies used for cybersecurity purposes.
Research Groups and Themes
- Cyber Security
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
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An automated Home Secretary: Evaluating the ability of large language models to understand extremist conversations
Stevenson, J., Gassmann, L. & Edwards, M., 14 Jun 2025, Cybersecurity: 9th European Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Conference, EICC 2025, Rennes, France, June 18–19, 2025, Proceedings. Praça, I., Bernardi, S. & Inácio, P. R. M. (eds.). Springer, p. 3-19 17 p. (Communications in Computer and Information Science; vol. 2500 CCIS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)
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Leading the Mastodon Herd: Analysing the Traits of Influential Leaders on a Decentralised Social Media Platform
Gassmann, L., McConville, R. & Edwards, M., 16 Jan 2025, 2024 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (BigData). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), p. 2939-2948 10 p. (IEEE International Conference on Big Data).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)
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The dangers, directness, and purposes of online collective actions
Lowery, C., Edwards, M. & Smith, L. G. E., 6 Dec 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Political Psychology. 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Projects
- 5 Finished
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Sextortion Offending: Locations and Dynamics
Edwards, M. (Principal Investigator)
1/05/23 → 30/11/23
Project: Research
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Reclaiming individual autonomy and democratic discourse online: How to rebalance human and algorithmic decision making
Lewandowsky, S. (Principal Investigator), Rashid, A. (Principal Investigator), Edwards, M. (Co-Investigator), Craggs, B. (Co-Investigator), Skatova, A. (Co-Investigator) & Carrella, F. (Researcher)
1/03/21 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Sextortion Offending: Locations and Dynamics
Edwards, M. (Principal Investigator)
1/05/23 → 30/11/23
Project: Research
Datasets
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Topological and Conversational Features in a Large Mastodon Network
Gassmann, L. D. (Creator), Edwards, M. (Contributor) & McConville, R. (Contributor), Mendeley Data, 10 Sept 2024
DOI: 10.17632/k992knbyyv.1, https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/k992knbyyv
Dataset
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Scam Survivors Sextortion Reports
Edwards, M. (Creator), Hollely, N. (Creator) & Rigby, Y. (Data Manager), University of Bristol, 18 Dec 2023
DOI: 10.5523/bris.mmtun4gufpdb2tmmrcpos4shq, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/mmtun4gufpdb2tmmrcpos4shq
Dataset
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Scam Survivors Sextortion Reports
Edwards, M. (Creator), Mendeley Data, 1 Aug 2023
DOI: 10.17632/xp8n69sdtp.1, https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/xp8n69sdtp
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