Reflections on and insights into joining a multi-disciplinary cybersecurity research project.
By Dr Ramsay Meiklem While the AP4L team is currently completing work and preparing publications, I have offered to give an overview of time on the AP4L project and the insights it has given me. It has been 6 months since I joined the team based at University of Strathclyde, and it has been an interesting and eye-opening experience. My first step when joining the team back in January was getting to grips with the overall project, especially understanding who the outcomes of AP4L are intended to support and why. The opportunity to attend the all-hands meeting early on was an excellent chance to see where the different teams were focusing their efforts and the work to date, as well as what was to come. As a first step into cybersecurity and privacy as a domain, addressing the challenges faced by the four populations being explored in the project (i.e. Leaving the Armed Forces; LGBTQIA+; Living with Cancer; Relationship Breakdown) when sharing their significant life transitions online