The Hub on Global Experiences of Gender in an Age of Care Crises and Transformation are excited to promote this talk by Dr Leonie Maria Tanczer.
Technology-facilitated abuse (“tech abuse”) in the context of intimate partner violence (IPV) describes an incident or a pattern of incidents in which digital systems are used with the intention to monitor, control, coerce, threaten, degrade, and harm a victim/survivor. Tech abuse, therefore, intersects closely with other forms of IPV, family and domestic abuse, and stalking. However, tech abuse is not an “official” concept or measurement category. Scholars have used different terminology to describe and evaluate the perpetration of abuse and harassment via digital means. This presentation examines the “boundary questions” that tech abuse creates and provides an overview of the current research landscape whilst discussing the findings of a recent comparative survey conducted with UK and Australian support sector representatives.
Dr Leonie Maria Tanczer is an Associate Professor in International Security and Emerging Technologies and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. She heads the "Gender and Tech" Research Group at UCL Computer Science and is interested In the intersection of technology, cybersecurity, and gender. Prior to her current appointment, Dr Tanczer was a Lecturer at UCL's Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEAPP), and before that, a Postdoctoral Research Associate for the EPSRC-funded PETRAS Internet of Things (IoT) Research Hub, where she was part of the "Standards, Governance and Policy" research team. Dr Tanczer holds a PhD from the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics at Queen's University Belfast. She studied Political Science (BA) at the University of Vienna and the University of Limerick (Republic of Ireland) and Political Psychology (MSc) at Queen's University Belfast.
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