Centre for Cybercrime and Economic Crime
The Centre for Cybercrime and Economic Crime (CCEC) was founded in 2022 to bring together our extensive knowledge in these areas, and to enhance research, teaching and innovation in these fields.
Our aim is to harness, coordinate and develop the cybercrime and economic crime expertise across the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the wider University, including the School of Computing, the Department of Psychology, and the Faculty of Business and Law.
CCEC also enables greater multidisciplinary working and cooperation between the many other pockets of interest related to cybercrime and economic crime across the University and beyond.
As one the largest groups of active researchers in these areas in the UK, our members are at the forefront of researching and understanding the challenges posed by cybercrime and economic crime. Their work contributes to solutions that address these risks and enhance societal and organisational security and resilience.
CCEC incorporates and builds upon the work of the Centre for Counter Fraud Studies, and includes our Cybercrime Awareness Clinic.
Our members have also developed links with Korean academics to jointly study issues in cybercrime and economic crime.
CCEC research focuses upon these broad areas:
- Fraud
- Corruption
- Intellectual property crime
- Financial regulation
- Economic and industrial espionage
- Money laundering
- Cybercrime
- Cybersecurity
- Digital forensics
- Forensic accounting
- Prevention, detection, investigation and punishment for cybercrimes and economic crimes
- Environmental crime
- Victimology
Research groups
CCEC is built upon four smaller research groups focusing on specific areas of cybercrime and economic crime.
Cybercrime and Cybersecurity Group
We're researching how crime takes place using technology, such as cyber fraud, hacking, online abuse, and its impact on individuals and society.
Economic Crime Research Group
We're researching the scale, impact and cost of economic crimes 鈥 such as fraud, corruption and money laundering.
Victimology and Ecological Justice Group
We're researching victims and victimisation, inequality, domestic and online abuse, ecological justice, wildlife crime and climate change.
Cyber security
We're working to improve the security of the systems used to access assets, and to make the way people access them more secure.
Cybercrime Awareness Clinic
Part of CCEC, the clinic provides cybercrime awareness advice to individuals, community groups, schools, colleges and small and medium organisations, and conducts research into cybercrime awareness and prevention.
Anglo-Korean Security, Cybercrime and Economic Crime Academic Network (AKSCECAN)
Members of CECC have strong links with researchers in South Korea.
As part of an ESRC funded research project into fraud, cybercrime and ageing in the UK and South Korea, they have established an academic network.
Events
CCEC organises a range of events relating to various aspects of cybercrime and economic crime.
Every June, the Centre hosts a two-day international conference, in person and online, featuring dozens of presentations on a wide range of subjects. In January, we host an online Winter Symposium focusing on specific issues of economic crime. The Centre also hosts a series of seminars on relevant topics throughout the academic year, both online and in person.
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Upcoming events
We are pleased to announce our next annual conference, the 13th Counter Fraud, Cybercrime and Forensic Accounting Conference, to be held in-person at the 小蓝视频 over two days on Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th June 2024. Some plenary sessions will also be live-streamed free of charge.
This year鈥檚 conference will feature keynote and plenary speakers including:
- Professor Rutger Leukfeldt (Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement and Center of Expertise Cybersecurity, Hague University of Applied Sciences)
- Oleksiy Feshchenko (former advisor to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)
- Professor Durgesh Pandey (Professor of Practice, National Forensic Sciences University, India)
- Andrei Skorobogatov and Ayesha Babar (Home Office, International Fraud)
- Chris Freeman and Michael Betts (Public Sector Fraud Authority)
- Cyber Crime Unit, National Crime Agency
In addition to the above, over 30 speakers from across the globe will be sharing their research and expertise on a range of topics including Online Harms, Victims of Fraud, Anti-Fraud Technology, Cybersecurity and Hacking, Digital Threats, Telecommunication Frauds, Beneficial Ownership, Fraud Investigation, Government Responses to Fraud, Fraud Detection, Organised and Environmental Crime, and Auditing.
The aim of the conference is to network, share our research and insights into techniques, ideas, or approaches that help to inform fellow scholars and professionals on important debates in the field of cybercrime, economic crime and forensic accounting.
The plenary and keynote sessions will be live streamed free of charge.
The full conference programme can be viewed .
Opportunities for Sponsorship
There will be opportunities for sponsorship of the conference and for stalls at the conference venue. If you are interested in sponsoring, then please contact ccec@port.ac.uk.
Find out more about last year鈥檚 conference
Past events
The 5th Winter Economic Crime Symposium was held online on 18th January 2024, organised by Dr Branislav Hock, of the Economic Crime Research Group. The event featured sessions on Economic Crime in War and Exploring UK government initiatives to tackle economic crime, bringing together a diverse body of researchers, practitioners, students and other community members. The keynote speech, on Economic Crime and War Crimes, was delivered by Professor Noelle Quenivet, from the University of the West of England. The full programme including speaker biographies is available .
The Symposium was supported by the .
CCEC recently co-hosted the 2024 Annual Terrorism and Extremism Colloquium with the European Society of Criminology Working Group on Radicalization, Extremism, and Terrorism (WG-Extreme). The colloquium included panels on ideologies in online extremist dynamics, extreme misogyny, the methodological challenges of researching online extremism, pathways and recruitment into extremism, incels, conspiracy theories and emerging technologies, ethics and reflexivity and an early career researcher symposium. The keynote speech, on Navigating the Challenges of Researching Online Extremism, was delivered by Jokob Guhl, from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. The full programme including speaker biographies is available .
For full details of the programme including speaker biographies, click .
The 12th Counter Fraud, Cybercrime and Forensic Accounting Conference, which took place on 14th and 15th June 2023, was hosted for the first time by the Centre for Cybercrime and Economic Crime and was a huge success, welcoming over 300 in-person and online delegates from across the globe, with over 50 speakers sharing their research and expertise. Over 60 organisations were represented, including higher education, banking and financial services, government agencies, law enforcement, crime prevention, technology, research, insurance and loss adjusting, accounting, law and auditing. Read more鈥
The Centre for Cybercrime and Economic Crime recently launched a series of online 鈥渇ireside chats鈥 鈥 discussions between Centre co-directed Dr Vasileios Karagiannopoulos and industry leaders from the fields of cybersecurity, risk management and governance/compliance, sharing their insights regarding topical issues and associated challenges they are facing and that have a wider impact for the UK, its businesses and citizens.
For our first session we welcomed Onur Korucu (Managing Partner and Advisory Board Member of Govern ID, a WomenTech Global Ambassador and Council Member and International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Ireland Chapter Chair) for a fascinating discussion about digital transformation of the EU and its impact on the UK. The event was recorded and you can watch the video here. If you would like to be kept informed of the date and time of our next fireside chat, please .
CCEC news
Replace Serious Fraud Office in new focus on prevention
Study suggests quarter of UK adults commit at least one economic crime a year
New study highlights the alarming rise of telephone fraud targeting older adults in the UK
Wannabe crime fighters - May the Force be with you at the Festival of Crime
CCEC blogs and podcasts
Violence against women isn鈥檛 the only national emergency 鈥 we must also tackle the misogyny that鈥檚 causing it
Conference aims to tackle the global threats and challenges of cyber and economic crime
US sanctions on Iranian hackers highlight growing concern about the Islamic Republic鈥檚 cyberwarriors
12th Counter Fraud, Cybercrime and Forensic Accounting Conference
Research publications
You can also view a list of books, articles and reports by CCEC members on their staff profiles.
Our members' most recent work related to cybercrime and economic crime is below.
Featured publications
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Button, M., Hock, B., Shepherd, D., & Gilmour, P. (2023). Journal of Economic Criminology, 1, 100012.
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Sugiura, L. (2021) "The Incel Rebellion: The Rise of the Manosphere and the Virtual War Against Women", Emerald Publishing
The Journal of Economic Criminology
Our members are at the forefront of developing the sub-discipline of 鈥榚conomic criminology鈥, and have been involved in setting up the Journal of Economic Criminology.
Explore our courses in cybercrime and economic crime
The 小蓝视频 offers a wide range of courses related to cybercrime and economic crime, from undergraduate to Doctorate level. We also offer campus based and distance learning options for some courses. Many of our general criminology degrees also offer cybercrime and economic crime modules.
We can also provide bespoke courses and accreditation, please contact us for further information.
Postgraduate research degrees, Professional Doctorates and PhDs
Professional Doctorate in Security Risk Management
The Professional Doctorate in Security Risk Management (D.SyRM) is a structured, part-time programme targeted towards security professionals in the UK and overseas, delivered through a small number of workshops in 小蓝视频 for the first two years and then two years of supervised research leading to a thesis.
Start date: October 2024
Criminology postgraduate research degrees
Explore our pre-approved Criminology PhD projects, learn more about our MPhil and other research degrees, and find out how to join the thriving research community at the 小蓝视频.
PhD
Discover why you should do your PhD at the 小蓝视频 鈥 and explore the subject areas you can study in, how to fund your PhD, and how to apply.
Undergraduate courses
- Counter Terrorism, Intelligence and Cybercrime (Dual Degree) BSc (Hons)
- Criminology and Criminal Justice BSc (Hons)
- Criminology and Criminal Justice (Distance Learning) BSc (Hons)
- Criminology and Cybercrime BSc (Hons)
- Criminology with Environmental Justice BSc (Hons)
- Cyber Security and Forensic Computing BSc (Hons)
- Risk and Security Management (Distance Learning) BSc (Hons)
Short courses
- Certificate in Intellectual Property Crime and Illicit Trade (CIPCIT)
- Certificate in Prevention of Bribery and Corruption
