Dr Lynsay Shepherd
lynsayshepherd.bsky.social
Dr Lynsay Shepherd
@lynsayshepherd.bsky.social
Reader in Cybersecurity and Human-Computer Interaction. Research interests: XR, immersive experiences, romance scams, eye tracking, applied games, accessibility. Views are my own. She/her. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺
Another awesome trip to the Netherlands 🇳🇱 as part of #ACOP Cyber Offender Prevention: Academia. Great opportunity to catch-up with folks and discuss the challenges in this space. Lots more research to be done at the intersection of #games and #cyber.
November 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Yesterday was an excellent day trip to Utrecht 🇳🇱! I had a great time with the COPS team Politie Nederland, discussing my Abertay University research in cyber and games. Thanks for inviting me over 😊 #GamesTech #Cyber #Research
August 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Day trip for a wee talk on my research at Abertay University
😊 “Synthetic Seduction: Navigating Romance Scams in XR Environments”. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. Not prepared for the temperatures though (30c forecast in Manchester) #ImmersiveExperiences #ImmersiveTech #XR #Metaverse
June 20, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Early start this morning! Just finished up an online talk for cognitive science students studying at @au.dk in Denmark 🇩🇰, covering some of the serious games and cyber security work we are doing at Abertay University 😊
April 30, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Great day! Hailey Austin and I spent the day down at @rnibscotland.bsky.social in Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 testing our accessible VR Abertay University project work with blind and visually impaired people. Huge thank you to @jameskyle.bsky.social for organising this! Very informative session!
April 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM