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Dr Lynsay Shepherd
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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. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺
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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.
A black and white image of Kasteel Woerden, a canal in Woerden flanked by trees and red brick buildings, and a blue KLM plane at Edinburgh airport.
November 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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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
In the left-hand pane of the image, there is a cylindrical building with a motorbike in the foreground (it's a Police building). In the top-right, there is a picture of a blue and white KLM plane. In the bottom right, there is a knitted toy of the rabbit Miffy.
August 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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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
Title slide for my talk “Synthetic Seduction: Navigating Romance Scams in XR Environments”. It contains my name, email address (lynsay.shepherd@abertay.ac.uk) and mentions I am talking at an XR event. In the background is a pink, futuristic, mechanical heart. Loganair turboprop plane waiting at the gate.
June 20, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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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 😊
Slide with pink and blue cyberpunk themed computers in the background. Slide features my name and university, along with the talk title of “Cognitive Load-ing…: Serious Games for Cyber Awareness”
April 30, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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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!
Person wearing a black RNIB jumper, sitting on an office chair in front of a laptop. They are wearing a VR headset.
April 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM