Russell Brewer
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Russell Brewer
@russellbrewer.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Criminology at Adelaide University | Researching cybercrime, policing, digital forensics & ways to keep kids safe online | Diehard Canucks fan.
📍 Adelaide, South Australia
🌐 www.AdelaideCybercrime.org
🚨 The Adelaide Cybercrime Laboratory is hiring! We are seeking applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in machine-learning enabled digital forensics. Applications close November 9. For more informational about the position, click here: lnkd.in/gGtgKJYW
October 23, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Congratulations to our brilliant lab researcher Caitlan Miller - who graduated earlier today with a Masters of Philosophy. Her thesis is entitled “Digital drift, online sexual behaviours and internet pathology in adolescents”. Looking forward to seeing this important work in print!
September 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Adelaide University is recruiting an Associate Professor in #Criminology - the area of specialisation is open. Applications close next week (Feb 5). See below link or DM me for more info about our brilliant team. Please spread the word and repost!

Link to ad: careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...
January 30, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Great to welcome so many colleagues to the University of Adelaide last week for our Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre Research Showcase. Great to see so many brilliant and interdisciplinary projects featured!
November 26, 2024 at 5:48 AM
Congratulations on the publication of your first book Thomas Swearingen! @thswear.bsky.social is a researcher based in our Lab - and is working alongside our industry partners to develop pathbreaking digital forensic tools to combat crime online.
November 20, 2024 at 1:00 PM
📚New publication alert: academic.oup.com/ijlit/articl...
August 19, 2024 at 12:58 PM
📣 Check out the latest findings from the ARC Digital Youth Survey: Exploring the role of self-control across distinct patterns of cyber-deviance in adolescence. Available here #openaccess doi.org/10.1177/0306...
January 8, 2024 at 3:29 AM
A privilege to participate in the ANZSOC 2023 keynote panel on technology and criminal justice with my fantastic colleagues!
December 7, 2023 at 3:18 AM
📣 LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER - only a handful spots left for next week's workshop! Join over 100 researchers and practitioners in Adelaide for this inaugural event. Registrations close on Nov 29 at 9:00AM (ACDT). More info: www.csaresearch.org
November 27, 2023 at 11:22 PM
🚨 Early-bird registrations close TODAY - get in quick!
For more info click here: www.csaresearch.org
October 31, 2023 at 1:28 AM
📣 REGISTER NOW for the Child Sexual Abuse Reduction Research Network Workshop in Adelaide on December 4-5. Discounted early-bird registrations only available for a limited time (until October 31)! The full program can be downloaded here: csaresearch.org
October 26, 2023 at 1:28 AM
📣 Check out the latest paper from the Adelaide Cybercrime Lab exploring the ethical and legal use of web scrapers by #cybercrime and #cybersecurity researchers. Funded by the Cyber Security CRC. Available here (open access): doi.org/10.1093/ijli...
October 9, 2023 at 2:04 AM
Wonderful to connect with brilliant colleagues in Germany this morning at the Human Factor in #Cybercrime Conference - and share our latest research on combatting CSAM!
September 11, 2023 at 12:24 PM