Henry Hosseini

Dr. Henry Hosseini is a researcher and faculty member at the Department of Information Systems, University of Münster. He holds a PhD in Business Informatics (Dr. rer. pol.) from the University of Münster, focusing on multilingual privacy policy analysis, and completed his M.Sc. and B.Sc. in IT Security at Ruhr University Bochum. His research interests revolve around digital privacy policies, cybersecurity in medium-sized cities, and AI applications in combating fake news. He serves as Deputy Member of the Doctoral Committee and on the Quality Assurance Board for Doctoral Education at the School of Business & Economics.

His research group, part of the DFG-funded FOR 5393 project, explores digitalization challenges in medium-sized towns, addressing civil society, administration, business, and education sectors. Notable contributions include analyzing privacy policies across jurisdictions, investigating IoT device security (e.g., baby monitors), and developing automated tools for policy analysis and leaked key detection. Publications span conferences like IEEE/IFIP DSN and journals such as PoPETs, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to digital challenges.

Hosseini supervises master’s and bachelor’s theses on topics like cross-lingual privacy policy analysis, cybersecurity in public Wi-Fi, and AI-driven authorship attribution. His work bridges technical cybersecurity with societal implications, particularly in urban digitalization contexts.