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Moira Carroll-Mayer is a Senior Lecturer in Law and Ethics at De Montfort University, affiliated with the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Media and the School of Computer Science and Informatics. She is a core member of the Cyber Security Centre and the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, contributing to interdisciplinary research on law, ethics, and technology.
Her research focuses on the legal and ethical dimensions of digital technologies, particularly in digital forensics, cybersecurity, and autonomous weapons systems. She explores how emerging technologies challenge traditional frameworks of accountability, responsibility, and justice in cyberspace and defense applications.
Her recent publications examine ethical boundaries in computational intelligence for security, the design of multidisciplinary forensic computing curricula, and the implications of surveillance technologies like CCTV on criminal justice. These works reflect a strong trend in socio-technical research, blending law, ethics, and computing to address real-world governance challenges.
- BCS commendation for development of legal and ethical elements of MSc degrees in Forensic Computing and Security Management, 2012
Moira supervises PhD students on topics including information trust in e-government and legal aspects of intrusion detection. She has contributed to curriculum development and has been recognized for integrating legal and ethical components into technical programs. While specific grant details are not listed, her involvement with British Standards Institute panels indicates active engagement in policy and standards development.
She is affiliated with the Cyber Security Centre and the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, where she collaborates on research addressing the societal impacts of computing technologies.
