Dr Nikki Williams

Background

Nikki is the Director of Education for MK:U, and an Associate Professor in Human Aspects of Cyber Security. Prior to this she has been the Head of Digital and Data Education, and the Course Lead for both the Digital Technology Solutions, and Cyber Security Degree Apprenticeships.

Nikki's main area of expertise revolves around the human aspects of cyber security, looking at how to influence decision making in this area.

Nikki received her PhD from Keele University in 2015. The thesis was on the subject of first impressions of the aesthetics of websites, within the field of Human Computer Interaction. Prior to joining Cranfield she worked as a Teaching Fellow at Keele University in the School of Computing and Mathematics, and was the Undergraduate Programme Director for Computing. She joined Cranfield in 2017, as a Lecturer in the Human Aspects of Cyber.

Current activities

Cyber Security module

Human Aspects of Cyber module

Strategic Cyber module

Project supervision

Publications

• Articles in journals
• Conference papers