Privacy risk perception in the smarthome at the crossroads of psychology and law

at  Universiteit Twente

KEY TAKEAWAYS

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  Hours
  8 hr.
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  Salary indication
  Salary gross/monthly
  based on full-time
  € 3,345
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  Deadline
  15 Sep 2024
  Smart home devices become more and more common in people’s households. Besides bringing numerous benefits, smart home devices also introduce new risks, specifically in relation to privacy.
  In this project you will examine how users of smart devices perceive the risks of state and commercial surveillance conducted through smart home devices and develop and test a possible intervention to increase awareness of the risks and, in turn, protective action against the risks.
  The research involves both qualitative and quantitative research conducted over the course of 40 weeks. You will perform the research as part of a multidisciplinary team involving two social scientists (both at the Utwente) and two legal researchers (from the VU Amsterdam), that all have a long track record on research around smart home technology.
  You will co-design and execute data-collection through interviews and a questionnaire study, analyse the data, and aid in writing up the findings in a journal publication.
  You will be located in the section of Psychology of Conflict, Risk and Safety, that has a strongly growing expertise on the topic of privacy, security and psychology.

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