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Laura Di Chiacchio

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2421-6098

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Biography

Dr Laura Di Chiacchio is a cybersecurity lecturer at Aston Business School and researcher at the Cyber Security Innovation Centre. She specialises in cybersecurity awareness and the intersection between technology, human and organisation behaviour. Laura’s research has been presented at international conferences and published in leading international journals.  Laura actively engages in outreach activities, including delivering the Cybersecurity Bootcamp, Catch the Flag events, and conferences aimed at raising awareness about cybersecurity education pathways and cybersecurity risks.  She is an APMG certified Cyber Security University Instructor and a member of ISACA UK Central Chapter and ECR British Academy of Management special interest group. 

She was awarded the Ede and Ravenscroft Prize for Academic Excellence at Coventry University. She was awarded two PhDs from the Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT) in Spain and Coventry University in a co-tutelle arrangement. 

Research Interests

  • Digitalisation and digital transformation
  • Cybersecurity 
  • Technology governance, policies and human factors
  • Ethical use of digital tools
  • Corporate social responsibility and Sustainability
  • Corporate communication and Stakeholders management
  • Knowledge management

Teaching Activity

Lecturer in information systems and cyber-security 

Module Leader of PIPE (Product, Intellectural Property and Entrepreneurship)

Module leader Cybersecurity Human factor and Regulatory Aspect

Teaching in the Cybersecurity Bootcamps at Aston

Membership of Professional Bodies

- Member of the British Academy of Management 

- Member of ISACA

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, BRIDGING SUSTAINABILITY AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION FOR ECOLITERACY, Coventry University

Award Date: 11 Mar 2024

PhD, BRIDGING SUSTAINABILITY AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION FOR ECOLITERACY, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena

Award Date: 30 Nov 2023

MSc, A critical assessment of the evolution of companies' engagement in CSR by analysing the evolution of the rhetorical and visual language in their non-financial reports: examples from China, Germany and the United Kingdom, Coventry University

31 Jan 2019 → 31 Jan 2020

Award Date: 1 Jan 2020

Certificate Strategic Management and Leadership – Creativity, Innovation and Management of Change, Chartered Management Institute

Award Date: 1 Jan 2019

BSc, Lyon III Jean Moulin

Award Date: 1 Sept 2010

External positions

Business Development Manager, CPME 90

1 Jan 2016 → 1 Jan 2018

Administrative and Commercial Officer, SAFER

1 Jan 2011 → 1 Jan 2016

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  2. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    SDG 5 Gender Equality
  3. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  4. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  5. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  6. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  7. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  8. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  9. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water
  10. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land

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