Orbiting complexity.
Anchored in safety.
Just like Saturn with its intricate rings and many moons, my work revolves around complex systems. Each strand of online safety, from policy to product design, represents an orbiting layer of responsibility, risk, and resilience. In Roman mythology, Saturn was the god of time and structure—fitting symbols for the long-term thinking and ecological design needed to build safer digital futures.
My approach to solving problems in the online world mirrors this: it is layered, interconnected, and future-facing.
Online guardianship
Guardianship is a foundational concept in crime science: for a crime to occur, three elements must converge: a motivated offender, a suitable target, and the absence of a capable guardian. This theory has always fascinated me for its simplicity and depth.
What does guardianship look like online?
I explore how platforms, institutions, and individuals can act as digital guardians, especially in high-risk spaces like social media and gaming. My work investigates the systems, features, and social dynamics that enable or disrupt harm, such as the online sale of illicit drugs. More than solving problems, I’m interested in how we can care for users online, shifting from reactive to preventative and protective approaches.
Interdisciplinarity
Thinking across boundaries is embedded in my identity. As someone shaped by multiple cultural and intellectual traditions, I bring together crime science, sociology, computer science, data, policy, and design to make sense of online harms.
My approach is deliberately interdisciplinary.
I believe safer digital spaces require more than technical fixes; they demand creativity, boldness, and systems thinking that connects people, technologies, and environments.
Platform Integrity
Integrity is defined as 'the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles'.
Without it, technology is meaningless: it is infrastructure without ethics and power without accountability. Integrity must be built into the features, governance, and logic of interaction of the platforms we use daily. It’s not enough for platforms to function; they must function fairly, transparently, and in service of their users. I explore how we can embed this ethos into the design of digital systems.
My focus is future-oriented: understanding not just today’s threats, but scanning the horizon for emerging harms and ethical challenges in the spaces we’re building for tomorrow.
What, how and where
Online guardianship is the what, interdisciplinarity is the how, and platform integrity is the where. Together, they define my identity as a researcher and professional committed to designing digital spaces that are safer, fairer, and built to last.