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Visiting Fellow, Mannheim Centre for Criminology, London School of Economics and Political Science

Dr. Suleman Lazarus holds a PhD in Cybercrime and Criminology.

He is an Associate Editor for the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) journal "Digital Threats: Research and Practice."

Dr. Lazarus is a Visiting Fellow at the Mannheim Centre for Criminology at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a Fellow at the Centre of Excellence on Ageing (CEA) at the University of Surrey. He is also an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth.

Dr. Lazarus created the “Tripartite Cybercrime Framework (TCF),” categorizing cybercrimes into socioeconomic, psychosocial, and geopolitical motivational groups.

He has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles in journals such as "Telematics and Informatics," “Deviant Behavior,” and "Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking." Dr. Lazarus's research focuses on cyber criminals and society.

Experience

  • 2021–present
    Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Education

  • 2020 
    University of Portsmouth , Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
  • 2014 
    London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Master’s Degree (MSc)

Publications

  • 2022
    Tweets and Reactions: Revealing the Geographies of Cybercrime Perpetrators and the North-South Divide. , Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
  • 2022
    Exploring the Value of Feminist Theory in Understanding Digital Crimes., The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice
  • 2021
    Demonstrating the Therapeutic Values of Poetry in Doctoral Research..., Methodological Innovations
  • 2019
    The Bifurcation of the Nigerian Cybercriminals: Narratives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Agents, Telematics and Informatics