Emma Barrett

I am the University of Manchester's strategic lead for Digital Trust and Security, which involves bringing together and developing expertise across the University around issues such as cybersecurity, privacy, data protection, governance, cryptography, responsible innovation, software verification, secure hardware, cyber-dependent and cyber-enabled crimes and criminals, and digital vulnerability to crime. We work with businesses, local and national government, law enforcement, and academic researchers from across the world to develop research that helps protect citizens and enhance prosperity.

I am Principal Investigator for the EPSRC's Digital Economy NetworkPlus on Security, Privacy, Identity, and Trust (SPRITE+), which starts in September 2019.

In my research role I am involved in multiple projects relating to the psychology of performance and well-being in extreme and challenging environments. With my UoM colleague Dr Nathan Smith, we collaborate with organisations across the world, including Royal Geographical Society, Voluntary Service Overseas, the European Space Agency, NASA, and the Antarctic Heritage Trust. Nathan and I co-lead the Behavioural and Social Science Network for Extremes, which is open to all researchers (MSc upwards, from all behavioural, social science, and humanities disciplines) working in this area.

I am the co-author (with Paul Martin) of "Extreme: Why some people thrive at the limits" published by OUP in 2014, and I speak regularly to scientific, business, and general audiences about the qualities and motivations of people who choose to enter extreme and challenging environments (including Polar explorers, astronauts, cavers, long distance sailors, mountaineers, and expedition fieldworkers).