Juraj Sikra, PhD

Juraj Sikra, PhD

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Curriculum Vitae

PhDr. Juraj Sikra, M.A. (Hons), MSc., CIPD (Assoc.), PhD. is a postdoctoral researcher in the SECUSO Research Group of Prof. Dr. Melanie Volkamer since 4 June 2025. Juraj works on the Digital Transformation Research (DiTraRe) in the area of cyber-securing sports' science data from misappropriation as well as lecturing in cybersecurity. 

Prior to joining SECUSO, Juraj completed a fully funded PhD (2021-2024) from improving cybercrime reporting at the University of Strathclyde - Glasgow (UK) within the CIS StrathCyber Group (in assoc. with GCHQ's NCSC). Juraj's PhD was supervised by Dr. Daniel R. Thomas, Prof. Karen V. Renaud and Dr. Ben Collier who have significantly improved his work and enabled him to publish impactful peer-reviewed research. 

Apart from a multidisciplinary skillset from both quantitative and qualitative research, Juraj brings with himself a network of international relationships spanning the public, private and third sector organisations. In the years before his PhD commencement, Juraj specialised in criminal and clinical mental health work in both private and public capacity. 

Publikationsliste


The role of Responsibilised Non-Policing Agencies (RNPAs) in improving cybercrime reporting in Scotland
Sikra, J.
2023. 6th Cambridge Cybercrime Centre: Annual Cybercrime Conference (2023), Cambridge, United Kingdom, June 22, 2023
Evaluating an interactice university curriculum delivered during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Sikra, J.
2022. Visnyk Kyi͏̈vsʹkoho nacionalʹnoho universytetu imeni Tarasa Ševčenka / Biolohija, (8), 78–80. doi:10.17721/2616-7786.2022/8-1/15
UK cybercrime, victims and reporting: a systematic review
Sikra, J.; Renaud, K. V.; Thomas, D. R.
2023. Commonwealth Cybercrime Journal, 1 (1), 28–59
Investigating what promotes and deters Scottish cybercrime reporting
Sikra, J.; Renaud, K. V.; Thomas, D. R.
2024. Journal of Economic Criminology, 6, 100103. doi:10.1016/j.jeconc.2024.100103