Project description DEENESFRITPL Europol’s new uber-like approach to combatting cybercrime For years now, cybercrime has been the main focus of Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency. The EU-funded TUECS project examines the agency’s fight against cybercrime in the context of uberisation. It investigates Europol's uber-like intermediary role through an online platform that matches the idle forensic investigation capacity of private actors with national law enforcement agencies who are seeking technical guidance and collaboration in cybercrime. This platform will help boost the interaction between private cybersecurity actors and law enforcement agencies that need skilled experts to investigate cybercrime cases. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective This research examines Europol's fight against cybercrime in the context of Uberization. It investigates Europol's Uber-like intermediary role within an online platform where it matches idle forensic investigation capacity of private actors with national law enforcement agencies who are seeking technical guidance and collaboration in cybercrime. It aims to reveal the interaction dynamics between Europol, national law enforcement agencies and private actors who have diverging interests in a sensitive crime area where investigations are made with secrecy and discretion. The research qualitatively investigates (official documents, review of current literature and semi-structured interviews with stakeholders) Uberization in three major cybercrime areas namely; ransomware, money laundering in cryptocurrencies and online child sexual abuse that Europol has already pushed private and public actors to collaborate. The central argument of this project is that an Uber-like online platform governed by Europol offers an entrepreneurial opportunity for private cybersecurity actors to connect with law enforcement agencies who need skilled-experts to investigate cybercrime cases. This innovative governance model gathers all stakeholders under the same platform, aggregates their qualifications using different algorithms, reduces their cooperation costs, regulates and motivates their interaction. This research aims to contribute to the existing scientific knowledge by the development of Uberization theory. It also provides an alternative governance model to enhance public and private partnership not only in cybercrime area but also in other policy areas where an innovative solution is needed to fill the expert deficit. Fields of science social sciencessociologygovernancesocial scienceslawlaw enforcementmedical and health sciencesother medical sciencesforensic sciencesnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputer security Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility Topic(s) MSCA-IF-2019 - Individual Fellowships Call for proposal H2020-MSCA-IF-2019 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF) Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES PRIFYSGOLDE CYMRU Net EU contribution € 224 933,76 Address Llantwit road treforest CF37 1DL Pontypridd United Kingdom See on map Region Wales West Wales and The Valleys Central Valleys Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00
