Research Priorities

IDCARE Foundation's research priorities are reaffirmed every two years by the organisation in considering the evolving threat and response system environment, our capability and knowledge needs, and opportunities to shape and contribute to practice.

IDCARE Foundation articulates its research priorities for the following purposes:

To Inspire

To inspire researchers and research institutions to conduct meaningful and applied research that is directly informed by consumer experiences.

To Shape

To shape research infrastructure and capabilities that advance IDCARE’s mission in reducing harm to the community from scams, cybercrimes and identity theft.

To Connect

To connect the broader IDCARE constituency and partners to research talent and capabilities.

To Contribute

To contribute to knowledge leadership and research-led innovations and outcomes that make a real difference to our community.

Current List of Research Priorities - 2023 to 2025

Digital identity use, inclusion, and resilience dependencies

The friction community members experience in the non-digital identity world may be amplified in a digital identity context.

Generative AI, deep fakes and at scale deception

The deployment of generative AI to engage in complex forms of sustained mass misinformation and deception is inevitable.

Privacy regulation and data breach response system effectiveness

The breach of personal information continues to impact many millions of people every year.

Deceptive acts and their response as a socio-technical system

How can different forms of complex deception be understood through the application of human factors methods?

Remote and Vulnerable Communities Resilience

Little is understood about the needs of individuals that confront deception risks in remote and rural Australia.

Understanding the psychology of deception and its treatment

A better understanding of deception in the online environment is needed to inform prevention and clinical treatment efforts.

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