Dr Myrna Papadouka

Biography

Dr Myrna Papadouka is Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Criminology. She joined the Department of Law and Social Sciences (former Department of Sociology and Criminology) at Middlesex University in September 2018 and since her appointment has held the position of Programme Leader for BA Criminology programme (2020-2021) and has been the Programme Leader for MSc in Cybercrime and Digital Investigations programme since September 2021.

Her research interests include organized crime, human trafficking, drugs in the Dark Net and conventional markets, big data and text analysis methodologies. 

Prior to joining the institute she worked as a Research Consultant – Business Analyst at the London Borough of Camden, as a Research Support Advisor at the University of Cambridge and Research Analyst in Organised Crime at the National Security and Resilience Studies group at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).

Myrna holds a PhD in Sociology from University of North Texas, USA, where her dissertation examined the discourse surrounding the issue of human trafficking by journalists and their audiences from a variety of British online newspapers by applying big data techniques. She also holds an MSc in Criminology, Criminal Justice and Social Research from the University of Surrey, UK and a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences in Athens, Greece. 

Teaching

Current Teaching: 

3rd year CRM3270/ CRM3271 Dissertation (co-module leader)

Master’s level CRM4615 Cybercrime and Society (module leader)

Master’s level CRM4630 Text Mining and Analysis (module leader)

Previous Teaching:

·       1^st year CRM1277 Quantitative Investigation of crime (module leader)

·       1^st year CRM1420 Skills and Methods (seminar tutor)

·       1^st year CRM1400 Crime in Social Context (co-module leader)

·       2^nd year SOC2270 Approaches to Research in the Social Sciences (co-module leader)

·       2^nd year CRM2280 Cybercrime in Contemporary Criminology (seminar tutor)

·       3^rd year CRM3580 Dissertation (module leader)

·       3^rd year CRM3287 Transnational Crime (seminar tutor)

·       Master’s level CRM4810 Researching Cybercrime (module leader)