#international

Our Guest: Masarah Paquet-Clouston

"I cope with stress by running as fast as I can..."

 

Innsbruck is for me...

Innsbruck is for me a place to hike and enjoy the mountains, but also to engage with smart and motivated colleagues who make academic collaboration both enriching and enjoyable.

 

I am a guest professor at the University of Innsbruck because...

...because the Privacy and Security Lab there is unique—it gathers a pool of amazing and sharp students and professors working at the intersection of cybersecurity, data forensics, and public policy.

 

I cope with stress by...

...by running as fast as I can — ideally downhill, along long and rugged mountain trails where the terrain demands full focus and the mind can finally let go.

 

I motivate my students to think creatively and innovatively by...

I motivate my students through a variety of challenges that merge data science techniques with unique and sometimes unconventional datasets, often drawn from real-world cybercrime and financial crime cases.

 

The role of interdisciplinary collaboration in academic research is important to me because...

Given my interdisciplinary background, mixing economics, criminology, and cybersecurity, the role of interdisciplinary collaboration in academia is central to me. Only through such collaboration can we tackle complex societal challenges, push methodological boundaries, and create knowledge that resonates beyond disciplinary silos.