Elissa Redmiles

Visiting Scholar

Dr. Elissa M. Redmiles is a faculty member and research group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems. She has additionally served as a consultant and researcher at multiple institutions, including Microsoft Research, Facebook, the World Bank, the Center for Democracy and Technology, and the University of Zurich. Dr. Redmiles uses computational, economic, and social science methods to understand users’ security, privacy, and online safety-related decision-making processes. Her research has been recognized with multiple paper awards at USENIX Security and ACM CCS and has been featured in popular press publications such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, Rolling Stone, Wired, and Forbes.

Twitter: @eredmil1

Associated Works

April 19, 2023

“Nudes? Shouldn’t I charge for these?”: Motivations of New Sexual Content Creators on OnlyFans

Visiting Scholar Elissa Redmiles and coauthors conduct qualitative interviews to better understand the factors motivating creators to begin making sexual content on OnlyFans.

April 20, 2023

Power in Computer Security and Privacy: A Critical Lens

Visiting Scholar Elissa Redmiles and coauthors bring a critical theoretical lens to computer security and privacy.

September 22, 2022

The Misinformation Paradox: Older Adults are Cynical about News Media, but Engage with It Anyway

In a study with coauthors Imani Munyaka and Eszter Hargittai, Visiting Scholar Elissa Redmiles finds that older adults who are cynical about media "continue to read and share news they distrust."

June 3, 2022

Political Affiliation Influences Our Fear of Data Collection

Visiting scholar Elissa Redmiles and colleagues report on their original research: Americans’ fears about governmental data surveillance are changeable, based on which party is in power.

September 21, 2023

Toward Safer Intimate Futures: Recommendations for Tech Platforms to Reduce Image Based Sexual Abuse

'22-'23 Visiting Scholar Elissa Redmiles co-authors this report outlining how platforms can mitigate the risk of image-based sexual abuse when consenting adults share intimate images.

November 15, 2023

Safe Digital Intimacy

Alum Elissa Redmiles and her team have launched safedigitalintimacy.org, a resource for tech platforms and policy makers to prevent image-based sexual abuse online.