Burcu Bulgurcu, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research

Cybersecurity COVID-19 cyber threat cybercrime cyber resilience cybersecurity awareness and training information systems security work from home

Latest funding

Transforming Digital Exhaustion into Digital Resilience: Designing Inclusive and Equitable Technology and Policy for Thriving Digital Workplaces
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$104,695
Towards a Cyber-resilient Workforce - Cybersecurity Challenges, Awareness, and Training in the Age of COVID-19
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$50,000

All 2 grants and awards

Transforming Digital Exhaustion into Digital Resilience: Designing Inclusive and Equitable Technology and Policy for Thriving Digital Workplaces

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Van Osch, Wietske

Keywords: digital exhaustion; digital resilience; employee well-being; future of work; mental health awareness; work-life balance; boundary management; right to disconnect; diversity; neurodiversity

$104,695

Towards a Cyber-resilient Workforce - Cybersecurity Challenges, Awareness, and Training in the Age of COVID-19

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Bulgurcu, Burcu

Keywords: Cybersecurity; COVID-19; cyber threat; cybercrime; cyber resilience; cybersecurity awareness and training; information systems security; work from home; remote work; digitalization

$50,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Cybersecurity Dear Professor Bulgurcu, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on cybersecurity connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Towards a Cyber-resilient Workforce - Cybersecurity Challenges, Awareness, and Training in the Age of COVID-19" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]