David Décary-Hétu, Université de Montréal

Research

anonymat technologies darknet chiffrement monnaies virtuelles criminalité marchés illicites Co-Offending

Latest funding

Co-Offending in Cyber Financial Fraud: Explaining the Nexus
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$56,999
Crime in the Decentralized Finance Industry
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$25,179
The Human-Centric Cybersecurity Partnership
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$995,862

All 5 grants and awards

Co-Offending in Cyber Financial Fraud: Explaining the Nexus

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Décary-Hétu, David

Keywords: Co-Offending; Financial Fraud; Scams; Social Network Analysis; Cybercriminal Networks

$56,999

Crime in the Decentralized Finance Industry

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Paquet-Clouston, Masarah-Cynthia

Keywords: Decentralized finance; Profit-driven crime; Blockchain; Criminal opportunity theory; Financial technologies

$25,179

The Human-Centric Cybersecurity Partnership

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Grants

Keywords: cybersecurity; privacy; democracy; regulation; standardization; resilience; elections; behaviour change; cybercrime; usable machines; evidence-based policies

$995,862

Anonymat, technologies et délinquance : se cacher dans l'ombre

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Décary-Hétu, David

Keywords: anonymat; technologies; darknet; chiffrement; monnaies virtuelles; criminalité; marchés illicites

$256,986

Innovateurs, sécuritaires et anonymes: les cryptomarchés et leurs impacts sur les marchés de drogues illicites

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Décary-Hétu, David

Keywords: (1) Marchés; (2) Drogues illicites; (3) Cryptomarchés; (4) Structure des organisations criminelles; (5) Structure des marchés criminels; (6) Violence; (7) Internet

$67,700

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: anonymat Dear Professor Décary-Hétu, 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 anonymat 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 "Co-Offending in Cyber Financial Fraud: Explaining the Nexus" (2025), 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]