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Dr George Raywood-Burke
Teams and roles for George Raywood-Burke
Honorary Research Associate
Overview
George works as the Cyber Psychology Pillar Lead in the Airbus Cyber Innovation Team based at Newport, leading on cyberpsychology and decision making research and innovation projects. He is an Honorary Research Associate at Cardiff University, and collaborates with Cardiff University through the Airbus Centre of Excellence in Human-Centric Cyber Security and the Cardiff University-Airbus Strategic Partnership.
When he was an Endeavr Wales funded Psychology PhD Student (2019-2024) supervised by Professor Phil Morgan, Professor Dylan Jones, and Dr Phoebe Asquith, he worked as part of the Human Factors Excellence Research Group (HuFEx) at Cardiff University and with the Airbus Accelerator in Human-Centric Cyber Security. As part of his PhD, he developed a series of experiments collecting objective and subjective data to advance our understanding of the risks and strengths of human decision making within workplace environments whereby cyber-security is highly important. This includes investigating the significance of cognitive load and subjective time pressure, and their influence upon cyber-security behaviours. From this, interventions targeting specific maladaptive behaviours can be designed – thus attempting to bridge the gap between research and practice. After completing his PhD, he worked as a Human Factors Scientist at Trimetis - a Bristol-based Human Factors company - leading and supporting on a variety of Human Factors projects. Since May 2025, he now works as the Cyber Psychology Pillar Lead in the Airbus Cyber Innovation Team.
He has also worked as a Post-Graduate Tutor (PGT) mentoring 1st year Psychology Undergradute students to facilitate development with research skills and practical report writing, and have worked as a Final Year Module Assistant for the Decision Making module (PS3312) to deliver seminars encouraging critical discussion around key scientific articles and how findings can be applied to real life scenarios.
Publication
2023
- Raywood-Burke, G. 2023. Cognitive load and subjective time pressure: How contextual factors impact the quality of cyber-security decision making. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
- Raywood-Burke, G. , Jones, D. M. and Morgan, P. L. 2023. Maladaptive behaviour in phishing susceptibility: How email context influences the impact of persuasion techniques. Presented at: 14th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics San Francisco, California, USA 20 - 24 July 2023. Published in: Moallem, A. ed. Human Factors in Cybersecurity: Proceedings AHFE 2023. Vol. 91., pp.40-49. (10.54941/ahfe1003718)
2021
- Raywood-Burke, G. et al. 2021. Human individual difference predictors in cyber-security: exploring an alternative scale method and data resolution to modelling cyber secure behavior. Presented at: 23rd HCI International Conference (HCII 2021) Virtual 24-29 July 2021. Published in: Moallem, A. ed. HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust. Vol. 12788.Lecture Notes in Computer Science Springer, Cham. , pp.226-240. (10.1007/978-3-030-77392-2_15)
2020
- Bishop, L. M. et al. 2020. Examining human individual differences in cyber security and possible implications for human-machine interface design. Presented at: 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2020) Virtual 19-24 July 2020. HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust: Second International Conference, HCI-CPT 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings. Vol. 12210.Lecture Notes in Computer Science/ Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI Springer, Cham. , pp.51-66. (10.1007/978-3-030-50309-3_4)
- Morgan, P. L. et al. 2020. A new hope: human-centric cybersecurity research embedded within organizations. Presented at: 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2020) Virtual 19-24 July 2020. HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust: Second International Conference, HCI-CPT 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science/Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI Vol. 12210. Springer, Cham. , pp.206-216. (10.1007/978-3-030-50309-3_14)
Conferences
- Raywood-Burke, G. , Jones, D. M. and Morgan, P. L. 2023. Maladaptive behaviour in phishing susceptibility: How email context influences the impact of persuasion techniques. Presented at: 14th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics San Francisco, California, USA 20 - 24 July 2023. Published in: Moallem, A. ed. Human Factors in Cybersecurity: Proceedings AHFE 2023. Vol. 91., pp.40-49. (10.54941/ahfe1003718)
- Raywood-Burke, G. et al. 2021. Human individual difference predictors in cyber-security: exploring an alternative scale method and data resolution to modelling cyber secure behavior. Presented at: 23rd HCI International Conference (HCII 2021) Virtual 24-29 July 2021. Published in: Moallem, A. ed. HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust. Vol. 12788.Lecture Notes in Computer Science Springer, Cham. , pp.226-240. (10.1007/978-3-030-77392-2_15)
- Bishop, L. M. et al. 2020. Examining human individual differences in cyber security and possible implications for human-machine interface design. Presented at: 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2020) Virtual 19-24 July 2020. HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust: Second International Conference, HCI-CPT 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings. Vol. 12210.Lecture Notes in Computer Science/ Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI Springer, Cham. , pp.51-66. (10.1007/978-3-030-50309-3_4)
- Morgan, P. L. et al. 2020. A new hope: human-centric cybersecurity research embedded within organizations. Presented at: 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2020) Virtual 19-24 July 2020. HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust: Second International Conference, HCI-CPT 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science/Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI Vol. 12210. Springer, Cham. , pp.206-216. (10.1007/978-3-030-50309-3_14)
Thesis
- Raywood-Burke, G. 2023. Cognitive load and subjective time pressure: How contextual factors impact the quality of cyber-security decision making. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
Research
Research Areas
- Cyberpsychology
- AI
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Decision Making
- Human Factors
Publications
2026
Raywood-Burke, G. & Campbell, T. (2026). A Human-Centric Review of Phishing Susceptibility Solutions and Literature. Festschrift in Honour of M. Angela Sasse, 55-65.
2025
O'Malley, C. A., Harris, D. J., Arthur, T., Blackford, H., Raywood-Burke, G., Jones, N., & Vine, S. J. (2025). Creativity within a Military Setting: Assessing the Utility of an Existing Military Visual Aid to Facilitate Military Deception amongst a Civilian Population. Frontiers in Psychology: Cognition, 16, Article number 1665765.
Gibson, W. H., Raywood-Burke, G., & Leggatt, A. (2025). Improving the Effectiveness of Incident Learning Reviews (T1336) - Work Package 2 and 3: Incident Learning Reviews, Good Practice, and Training Summary Report. https://www.rssb.co.uk/research-catalogue/CatalogueItem/T1336
2024
Gibson, W. H., Raywood-Burke, G., Leggatt, A., & Kirwan, B. (2024). Improving the Effectiveness of Incident Learning Reviews (T1336) - Work Package 1: Review of Current Incident Learning Review Processes. https://www.rssb.co.uk/research-catalogue/CatalogueItem/T1336
Baber, C., Mustafa, R., Leggett, A., Attfield, S., Gibson, W. H., Raywood-Burke, G., Roberts, H. V., & Amey, D. (2024). Automating the Analysis of Speech Acts in Teams to Unverstand Distributed Sensemaking. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 68(1), 130-136.
Turner, N., Leggatt, A., Gibson, W. H., Raywood-Burke, G., & Attfield, S. (2024). The Sensemaking Assessment Questionnaire: A Tool for Conducting Summative Assessment of Collaborative Sensemaking Environments. In 29th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (ICCRTS), London, UK.
Attfield, S., Leggatt, A., Gibson, W. H., Raywood-Burke, G., & Turner, N. (2024). The Distributed Sensemaking Worksystem Screening Tool: A Questionnaire for Formatively Evaluating Collaborative Sensemaking Environments. In 29th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (ICCRTS), London, UK.
Leggatt, A., Gibson, W. H., Attfield, S., Raywood-Burke, G., & Turner, N. (2024). Enhancing Distributed Sensemaking in a Command and Control Task. In 29th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (ICCRTS), London, UK.
Gibson, W.H., Raywood-Burke, G., Baber, C., Leggatt, A., Attfield, S., & Amey, D. (2024). Supporting Distributed Sensemaking in Command and Control. Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors; Golightly, D., Balfe, N. and Charles, R. Eds. pp 149-156.
2023
Raywood-Burke, G. (2023). Cognitive Load and Subjective Time Pressure: How Contextual Factors Impact the Quality of Cyber-Security Decision Making. Unpublished PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Raywood-Burke, G., Jones, D., Morgan, P. (2023). Maladaptive Behaviour in Phishing Susceptibility: How Email Context Influences the Impact of Persuasion Techniques. In: Abbas Moallem (eds) Human Factors in Cybersecurity. AHFE (2023) International Conference. AHFE Open Access, vol 91. AHFE International, USA.
2021
Raywood-Burke G., Bishop L.M., Asquith P.M., Morgan P.L. (2021) Human Individual Difference Predictors in Cyber-Security: Exploring an Alternative Scale Method and Data Resolution to Modelling Cyber Secure Behavior. In: Moallem A. (eds) HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust. HCII 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12788. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77392-2_15
2020
Morgan P.L., Asquith P.M., Bishop L.M., Raywood-Burke G., Wedgbury A., Jones K. (2020). A New Hope: Human-Centric Cybersecurity Research Embedded Within Organizations. In: Moallem A. (eds) HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust. HCII 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12210. Springer, Cham
Bishop L.M., Morgan P.L., Asquith P.M., Raywood-Burke G., Wedgbury A., Jones K. (2020). Examining Human Individual Differences in Cyber Security and Possible Implications for Human-Machine Interface Design. In: Moallem A. (eds) HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust. HCII 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12210. Springer, Cham
Acknowledgements
Kalebic, N., Argent, S., Austin, H., Bramley, L., O'Connor, G., Hoskins, C., Willis, A., Withecomb, J., Forrester, A., Morgan, P., & Taylor, P. J. (2022). The all-Wales Forensic Adolescent Consultation and Treatment Service (FACTS): A 5-Year Referral Cohort Study. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 2022;1-16.
Taylor, P. J., & Kalebic, N. (2018). Psychosis and Homicide. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 31(3), 223-230.
Biography
Employment
- May 2025 - Present: Cyberpsychology Pillar Lead, Airbus.
- Sep 2025 - Present: Honorary Research Associate, Cardiff University.
- Jan 2023 - May 2025: Human Factors Scientist, Trimetis.
- Sep 2020 - Jul 2022: Postgraduate Tutor (PGT), Cardiff University.
- Sep 2021 - Dec 2021: Final Year Module Assistant (Decision Making), Cardiff University.
- Aug 2021 - Sep 2021: Research Assistant, Cardiff University.
- Sep 2017 - Jun 2018: Student Research Assistant, Cardiff University.
Undergraduate education
- 2015 - 2019: BSc (Hons) Psychology with Professional Placement, Cardiff University.
Postgraduate Education
- Oct 2019 - May 2024: PhD in Psychology, 'Cognitive Load and Subjective Time Pressure: How Contextual Factors Impact the Quality of Cyber-Security Decision Making' – School of Psychology, Cardiff University; Airbus Accelerator in Human-Centric Cyber-Security
- Jan 2022 - Jan 2023: Associate Fellowship of the HEA, Cardiff University
Professional memberships
Professional Memberships
- British Psychological Society (BPS) - Chartered Member (CPsychol)
Committees and reviewing
Committee Membership
- CRANE Network AI-Cyber Special Interest Group (SIG) - Steering Committee Member
Supervisions
Current PhD Students
- Matei Ioan-Petre - University of Lancashire
- Mordecai Otter - Cardiff University
- Momina Amer - Cardiff University
Current supervision
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Decision making
- Cybersecurity
- Human Factors