Katie Logos

Dr Katie Logos

Lecturer

School of Social Sciences

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Dr Katie Logos is a Lecturer of Criminology and Early Career Researcher at the University of Adelaide. Katie’s research examines risks for vulnerable groups within the forensic setting, and focuses on developing effective interventions to mitigate such risk. This has involved two interrelated research streams in which she has led and contributed to various grant funded projects. The first stream focuses on understanding factors underpinning criminal involvement for young people and individuals on the autism spectrum. The second focuses on understanding the growing problem of child sexual abuse online, and developing techniques to prevent and reduce the victimisation of children.

To read more about Katie's research across these two streams as part of the Adelaide Cybercrime Laboratory, visit www.AdelaideCybercrime.org

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2023 - ongoing Lecturer University of Adelaide
    2021 - 2022 Postdoctoral Research Associate University of Adelaide
    2020 - 2022 Postdoctoral Research Associate Flinders University

  • Awards and Achievements
    Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
    2024 Research Award Early Career Research Excellence Award University of Adelaide, School of Social Sciences Australia -

  • Education
    Date Institution name Country Title
    2020 Flinders University Australia PhD
    2016 Flinders University Australia BPsyc (Hons)
Year Amount Funding Body Project
2025 $555,000 Australian Research Council, Linkage Project Consolidating intelligence data to identify victims of child sexual abuse
2025 $8,729 University of Adelaide, Faculty of ABLE Validating scenario-based representations of online grooming and solicitation tactics
2023 $9,933 University of Adelaide, Faculty of ABLE Pilot study to develop an evidence-based educational intervention to reduce the sexual solicitation and abuse of young people online 
2022 $271,541 Australian Institute of Criminology Advancing child sexual abuse victim and perpetrator identification using biometrics
2022 $47,010 Oracle Corporation Research into AI cloud-based algorithms to assist policing authorities in building legal cases

Katie coordinates the following courses:

Code Title
CRIM 1001 Explaining Crime and Deviance
CRIM 2004 Cybercrime and Cyber-deviance
CRIM 3006 Cybercrime and Cyber-deviance

 

 

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2025 Co-Supervisor Re-framing police classification systems to enhance child sexual abuse investigations through network science. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Warren James Bulmer
    2024 Principal Supervisor Increasing Access to Justice for Autistic Individuals in the Criminal Justice System Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Courtney Tayla Spence
    2023 Co-Supervisor Advancing the prosecution of child exploitation offences. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Bec Medhurst

  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2022 - 2025 Co-Supervisor Digital Drift, Online Sexual Behaviours and Internet Pathology in Adolescents Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Caitlan Elizabeth Sian Miller

  • Other Supervision Activities
    Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name
    2024 - 2024 Principal Supervisor Understanding the factors underpinning criminal behaviour for individuals on the autism spectrum through the lens of deterrence theory The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Criminology (Honours) Honours Full Time Zoe Scobie
    2023 - 2023 Principal Supervisor Understanding judicial perceptions of deterrence when sentencing offenders on the autism spectrum The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Criminology (Honours) Honours Full Time Megan Cook
    2022 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Examining the relationship between autistic traits and online hacking in adolescents The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Criminology (Honours) Honours Full Time Stefano Zaccagnini
    2021 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Cyberbullying prevention: A reasoned action approach to intervention design The University of Adelaide Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Morgan Sayer
  • Position: Lecturer
  • Phone: 83135633
  • Email: katie.logos@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Org Unit: Sociology, Criminology & Gender Studies
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