News and Research articles on Interdisciplinary methods

Volume 14, Issue 4

Leveraging interdisciplinary methods for evidence collection in enforcement: Dark patterns as a case study

Johanna Gunawan, Maastricht University
Colin M. Gray, Indiana University
Cristiana Santos, University of Utrecht
Nataliia Bielova, Université Côte d’Azur
PUBLISHED ON: 18 Nov 2025 DOI: 10.14763/2025.4.2047

This article explores how interdisciplinary methods for evidence collection can be envisioned through a case study examining research and regulatory initiatives against dark patterns.

KEYWORDS: Dark patterns, Design and law, Human-computer interaction, Interdisciplinary methods, Evidence collection
Volume 14, Issue 4

Introduction to the special issue: The craft of interdisciplinary research and methods in public interest cybersecurity, privacy, and digital rights governance The craft of interdisciplinary research & methods in public interest cybersecurity, privacy, & digital rights governance

Adam Molnar, University of Waterloo
Diarmaid Harkin, Deakin University
Urs Hengartner, University of Waterloo
PUBLISHED ON: 18 Nov 2025 DOI: 10.14763/2025.4.2050

By opening the craft of interdisciplinary method to more explicit scrutiny, this special issue provides a novel space to examine how knowledge in the domains of cybersecurity, privacy, and digital rights governance is made, contested, and reshaped.

KEYWORDS: Interdisciplinarity, Interdisciplinary methods, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Digital rights