Dr Anna Piazza PhD

• Winner Best Research Impact Award from the 2nd International Cyber Resilience Conference, 2024 – Dubai. Award date: 26th February 2024
• Winner the Best Paper Award from the Cyber Resilience track of ICCR Conference, 2022 – Dubai. Award date: 7^th October, 2022.
• Winner the Best Paper Award from the Cooperative Strategies group of the Strategic Management Society for the Annual Conference, 2022- London. Award date: 19^th September 2022.
• Best Research Paper Prize. Finalist Strategic Management Society for the Annual Conference, 2022- London.
• Nominated for Rising star and Impactful research award, Staff AWARD 2022-23. University of Greenwich.
• Nominated for the Outstanding personal tutor award, the Student Led Teaching Awards 2021. University of Greenwich.
• Winner the Santander Universities Program, University of Greenwich. Application for an International Mobility and Networking Award 2018-19. Award date: 30th April 2019
• Winner the COSTNET funding. Application for attending the Advanced Network Analysis Course. University of Birkbeck. Award date: 4th June 2019
• Winner the Best Poster Prize for the PhD Poster Conference from University of Greenwich. Award date 19th July 2016

• Member of the Scientific Committee, ARS’23 Ninth International Workshop on Social Network Analysis, 2-3 May 2023, Naples.
• Member of the Program Committee, 7th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN), 4-8 September 2023, Ljubljana.
• Member of the Program Committee, 6th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN), 12-16 September 2022, London.
• Reviewer’s recognition for the EURAM Annual Conference – 2022, Zurich.

Anna’s research interests revolve around interorganisational networks and social cybersecurity in organisations. More specifically, her research interests draw upon the sociological perspective to investigate how social relationships impact individual and organisational outcomes, addressing dynamics of interorganisational collaboration and information sharing, and recently the socio-relational aspects of cybersecurity.

Key funded projects

2023-2024:
Principal Investigator: “Innovative cybersecurity simulation: understanding individual behaviour and interaction patterns in healthcare settings”, Impact Development Fund 2023/2024, Greenwich Research an Enterprise, University of Greenwich, Business Faculty Small Grant. Value of the grant: £3200
Principal Investigator, “Networking drivers for entrepreneurs among start-up”, NUSC Small Grant, University of Greenwich, CBNA Small Grant. Value of the grant: £2100

2022-2023:
Principal Investigator, “Mapping cyber-attacks through keyword co-occurrence networks in hospital settings”, University of Greenwich, CBNA Small Grant. Value of the grant: £2160
Principal Investigator, “VR Social Experiments Lab Equipment”, NUSC Small Grant, University of Greenwich, CBNA Small Grant. Value of the grant: £2600
Principal Investigator, “An empirical exploration of cyber incidents and mental health of hospital staff”, Impact Development Fund 2022/2023, Greenwich Research an Enterprise, University of Greenwich, Business Faculty Small Grant. Value of the grant: £2025

2021-2022:
Co-investigator, “Fostering informal social Networks in Online Working” Seed funding, Greenwich Research an Enterprise, University of Greenwich, Business Faculty Small Grant. Value of the grant: £5000

Vasudevan S., Piazza A., Ghinoi, S. (2024)  Information diffusion in referral networks: An empirical investigation on the crypto asset landscape. Quality and Quantity Journal. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-024-01978-8

Piazza A., Vasudevan S., Carr M. (2024). Am I fired as a Firefighter? Exploring the role ambiguity and boards engagement’s on job stress and perceived organizational support of CiSOs. IEEE Xplore. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCR61006.2024.10532977

Vasudevan S., Piazza A. (2024). Adoption of Bitcoin as a payment method: An empirical investigation of UK Small and Medium Business. IEEE Xplore. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCR61006.2024.10533124

Piazza A., Vasudevan S., Carr M. (2023). Cybersecurity in UK Universities: mapping (or managing) threat Intelligence sharing within the higher education sector. Journal of Cybersecurity 9 (1), tyad019. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1093/cybsec/tyad019

Vasudevan S., Piazza A., and Carr M. (2023). A Decade of Studies on Cyber Security Training in Organizations using Social Network Analysis: A Systematic Literature Review Through Keyword Co-Occurrence Network. In  2023 International Conference on Business Analytics for Technology and Security (ICBATS), pp. 1-6. IEEE Xplore. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICBATS57792.2023.10111127

Vasudevan, S., Piazza A. and Carr, M. (2022). Qualitative Factors in Organizational Cyber Resilience. In 2022 International Conference on Cyber Resilience (ICCR) (pp. 1-5). IEEE Xplore. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCR56254.2022.9995762

Book Chapter

Alzoubi H., Vasudevan S., Piazza A (forthcoming). Blockchain technology for smart wireless sensor networks: a systematic review. In Technology Innovation for Business Intelligence and Analytics. Publisher: Springer.

Piazza A. and Vasudevan S. (2021). Do you influence me? Evidence from a case study of network ties among university students in Pisa. In Methods and Applications in Social Networks Analysis. Publisher: FrancoAngeli.

Conference Proceedings

Cronin B., Gorgoni S., Conaldi G., Piazza A., Saint Hilaire A., De Vita R.(2022). Productivity and Innovation in remote work. A case study on the impact of organizational integration and communication on the performance of employees working from home. In E-proceedings of the European Academy of Management 2022 Conference. ZHAW School of Management & Law, Winterhur, Switzerland, 15-17 June 2022. European Academy of Management (EURAM), Brussels, Belgium.

Conference Papers

Angeli F., Di Vincenzo F., Iacopino V., Mascia D., and Piazza A. (2022). Shared Governance Network Dynamics and Unexpected Shocks: An Empirical study of hospitals after l’Aquila earthquake. Strategic Management Society Conference.

Research Papers

Calluso, C., Iacopino V., Piazza A. 2024. Exploring Women's Perceptions of Respectful Leadership: A Qualitative Study. Available at: https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4890027

Reports

Cronin B.; Conaldi G., De Vita R., Gorgoni S., Piazza A., Hilaire S. A. (2021). Fostering Informal Social Interactions in Hybrid Online/In-person Workplaces at Northern Trust UKI: Interim Report. Publisher: Networks and Urban System Centre, University of Greenwich.

Calluso, C., Iacopino, V., Piazza, A. Exploring Women’s perceptions of respectful leadership: A qualitative study.  Paper presented at WOA XXV – Workshop dei docent e ricercatori di organizzazione aziendalein cooperation with EGOS Colloquium. Milan (IT) 3. July 2024.

Ghinoi, S., Piazza, A., Testori, M., Pallotti, F., De Vita, R., Vasudevan, S. Social Networks and entrepreneurial attitude among university students. Paper presented at Sunbelt Conference, Edimbrugh 24-30 June 2024.

Piazza, A., Vasudevan, S., Carr, M. Am I hired as a Firefighter? Exploring the role ambiguity and board’s engagements on job stress and perceived organizational support of CISOs. Paper presented at 2nd  ICCR Conference, 26-28. February 2024

Vasudevan, S., Piazza, A. Adoption of Bitcoin as a payment method: An empirical investigation of UK Small and Medium Businesses. Paper presented at 2nd  ICCR Conference, 26-28. February 2024.

Piazza A., Vasudevan S., Carr M. New Methods for measuring adoption of voluntary standards: the UK CoP for IoT Consumer Devices. ARS2023 Conference 2-3 May, 2023 – Ischia (Italy).

Vasudevan S., Piazza A., Carr M. Qualitative Factors in Organisational Cyber Resilience. ICBATS Conference,7-9 March 2023 – Dubai.

Invited talk, 1-day DeFi Workhop, University of Greenwich, 2022 (UK).

Invited presentation, an Enterprise, Universita degli Studi di Salerno, 2022 (Italy).

Mascia D., Piazza A., F De Vincenzo., Iacopino V., F Angeli. Shared governance network and dynamics and unexpected shock. An empirical study of hospitals after Aquila earthquake. 6th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN), 12-16 September 2022, London.

Vasudevan S., Piazza A., Carr M. Qualitative Factors in Organisational Cyber Resilience. ICCR Conference,6-8 October 2022 – Dubai.

Mascia D., Piazza A., F De Vincenzo., I Valentina., F Angeli. Shared governance network and dynamics and unexpected shock. An empirical study of hospitals after Aquila earthquake. Strategic Management Society for the Annual Conference, 17-20 September 2022- London.

Vasudevan S., Piazza A., Carr., M. Is collaboration a luxury? Inter-organisational network approach within Higher Education Sector. 6th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN), 12-16 September 2022, London.

Piazza A., Carr., M. Vasudevan S. Are we connected? A social network approach to measure social capital in Higher Education. XLII Social Networks Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis, Sunbelt 2022, Cairns Australia, 12-16 July 2022.

Cronin B., Gorgoni S., Conaldi G., Piazza A., Saint Hilaire A., De Vita R., (2022). Productivity and Innovation in remote work. A case study on the impact of organisational integration and communication on the performance of employees working from home. European Academy of Management 2022 Conference. ZHAW School of Management & Law, Winterhur, Switzerland, 15-17 June 2022.

Vasudevan S., Piazza A., De Vita R. Are we still connected? A case study of university students. Learning and Teaching Festival, Greenwich (UK), 24 June, 2021.

Vasudevan S., Piazza A., Carr., M. Are we on the same page? Challenges and interorganisational collaboration approach within the Higher Education, 5th European Conference on Social Networks, 7-10 September, 2021.

Piazza A., Vasudevan S. The effects of social interactions on academic performance: evidence from a case study of network ties among students in Pisa. 7th International Workshop on Social Networks, Salerno (IT), 28-31October,2019.

Piazza A. Who benefits from whom: Resource complementarity and organisational performance. 4th European Conference on Social Networks, Zurich (CH), 9-12 September,2019.