This project examines how social norms shape attitudes toward online privacy in three culturally distinct settings: Mali, Tanzania, and Sweden.
Its broader goal is to challenge the dominance of universalized or Western-centered assumptions in behavioral information security and to contribute to more culturally grounded ways of thinking about privacy, disclosure, and digital behavior.
By comparing experiences across these contexts, the project seeks to identify both shared and region-specific factors that influence online privacy attitudes. The long-term ambition is to support information-security practices that are more culturally informed, more inclusive, and better aligned with the values and realities of different communities.
This project is currently unfunded, but it has already shaped several preliminary studies and funding applications. It sits at the center of a wider research agenda on self-disclosure online, privacy, and context-sensitive digital behavior.