Dr Anna Piazza PhD

Leader of Business, Operations and Strategy for the Business, MPhil/PhD programme.

Module leader for postgraduate modules:

• BUSI1788 Foundation of Scholarship for Business Analysts
• BUSI1783 Business Analytics Project
• BUSI1891 Business Analytics: Theory and Practice

MA/Consultancy Projects supervision

PhD supervision

• 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.
• Keynote speaker for Agentic AI on Campus Redefining Trust Policy and Cyber Resilience in Higher Education – Talion – online – date (TBC)
• Keynote speaker for ARS’25 Tenth International Workshop on Social Network Analysis, 30-31 October 2025, Naples.
• Member of the Scientific Committee for ARS’25 Tenth International Workshop on Social Network Analysis, 30-31 October 2025, Naples.
• Invite Speaker for the PhD program in Applied Sciences for Business Innovation (ASBI) at the University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara (Ud’A), Topic of text data & network analysis, 27 June 2025, Chieti.

2025-2026

• Principal Investigator: “Mapping Data Sharing Practices in GenAI Adoption: Cybersecurity and Resilience in Higher Education”. NUSC Small Grant, University of Greenwich. Value of the grant £2200.
• CoPI: “Securing Open-Source Software and AI Security”. Department of Science, Innovation and Technology. Value of the grant £10.000.
• Co-PI: “Beyond traditional training: gamification and immersive technologies in cybersecurity”. KE4Impact Kick Starter. Value of the grant £ 2.900.

2024-2025

• Principal Investigator: “Team communication in the operating rooms: and SNA approach”. NUSC Small Grant, University of Greenwich. Value of the grant £2100.

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

• Piazza A., Vasudevan S. (2025). Mapping the cyberthreat landscape in healthcare using GDELT: a multimethod approach. Journal of Health Security Journal.   DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/hs.2024.001
• Vasudevan S., Piazza A., Rajendran L., Duraivel S. (2025). Mapping the metaverse minefield: a TIPS framework for security-conscious business adoption. Journal of Computers & Security. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCR61006.2024.10533124
• 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 board engagement on job stress and perceived organisational 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 businesses. 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 Organisations using Social Network Analysis: A Systematic Literature Review Through Keyword Co-Occurrence Network. In the 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 Organisational Cyber Resilience. In the 2022 International Conference on Cyber Resilience (ICCR) (pp. 1-5). IEEE Xplore. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCR56254.2022.9995762

Book  

• Alzoubi H. M., AI-Gasawneh J.A., Piazza A. (2025) in press. Recent technologies and AI Applications for Business Transformation (Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation). Springer Nature, Switzerland.

Book Chapter

• Gorgoni S., Conaldi G., Piazza A., De Vita R., Saint Hilaire A., Cronin B. (2025) in press. Task and creative performance in working from home during Covid-19: an application of social network analysis. In Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Heterodox Economics, 2^nd Edition. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK.
• 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

• Calluso C., Iacopino V., Piazza A. (2025). Gender, culture, and leadership: shaping respectful practices and employee engagement. In WOA2025 conference proceedings, ISBN: 979-12-210-9700-9.
• 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. In E-proceedings of the European Academy of Management 2022 Conference. ZHAW School of Management & Law, Winterthur, Switzerland, 15-17 June 2022. European Academy of Management (EURAM), Brussels, Belgium.

Conference Papers

• Angeli F., Di Vincenzo F., Iacopino V., Mascia D. e Piazza A. (2022). Shared Governance Network Dynamics and Unexpected Shocks: An Empirical study of hospitals after the 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. Gender, Culture and Leadership: Shaping Respectful Practices and Employee Engagement. Paper presented at WOA XXVI – Workshop dei docent e ricercatori di organizzazione aziendalein cooperation with EGOS Colloquium. Pescara (IT), 29-30 May, 2025.
• Calluso, C., Iacopino, V., Piazza, A. The Role of Intercultural Differences in shaping Respectful Leadership Practices and Employees’ Engagement. Paper presented at EURAM 2025. School of Economics and Management – University of Florence. Firenze (IT), 22-25, June 2025.
• 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.