My name is Farzaneh (In Persian: فرزانه).
It is pretty common to pay attention to the meaning of a name when selecting one for a newborn back home. I am interested in how people in different cultures choose names for their kids and what factors play a role in their decisions. Farzaneh means wise, intelligent, and highly knowledgeable in Persian. I admire my parents, who had high hopes for me, but I must agree that I have failed them so far on several occasions 😉 My son’s name (Noyan) means “commander-in-chief”, “lord”, “protector” or “prince” in Turkish and “recent” and “fresh” in Persian. I also hope that he fails me at least for the first one.
I am currently an assistant professor at Karlstad University. Since the beginning of my PhD journey, I have been doing research related to the intersection of HCI and privacy and security, i.e., usable privacy and security. I am very much fascinated by the whole subject and motivated to learn more and more and become a Farzaneh (highly knowledgeable) in this area 😉 Here you can find more about my research and my publications.