Call for Papers: The Political Economy of Surveillance
A Research Workshop Open University Business School, UK Sept 9 – 12 2010
500 word abstracts for original academic papers on the Political Economy of Surveillance should be sent to the co-organizers: Dr Kirstie Ball, Open University Business School and Professor Laureen Snider, Department of Sociology, Queen’s University. The deadline for proposals is April 30th, 2010.
A group of researchers who participated in the Surveillance Games Research Workshop Nov. 20-21 in Vancouver, B.C. have drafted a joint statement on security, surveillance and mega-events for public release.
A Research Workshop Open University Business School, UK Sept 9 – 12 2010
500 word abstracts for original academic papers on the Political Economy of Surveillance should be sent to the co-organizers: Dr Kirstie Ball, Open University Business School and Professor Laureen Snider, Department of Sociology, Queen’s University. The deadline for proposals is April 30th, 2010.
A group of researchers who participated in the Surveillance Games Research Workshop Nov. 20-21 in Vancouver, B.C. have drafted a joint statement on security, surveillance and mega-events for public release.
Congratulations to Helen Nissenbaum on her new book Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy and the Integrity of Social Life, published by Stanford University Press.
Congratulations to Oscar H. Gandy, Jr. on his new publication Coming to Terms With Chance: Engaging Rational Discrimination and Cumulative Disadvantage, published by Ashgate.
City University London now offer an MA in Surveillance Studies.
Surveillance studies is a rapidly expanding research field which investigates the wide-ranging role of surveillance in social, cultural, economic and governmental processes. The MA, the first of its kind in the world, builds on the research strengths of the sociology department and is delivered by leading experts in a range of areas. The distinctive interdisciplinary programme taught is tailored to provide students with the knowledge and analytical skills to develop an in-depth understanding of substantive debates, methodological approaches and surveillance policies and practices in a variety of cultural and strategic domains. It is ideally suited for students who wish to engage with cutting edge theoretical developments in the social sciences, critical research issues and key trends in governance and justice.