New Project Funded: Governing Privacy under Algorithmic Surveillance in Law Enforcement

CRISP Directors awarded SEK 4.8million from Swedish Research Council

CRISP Directors Dr Lachlan Urquhart, Edinburgh Law School and Dr Diana Miranda, University of Stirling are part of an international team awarded SEK 4.8 million (around £366,00) by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet HS).

The team will study how police use of AI surveillance technologies, such as facial recognition, is reshaping privacy in Sweden and the UK.

Posted: September 24th 2026

Privacy Symposium 2027: Save the date!

26 - 30 April 2027

CRISP is pleased to support the 2027 Privacy Symposium conference as an official partner

Save the date for the next edition of the Privacy Symposium in Venice, Italy: 26 - 30th April 2027. The conference will feature 100+ sessions with leading experts, authorities, and practitioners, supporting international dialogue, cooperation, and knowledge-sharing on data governance, regulatory compliance, and innovative technologies. 

Posted: September 22nd 2026

Face[REC] Project: Co-Designing Governance of Live Facial Recognition in Scotland

New project led by CRISP Directors Dr Diana Miranda and Dr Lachlan Urquhart
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Dr Diana Miranda, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Stirling and Dr Lachlan Urquhart, Senior Lecturer in Technology Law and Human-Computer Interaction at Edinburgh Law School who are both directors of the Centre for Research into Information, Surveillance and Privacy (CRISP), have been awarded funding by the Scottish Institute for Policing Research for their research project Face[REC]:

Posted: August 20th 2026