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

CRISP researcher wins global impact award

A CRISP researcher has been recognised as a winner in the Research Impact category at the AACSB International Global Impact Awards. AACSB stands for the Association to Advance Colleges and Schools of Business and is a global accrediting body for Business Schools. 

The research was authored by Kirstie Ball, CRISP St Andrews. Entitled 'Workplace Surveillance Reform' it has influenced how organisations, regulators and policymakers respond to the rapid expansion of digital monitoring in the workplace. 

Posted: April 20th 2026