Kirstie Ball has been appointed to a five year research fellowship at the Surveillance Studies Centre (SSC) at Queen's University in Canada. She has been collaborating with the centre on research projects for nearly 20 years and the appointment cements this long standing and productive relationship.
Kirstie's current role in relation to the work of SSC involves being the St Andrews...
International Research Society for Public Management
16-18 April 2019, University of Victoria Wellington, New Zealand
A number of leading technology commentators have argued that we are on the cusp of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. We have seen significant advancements made in fields such as robotics, artificial intelligence, additive manufacturing (better known as 3D printing...
Scope of the Special Issue
Whilst concepts and approaches associated with e-Government and the smart city appear to be focussed on delivering better services, they differ markedly, with the former focussing on the administrative and enhanced use of ICTs and the latter on creating an environment for innovation and radical new ways of using data, including data emanating from social media....
Publication date 17 August 2018
Part of the CRISP Routledge Studies in Surveillance Book Series
Published by Routledge here.
Description
Many contemporary surveillance practices take place in information infrastructures which are from the public domain. Although they have far reaching consequences for both citizens and their rights, they are not always subject to...
Deadline for abstracts extended until 15th May 2018!
Whilst concepts and approaches associated with e-Government and the smart city appear to be focussed on delivering better services, they differ markedly, with the former focussing on the administrative and enhanced use of ICTs and the latter on creating an environment for innovation and radical new ways of using data, including data...
On 21 February 2018 CRISP hosted a Question Time Themed event on the future of surveillance cameras in the UK. The event took place at the London School of Economics and attracted lively debate and an audience of about 100.
The Panel, chired by Professor Pete Fussey of the University of Essex, included:
Tony Porter, Surveillance Camera Commissioner
Lord Brian Paddick, Liberal...
The University of St Andrews is offering a Ph.D. studentship in the area of Privacy as a Social Value. The funding covers EU/home fees and RCUK-level maintenance costs. The student will be jointly supervised by Professor Kirstie Ball (School of Management) and Professor Katherine Hawley (Department of Philosophy), and will be affiliated with CRISP (the Centre for Research Into Surveillance...
CRISP Director, Professor William Webster, has been announced as one of the new Co-Editors-in-Chief, of the journal Information Polity. Professor Webster will work alongside Professor Albert Meijer of Utrecht University and a newly constituted Editorial Board and Associate Editors. Information Polity has a long-standing reputation as one of the world’s leading eGovernment journals and has a...
Elizabeth Denham, the UK Information Commissioner, delivered the 6th Annual CRISP Lecture on Wednesday, 14th March before a large audience at the University of Edinburgh. Entitled 'Money, Law and Courage: The Varied Roles of the UK Information Commissioner'. Ms. Denham first explained the financial and other resources at her disposal, as well as the legal and other instruments she can use in...
CRISP is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Denham, the UK Information Commissioner, will deliver the CRISP Annual Lecture on Wednesday, 14th March 2018 in Lecture Theatre 1, Appleton Tower, 11 Crichton Street, EH8 9LE. You are welcome to arrive at 6.00pm and the lecture will begin at 6.30pm.
The lecture is entitled 'Law, Money and Courage: The Roles of the UK Information Commissioner'...
