There are just a few places left on the 2023 CRISP Doctoral Training School, so we've extended the deadline until April 14th!
The School takes place at the University of Essex from Monday 19– Friday 23 June 2023. It will feature five days of intensive training in multi-disciplinary research methods and skills in the field of Surveillance Studies. A range of knowledge-exchange and...
The Scottish Government Independent Advisory Group on Emerging Technologies (ETIAG) has published its review on the police use of emerging technology. The group was led by Scittish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) and incorporates a significant component by CRISP researchers based at the University of Stirling.
The independent review of new policing technologies has suggested...
The European Group for Public Administration (EGPA) Study Group on e-Government
Deadline for proposals extended to 31 May 2023!
The 2023 Annual Conference of the European Group for Public Administration will be held in Zagreb, Croacia from 5th to 8th September 2023. The Conference...
The University of Stirling is investing in the next generation of researchers by making funding available for doctoral research. This research can be undertaken in a number of CRISP related subject areas. Deadline for applications is 14 April 2023. So, why not come work with CRISP!
Research clusters include:
Democracy, Human Rights and Communication/Advocacy in the Digital...
Well this is an unexpectedly brilliant end to the week...St Andrews CRISPS Tristan and Kirstie can barely sit still as our brilliant ex PhD student Janis (pictured) has won the Stefano Rodotà award in the 'Thesis Works' category. Huge congratulations Janis!
Janis' doctoral work has featured on the CRISP blog a number of times. In case you are not aware of it, Janis examined the...
This post is in memory of Elia Zureik, who sadly passed away on January 15th 2023. Elia was one of the early pioneers of surveillance studies and an ally of workplace surveillance as a topic of study. He will be deeply missed and fondly remembered by the surveillance studies community.
David Lyon writes:
Elia was born in Akka, Palestine, in 1939, studied at San Francisco...
CRISP Director Dr Lachlan Urquhart and CRISP Member Dr Diana Miranda are leading a new project with Dr Alex Laffer and Dr Irena Connon examining future uses of Biometric Artificial Intelligence systems in Law Enforcement.
Funded by the EPSRC Trustworthy Autonomous Hub, this project sees the team exploring the emerging state of the art in Biometric AI systems, such as live automated...
CRISP is delighted to celebrate the release of the 20th Anniversary edition of Surveillance and Society. The issue includes reflective pieces from the journal's founders, including CRISP director Kirstie Ball and Stephen Graham, and some of its previous editors including CRISP director Pete Fussey. Other pieces discuss the challenges facing surveillance studies in the future, and the way it...
Hello everyone, it's book proposal time again!
Thanks to everyone who currently has sent us their proposals for review. We are currently working on some very exciting manuscripts which should be hitting the shelves very soon indeed.
As some of you may already know, CRISP runs a book series for Routledge entitled Routledge Studies in Surveillance. It's important to us that new...
Hello everyone, it's book proposal time again!
Thanks to everyone who currently has sent us their proposals for review. We are currently working on some very exciting manuscripts which should be hitting the shelves very soon indeed.
As some of you may already know, CRISP runs a book series for Routledge entitled Routledge Studies in Surveillance. It's important to us that new...
