Past Events

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 - 15:00

In this public lecture and discussion Professor Greg Singh will present from his forthcoming book ‘Black Mirror: Allegories for the Atomised’ (Routledge, 2025). The presentation will be followed by a discussion led by Dr David H. Flemming, University of Stirling, and Q&A session.

This event is hybrid and you can attend in-person or online. Attending is free.

To register an...

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - 16:00

Join The University of Stirling Art Collection, CRISP and artist Hans K Clausen to celebrate the formal opening of the Winston Smith Library of Victory and Truth, a temporary installation in the University of Stirling Library.

A visual art installation, a sculpture, a library, a museum, a curiosity, a venue, consisting solely of one novel, 1,984 copies of George Orwell’s iconic...

Wednesday, December 11, 2024 - 14:00

Dr. Roger Andre Søraa will deliver the eighth CRISP online seminar on the 11th December 2024 at 14.00 GMT. The seminar is entitled 'AI and diversity – how to mitigate exclusion in sociotechnical practices'. To join the seminar, just click on the 'Join the Seminar' button below from 15 minutes before the start time. See you there!

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly...

Wednesday, December 4, 2024 -
10:00 - 16:00

Hosted by CRISP at the University of Edinburgh

Speakers:

An Introduction to the Employee Monitoring Guidance: Elanor McCombe, Group Manager - Policy, Information Commissioners Office of the United Kingdom.

Proportionality and Policy in Employee Monitoring Practice:...

Wednesday, November 6, 2024 -
16:00 - 18:00

Our futures are entangled with data and AI. But considering these automated futures goes beyond what technologies can do; it invites workers, policymakers, and leaders to reflect on how we want to live, learn, and work with AI and data systems. This two-hour interactive event is a creative space to inform and critically explore issues and opportunities arising from digitally-mediated...

Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 14:00

Dr Tyne Sumner will deliver the seventh CRISP online seminar on Wednesday 6th November from 14.00 - 15.30 GMT. The seminar is entitled 'Gimmick Surveillance: Espionage, Exposure, Entertainment'. To join the seminar, just click on the 'Join the Seminar' button below from 15 minutes before the start time. See you there! 

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The term ‘gimmick’ has been invoked a great deal...

Saturday, November 2, 2024 -
13:00 - 16:00


Book now: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/iaa1/1381273

Our everyday life is filled with technologies targeting our bodies and capturing our data, often without us considering the consequences. Our laptops demand our fingerprints, our smartphones unlock by scanning our faces and our wearable devices constantly track our heart rates.

Biometric technologies can be used...

Monday, September 16, 2024 -
13:00 - 15:00

Monday 16th September 2024 at University of Stirling.  

To attend please contact Vassilis Galanos

Emerging technologies come with the promise of disrupting the world as we know it while at the same time lacking the proof of their actual impact. Except for a few prototypes in R&D departments or research institutes, they exist primarily in the shared expectations and their...

Wednesday, August 7, 2024 - 14:00

In this talk Dr Amy Stevens will present research from her forthcoming book, Resisting State Surveillance in the Digital Age. The book is part of the Routledge Studies in Surveillance Series and will be available to buy on 9th August 2024. To join the seminar, all you need to do is click the 'join the seminar' link below. The link will become live 15 minutes before the start time of 2pm/1400...

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 -
16:00 - 17:30

Professor David Robertson will deliver the fifth CRISP online seminar on Wednesday 13th May 2024 starting at 4pm/1600 hrs UK time on MS Teams. The seminar is entitled 'Requirements Specifications for AI Systems'.  To join the seminar, all you need to do is click the 'join the seminar' link below. The link will become live 15 minutes before the start time of 4pm/1600 hrs. 

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