Watching and being seen often features in biblical texts. God and angels are depicted as figures able to observe humans. People in the Bible engage in looking at others, sometimes spying on enemies, or keeping an eye out in particular for those who are in need. Being seen is also understood as something people need and want; to be confirmed by God’s gaze.
Everyday life in the 21st...
SCOTLIN launch event funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE).
Professor Hector MacQueen, Director of the Edinburgh Centre for Private Law (University of Edinburgh), Chair of the Law section of the British Academy, and former Scottish Law Commissioner will be present “Law and Innovation in Scotland: Some Impressionistic Thoughts”, 31st March at 4pm.
To attend the event please...
Our friends in the Centre for Security Resarch (CeSaR) at the University of Edinburgh are hosting a seminar entitled ‘Spies and the Virus: COVID-19 and Intelligence Forewarning in the United States'. The seminar takes place on 23rd March at 15.00 GMT and you can register here.
Dr Fitsanakis' talk will explore the lessons of SARS-CoV-2 for strategic warning intelligence in these volatile...
SCOTLIN Research Seminar funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Sophie Cargill, Senior Associate at Mellicks Solicitors will talk about defamation in Scots law on Monday 22nd March at 1pm.
To attend the seminar please contact Guido Noto La Diego (guido.noto.la.diega@stir.ac.uk).
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How can surveillant concepts draw together research on counter-surveillance in workplace 4.0? On 19th March, Kirstie Ball will deliver an online seminar at the Privacy Salon,Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels) addressing this question.
This seminar draws upon the findings of a systematic review on the extension of workplace surveillance in recent times. Across...
A SCOTLIN Research Seminar funded by the Rotal Society of Edinburgh (RSE)
Professor Christophe Geiger, Director of the Research Department of the Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI), University of Strasbourg, will talk about "Intellectual Property and Freedom of Expression" on Monday 15th March at 1pm.iegoTo attend the event please contact Guido Noto La Diego (...
A SCOTLIN Research Seminar funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE)
Joseph Savirimuthu, Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Liverpool, will talk about “Thinking with Algorithms - Optimism, Pessimism and Realism” on Monday 1 February at 1pm.
To attend the seminar please contact Guido Notta La Diego (guido.noto.la.diega@stir.ac.uk)
A SCOTLIN Research Seminar Funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE)
Dr Karen McCullagh, Course Director of the LLM in Media Law, Policy & Practice at the University of East Anglia will talk about “Data protection Brexit, and international data transfers” on Monday 25th January at 1pm.
To attend this seminar please contact Guido Nota La Diego (guido.noto.la.diega@stir.ac....
We're sorry to announce that the Fifth CRISP Doctoral Training School is cancelled due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Thanks to all of you who engaged with the school and to those who applied to come. We'll be back again in future years. In the meantime, look after yourselves.
Kirstie, William, Charles and Pete
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On 1 October 2019, the VUB Chair in Surveillance Studies started. The Chair is based at the LSTS research group and is supported by the research groups CRiS and SMIT. The Chair is coordinated by Professor Dr. Rosamunde van Brakel. The main...
