A new researcher has joined CRISP St Andrews, Dr Aisling Crean. Aisling is a Digital Education Developer at the Centre for Educational Enhancement and Development (CEED) at the University of St Andrews. She works across the University on the development of adaptive (or 'personalised') and immersive learning at St Andrews. She is interested in a range of ethical and political issues bound up...
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Posted May 30th 2023
On 6 - 11 January 2024 the Arab Center for Research and Policy studies (ARCPS) is hosting their Fifth Annual Winter School. The School is open to PhD students and Early Career Researchers in the Social Sciences and Humanities whose work addresses issues of surveillance, censorship, manipulation and control in social media. The School’s concept note can be read in...
Posted May 17th 2023
Interim findings of an independent report on changes to the office of the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner (B&SCC) functions arising from the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill.
Society is witnessing an unprecedented acceleration in the capability and reach of surveillance technologies. These new and advancing technologies hold clear...
Posted May 2nd 2023
Coventry University is inviting applications from suitably-qualified graduates for a fully-funded PhD studentship within the Centre for Business in Society. Applications from UK/International/EU students are welcome. The PhD student will study the impact of technology-enabled monitoring for home workers in the UK. The project will be located within the Data, Organisations and Society research...
Posted Mar 27th 2023
CRISP would like to welcome, Jędrzej Kupczyński, a visiting scholar from the University of Warsaw in Poland, who will be visiting CRISP in the latter part of March 2023. During his visit Jędrzej based in the School of Management at the University of Stirling.
Jędrzej is a prosecutor in the District Public Prosecutor’s Office for Wola District, Warsaw, Poland. He is a doctoral...
Posted Feb 23rd 2023
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...
Posted Feb 23rd 2023
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...
Posted Feb 12th 2023
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...
Posted Feb 8th 2023
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...
Posted Jan 27th 2023
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...