Chair in Surveillance Studies
About
The Faculty of Law and Criminology, and in particular the LSTS research group with the support of the CRiS and SMIT research groups, established the temporary "Chair in Surveillance Studies" in collaboration with the vzw Privacy Salon.
Activities
Conduct and promote original interdisciplinary scientific research on surveillance and dissemination of the research through publications (books, scientific articles, policy briefs and reports) and participation in international conferences, policy events, scientific and expert networks, exploring the possibilities for setting up an interfaculty research group and an interfaculty elective MA course, establish a seminar series in surveillance studies, contribute to science communication of scientific research on surveillance.
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Upcoming Seminars
To be announced
Past Seminars
April 26 - Seminar XVI : Panel discussion about the police's role in society, legitimacy and image with Rianne Dekker (Utrecht University School of Governance), Wilco Versteeg (Radboud Universiteit) and others TBA
June 14 - Seminar XVII with Robotruckers: The Double Threat of AI for Low-Wage Work with Karen Levy (Cornell University) online, from 3PM-4.30PM CET Registration available soon
RESCHEDULED May 4 September 18 - Seminar XVIII : Algorithmic Finitude and the Violence of Closed-Loop Epistemologies: Re-situating Surveillance and Surveyance with Chantelle Gray (North West University Potchefstroom) online, from 11AM-12.30PM CET Register here
March 15th, 2023 - Surveillance and the Reproduction of Labor and Capital with Markus Kienscherf online, from 3PM-4.30PM CET
December 14th, 2022 - Policing with the drone: Towards an aerial geopolitics of security with Francisco Klauser, chaired by Lior Volinz from 2PM - 3.30PM (Brussels Time) - REGISTER HERE
November 9th, 2022 - Predict and Surveil - Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing with Sarah Brayne from 4PM - 5.30PM (Brussels Time)
Surveillance for Development? Implications of Surveillance-oriented Citizen Identification Systems in Global South countries with Smith Oduro-Marfo.
Took place online through Teams on October 13th, 2022, 3PM - 4.30PM (Brussels Time). You can re-watch the seminar here.Seminar X : Surveillance and The Welfare State with Kathryn Henne and Jenna Harb
Took place online through Teams on June 8th, 2022, 9.30AM Brussels Time. You can re-watch the seminar here.Seminar IX : Artificial Intelligence and Policing: Challenges in the United States with Elizabeth Joh
Took place online through Teams on May 11th, 2022, 6PM Brussels Time.Seminar VIII : Police-use of Facial Recognition Technology in India with Shivangi Narayan
Took place online through Teams on April 21st, 2022, 1PM Brussels Time. You can re-watch the seminar here.Seminar VII : Surveillance capitalism in the Global South: labor and disinformation networks with Rafael de Almeida Evangelista, chaired by Lucas Melgaço
Took place online through Microsoft Teams on 1st of December, 2021, 2PM CET.You can re-watch the seminar here.Seminar VI : EU border surveillance and the use of AI with Niovi Vavoula, chaired by Gloria González Fuster
Took place online through Microsoft Teams on 27th of October, 2021, 1PM CET. You can re-watch the seminar here.Book launch: Hysteria - Crime, Media, and Politics (Routledge, 2021) by Marc Schuilenburg
Took place on October 1st, 2021, in Brussels in aula D3.08 (VUB Campus Etterbeek) and online through MS Teams.Seminar V: Surveillance as spatial injustice: The Case of Iran with Azadeh Akbari
Took place online through Microsoft Teams on June 17th 2021 at 3PM CETBook launch: The Algorithmic Society - Technology, Power, and Knowledge
Took place online through Microsoft Teams on April 22nd 2021, from 15:00 - 16:30 CET. You can re-watch the book launch here.Seminar IV: Workplace Surveillance with Kirstie Ball
Took place online through Microsoft Teams on March 19th 2021, from 15:00 - 16:30 CET. You can re-watch the seminar here.Seminar III: Panel discussion on Educational Surveillance with Ben Williamson, Seda Gürses, Chris Gilliard and Valerie Steeves
Took place online through Microsoft Teams on 4 February 2021, from 17:00 - 18:30 CET. You can re-watch the seminar here.Seminar II: Silencing across borders: Surveillance and Digital Threats Against Exiled Dissidents and Diaspora Activists
Took place online through Microsoft Teams on 23 October 2020 from 11:00 - 13:00. Those whose missed it can rewatch the seminar by clicking on the above link, enjoy!Seminar I: Facial Recognition in the Global City: Ethnographic analysis of the police trials of live facial recognition in London with Peter Fussey
Took place at the VUB Campus Etterbeek on 21 November 2019 from 12:00 - 14:00.
Objectives
Stimulating and encouraging interdisciplinary research in Surveillance Studies
Stimulating cooperation and exchange of researchers within different research groups of the VUB, other researchers and research groups in Belgium and from across the world who do research on surveillance
Creating a knowledge center on surveillance in Belgium and exploring the possibility of establishing an interfaculty research group at the VUB.
