A5017797236- Social Media and Politics
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Digital Economy and Work Transformation
- Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
- Media Studies and Communication
- Labor Movements and Unions
- Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
- Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
- Data Analysis and Archiving
- Global Security and Public Health
- Globalization and political ideologies
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing
- Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Discrimination and Equality Law
- Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism
- European Criminal Justice and Data Protection
- Globalization and Cultural Identity
- Big Data Technologies and Applications
- Deception detection and forensic psychology
- International Development and Aid
- Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research
- Policing Practices and Perceptions
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
Goldsmiths University of London
2024-2025
Universidad de Londres
2025
Cardiff University
2013-2023
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College
2022
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias México
2022
Cordoba University
2022
University of Bergen
2020
University of Wales Institute Cardiff
2020
Örebro University
2019
Central European University
2012
The Snowden leaks, first published in June 2013, provided unprecedented insights into the operations of state-corporate surveillance, highlighting extent to which everyday communication is integrated an extensive regime control that relies on ‘datafication’ social life. Whilst such data-driven forms governance have significant implications for citizenship and society, resistance surveillance wake leaks has predominantly centred techno-legal responses relating development use encryption...
In May 2018 over 200 people from around the world met at Cardiff University in United Kingdom to participate a conference on ‘Data Justice’ hosted by Data Justice Lab. They included scho...
This paper is part of Transnational materialities, a special issue Internet Policy Review guest-edited by José van Dijck and Bernhard Rieder. Introduction Questions about how data generated, collected used have taken hold public imagination in recent years, not least relation to government.
The relation between digitalization and environmental sustainability is ambiguous. There potential of various digital technologies to slow down the transgression planetary boundaries. Yet resource energy demand for hardware production use data-intensive applications substantial size. world over, there no comprehensive regulation that addresses opportunities risks technology sustainability. In this perspective article, we call a Digital Green Deal includes strong, cross-sectoral green...
Discriminatory practices in recruitment and hiring are an ongoing issue that is a concern not just for workplace relations, but also wider understandings of economic justice inequality. The ability to get keep job key aspect participating society sustaining livelihoods. Yet the way decisions made on who eligible jobs, why, rapidly changing with advent growth uptake automated systems (AHSs) powered by data-driven tools. Evidence extent this around globe scarce, recent report estimated 98%...
Introduction| June 23 2020 Datafication and the Welfare State Collections: Special Collection: , Section: Communication Media Lina Dencik, Dencik 1Cardiff University, United Kingdom Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Anne Kaun 2Södertörn Sweden 1.dencikl@cardiff.ac.uk 2.www.annekaun.com Global Perspectives (2020) 1 (1): 12912. https://doi.org/10.1525/gp.2020.12912 Views Icon Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review...
This paper critically examines a recently developed proposal for border control system called iBorderCtrl, designed to detect deception based on facial recognition technology and the measurement of micro-expressions, termed 'biomarkers deceit'. Funded under European Commission's Horizon 2020 programme, is analysed in relation wider political economy 'emotional AI' history detection technologies. We then move interrogate design iBorderCtrl using publicly available documents assess assumptions...
Social media and big data uses form part of a broader shift from ‘reactive’ to ‘proactive’ forms governance in which state bodies engage analysis predict, pre-empt respond real time range social problems. Drawing on research with British police, we contextualize these algorithmic processes within actual police practices, focusing protest policing. Although aspects decision-making have become prominent practice, our shows that they are embedded continuous human–computer negotiation...
This article analyses three distinct child welfare data systems in England. We focus on as a contested area public services where are being used to inform decision-making and transforming governance. advance the use of "data assemblage" an analytical framework detail how key political economic factors influence development these systems. provide empirically grounded demonstration why must not be considered neutral decision aid tools. identify thought, ownership structures, policy agendas,...
This article provides an overview of the collection and uses data in relation to European border regimes. We analyse significance these developments for governance refugee populations make case that within current policy context control, functions systematically stigmatize, exclude oppress ‘unwanted’ migrant through mechanisms criminalisation, identification, social sorting. This, we argue, highlights need engage with politics a way considers both as well data, highlighting agendas interests...
The concept of data justice has been used to denote a shift in understanding what is at stake with datafication beyond digital rights. This essay speaks different interpretations the substance (ontology), who it applies (scope), and how should be upheld (procedure).
Today journalism, as an industry and a profession, is characterised by ever-increasing turbulence change, for better worse. Profound transformations affect every aspect of the instituti...
The revelations by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden have illustrated the scale and extent of digital surveillance carried out different security intelligence agencies.The publications led to a variety concerns, public debate, some diplomatic fallout regarding legality surveillance, state interference in civic life, protection civil rights context security.Debates about policy environment emerged quickly after leaks began, but actual change is only starting.In UK, draft law (Investigatory...
The ability to get and keep a job is key aspect of participating in society sustaining livelihoods. Yet the way decisions are made on who eligible for jobs, why, rapidly changing with advent growth uptake automated hiring systems (AHSs) powered by data-driven tools. Key concerns about such AHSs include lack transparency potential limitation access jobs specific profiles. In relation latter, however, several these claim detect mitigate discriminatory practices against protected groups promote...
Abstract Based on a focus artificial intelligence (AI) policy in the European Union (EU), we explore dominant approach taken to data justice policy. More specifically, ask how particular issue of discrimination is translated into goals and measures as way address prominent concerns about AI. Looking at stage formulation, provide an analysis (non) currently pursued within EU's AI debate through study relevant documents public consultations between 2017 2023. We argue that whilst has moved...
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