Chair in Surveillance Studies

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.

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.  

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.

CHECK THE PUBLICATIONS

Upcoming 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

Past Seminars