Dr Ayse Ceyhan is a Political Scientist. She teaches Security Studies and International Relations at Sciences Po-Paris. Specialized in issues of security and technology, she leads a research programme “Security–Technology- Society” and a research group on security technologies at Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (MSH). She works on border surveillance, airport security, identity controls and surveillance issues. In January 2008 she organized a cross-disciplinary conference in Paris on biometrics. She is currently editing a volume on “Biometric identification” for a 2010 release.

Research interests: The technologization of security – the makers of technologized security – security companies’ role in shaping security policies and technologies.

Research affiliations: MCRI – New Transparency: Surveillance and Social Sorting  - Groupe d’Etudes et d’Expertise Sécurité et Technologies (GEEST)

Recent publications:

• Identification biométrique, (co-editor with Pierre Piazza), Editions Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, (forthcoming 2010).
• “Privacy in France in the Age of Security and Information Technologies” chapter in D.Lyon, E.Zureik, L.Harling-Stalky, E.Smith, Y.Chan (Eds), Privacy, Surveillance and the Globalization of Personal Information, Mc Gill-Queen’s University. Press (forthcoming 2010).
•  « Lutte contre le terrorisme : la technologie n’est pas neutre », Revue Internationale et Stratégique no 74, June 2009.
•  « Technologization of Security: Management of Uncertainty and Risk in the Age of Biometrics », Surveillance & Society. No 5(2), 2008.
• « Technologie et sécurité : une gouvernance libérale dans un contexte d’incertitudes », Cultures & Conflits, no. 64, 2006.
• « Identification et surveillance à l’heure de la biométrie », Cultures & Conflits, no. 64, 2006.
• « Policing by Dossiers: Identification and Surveillance in an Era of Uncertainty and Fear », in D.Bigo, E.Guild (eds.), Controlling Borders, London, Ashgate, 2005.