I you want to know more about the action or about the website, lists and activities, contact either 

William Webster: william.webster(at)stir.ac.uk

Nils Zurawski: nils(at)surveillance-studies.org

San Diego, CA

October 9 - 12, 2013

Please email titles, abstracts, and institutional affiliations to Torin Monahan   and Anders Albrechtslund

• Data fusion, profiling, and prediction by security organizations.
• Gamification of interaction with customers and clients as public and private organizations seek to capitalize on (and control) user involvement.
• Activist and civil-society harnessing of data repositories and sensing devices to achieve progressive outcomes.
• Health technologies used for documentation, analyses, predictions and recommendations.

The closest Arabic nuanced translation of surveillance is nizam al-muraqabah. By it we mean the gathering and recording of personal information, directly or indirectly, on individuals, groups and institutions for the purpose of influencing their conduct for positive or negative outcome. Surveillance is practiced by national and foreign governments and their agencies, international organizations, corporations, civic institutions, and individuals. Our main concern is the exercise of surveillance on individuals in their capacity as activists, citizens, consumers, travelers, and workers.

The planned journal issue will seek to explore the theoretical and empirical facets of surveillance practices and resistance to such practices, at the individual and group level. 

The papers will appear in Arabic. However, the journal accepts English submissions which, if they are accepted, will be translated by the journal into Arabic. Interested authors are requested to send the editor a one-page abstract outlining their contribution. The length of the paper should be around 20 typed pages, including endnotes, or between 6000 to 8000 words.

Please send your abstract by April 30, and the final paper by the end of August 2013 to:

For further information consult the website or the editors:

Omran, the social science and humanities journal

[email protected]

Guest editor: [email protected]

This is a seven-year Major Collaborative Research Initiative (MCRI) project (2008-2015). The successful applicant will be working with The New Transparency research team to support the online dissemination of existing research findings and conduct research related to the major project Transparent Lives: Surveillance in Canada. This project is a current assessment of surveillance investigating the major forms of monitoring, tracking, tracing, recording and processing of personal data in the full range of organizations, both governmental and commercial, in the Canadian context.

One Post-doctoral Fellowship ($36,000 CAD + benefits) is available for one year, starting date as soon as possible.

Applicants must have an demonstrable interest in surveillance studies. Experience with bilingualism (French and English), and statistical analysis would be an asset. Applicants should have a PhD in the social sciences. Opportunities will be given to pursue some original research and some teaching responsibilities may be available to suitably qualified candidates.

Please send by 22 February 2013 a curriculum vitae, transcripts, a sample publication or work-in-progress, two letters of reference and a letter of application to Ms Joan Sharpe, Project Administrator, Surveillance Studies Centre, c/o Department of Sociology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6.

Joan Sharpe
Project Administrator
Surveillance Studies Centre
c/o Dept of Sociology

Kingston, ON K7L 3N6
Canada
(613) 533-6000, ext. 78867
(613) 533-6499 FAX
Twitter @sscqueens
www.sscqueens.org
www.newtransparency.org

Venue:
The Egg
Barastraat 175
Brussels, Belgium

CRISP Open University Launch programme available here

Further information about CRISP available here