Theme Issue of Surveillance & Society edited by: Jennifer R. Whitson and Bart Simon submission deadline: September 15th 2013 for publication March 2014.
The games we play on our computers, iPads, and video game consoles are watching us. They track our every online move and send data on who we are, how we play, and whom we... Read more about @title...
Colonial versus Authoritarian Surveillance Special Issue of Omran, Autumn 2013 Deadline: April 30
Omran, a quarterly refereed journal of the social sciences and humanities which is published in Arabic by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies in Doha, Qatar, invites submissions of scholarly papers to a special issue whose focus is the practice of surveillance in the... Read more about @title...
Applications for a Post-doctoral Fellowship are sought within a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)-funded project on The New Transparency at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada.
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... Read more about @title...
On being awarded a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Invitation Fellowship.
Congratulations to NewT members Kiyoshi Abe of Kwansei Gakuin University and David Murakami Wood of the SSC at Queen’s University who have just been awarded a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Invitation Fellowship for David for his project, 'Surveillance in the... Read more about @title...
The Surveillance Studies Centre seeks a full-time Research Associate (12 month contract), beginning January 2013.
Reporting to the Center Director, the SSC Research Associate facilitates collaborative research among Centre members and associated research teams. The Research Associate also performs direct research work, liaises with other researchers, and performs editorial work and bibliographic searches.
Applications for a Post-doctoral Fellowship are sought within a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)-funded project on The New Transparency at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada.
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 develop online content related... Read more about @title...
A fully funded full time PhD studentship in surveillance studies is available at the Open University Business School: https://www5.open.ac.uk/employment/
The closing date for applications is the 3rd September 2012 with interviews on the 26th September, and the start date is 1st January 2013 . The studentship is jointly funded by the OU and The... Read more about @title...
David Lyon ( Sociology ) has been honoured with The Canadian Sociological Association’s Outstanding Contribution Award. Dr. Lyon, director of the Surveillance Studies Centre , is the first Queen’s professor to earn the society’s top award. “There are two ways this recognition is particularly pleasing,” says Dr. Lyon. “One is that it’s good that members... Read more about @title...
