Surveillance in an Age of Crisis
The 10th Biennial Surveillance Studies Network / Surveillance & Society Conference
#SSN2024 28-31 May, 2024 Ljubljana, Slovenia
About the conference
In an era characterized by unprecedented technological advancements and evolving societal norms, the intricate interplay between surveillance and our daily lives has become a focal point of discussion and examination. Surveillance has always had an intimate relationship with crisis and transformation. Surveillance appears, spreads and intensifies as a response and an ‘answer’ to crises. Crises sharpen and focus ordinary problems, practices and technologies of government and social ordering. Crises have shaped the way in which surveillance is understood, developed and implemented at all levels. And finally, surveillance has also helped to shape the very construction, perception and understanding of crises.
It is with great pleasure and anticipation that we extend a warm welcome to the the 10th Biennial Surveillance Studies Network’s Surveillance & Society Conference #SSN2024 – Surveillance in an Age of Crisis, a platform dedicated to unraveling the complexities, implications, and the future trajectory of surveillance in our interconnected world.
The conference is organised by the international, interdisciplinary open access journal Surveillance & SocietyOpens external and the Surveillance Studies NetworkOpens external, which is a registered charitable company dedicated to the study of surveillance in all its forms, and the free distribution of scholarly information, and hosted by the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, Ljubljana, and University of Ljubljana.
Doctoral Coloquium
There will also be an associated in-person colloquium for doctoral students on the afternoon before the conference, 28 May. Interested doctoral colloquium participants should indicate their interest in attending the colloquium via the regular conference proposal submission portal.
Keynote Speakers and Special Sessions
Keynote speakers and special sessions will be advertised as we develop them, but we can already announce Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal and Chief Advisor to the AI Now Institute, as one of our keynote speakers.
NEW! Online Track for Global South Scholars
We recognise that many scholars, particularly those from the Global South / Majority World, will have financial and/or visa-related difficulties in attending #SSN2024 in person. So, in conjunction with the Surveillance in the Global South Group, we will have a dedicated online / virtual track for you. If you are in this situation, please tick the box on the submission form (it doesn’t matter if your proposed paper is about the Global South or not, just whether you will not be able to make it to the conference in person).
NEW! Tiered Fee Structure
We are still working out the fees for the conference. But we can tell you that we’re introducing a new 4-tier fee structure to make both SSN membership and conference fees fairer. And of course, we’re SSN so it’s an honesty system – we aren’t watching you.
Organisers
Surveillance Studies Network Organising Committee
David Murakami Wood, University of Ottawa, Canada (Chair)
Rosamunde van Brakel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Azadeh Akbari, University of Twente, Netherlands
Yasmine Ezzedine, Sheffield Hallam University (Doctoral Colloquium Co-ordinator)
Bryce Newell, University of Oregon, USA
Local Organising Committee
Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, Ljubljana
Aleš Završnik, Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, Ljubljana (Local Chair)
Tina Anžič, Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, Ljubljana
Aleksej Jankovič, Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, Ljubljana
Vasja Badalič, Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, Ljubljana
Pika Šarf, Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, Ljubljana
Marko Drobnjak, Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, Ljubljan
Iva Ramuš, Institute of Criminology at the Faculy of Law, Ljubljana
