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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 16h

📢 CFP: SSN Small Research Grants 2026–2027 The SSN is accepting applications for its Small Research Grants, offering awards of up to £1,500 to support surveillance studies research by early-career scholars working in economically under-resourced regions. 📅 Deadline: December 1, 2026

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🌎 Early career scholars, PhD students, Global Majority scholars, multilingual scholars, independent researchers, activists, organisers & non-academic researchers are especially welcome!

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Professor Torin Monahan, Co-Editor-in-Chief of Surveillance & Society, will give a short talk on academic writing, common mistakes editors see, and the publication process, followed by an open Q&A.

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

📚 Academic writing & getting published Join the Surveillance Studies Network & Surveillance & Society seminar on October 14, 12pm ET! 🔗 Register: lnkd.in/d_QuhfbV

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Surveillance & Society has published a great new issue—w/ articles on #surveillance in #Amazon warehouses, private-sector policing platforms, colonial surveillance in India, #ICE assistance, and more. The journal is *always* fully #OpenAccess. ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...

Photograph of the DEN3 Amazon Fulfillment Center warehouse in Thornton, Colorado, near Denver.

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Check out Julia Rootenberg's new post on Surveillance & Society's blog, Blink. #surveillance "Between Nonnas and Cameras: On Surveillance Old and New in Puglia" medium.com/surveillance...

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Between Nonnas and Cameras: On Surveillance Old and New in Puglia

In this post, Julia Rootenberg reflects on her trip to Puglia, Italy, and informal surveillance.

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

📄 Proposal: title + 400-word abstract 📚 Final paper: approximately 2,500–3,000 words, including references 📅 Proposal deadline: 15 September 2026 📅 Full paper deadline: 10 December 2026 🗓️ Expected publication: March 2027 🔗 More information in the full CFP: lnkd.in/gsfS4AzE

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

• processes of racialisation, gendering, and classing through everyday forms of watching; • surveillance and social norms around bodies and behaviour; • forms of watching that take place without digital technologies, and what they contribute to current understandings of surveillance. +

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

💡 Possible topics include: • people watching people through technologies and social media; • recording and sharing content of others in social spaces; • interpersonal surveillance in relation to state imperatives and agendas; +

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The section aims to revisit and update discussions on interpersonal and informal surveillance, bringing back ideas from the journal’s 2004 special issue People Watching People and exploring how these practices unfold in contemporary physical and digital social spaces. +

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

📢 Call for Papers | Surveillance & Society Surveillance & Society is inviting expressions of interest for an upcoming Dialogue section on “People Watching People, Revisited.” +

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Torin Monahan @torinmonahan.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Surveillance & Society and @survstudiesnet.bsky.social have just announced the Early Career Researcher prize winners for 2025. Congrats to the winners, and check out their amazing articles too! (Linked here: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...)

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

For many years, people didn’t randomly film others in public—not because we didn’t have the technology, but because the social contract said you didn’t do that. That’s why Meta is going full court press on their PR and celebrity endorsements. They remember how people ran google glass outta town.

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Check out a terrific new special issue of Surveillance & Society on “Resisting Surveillance Through Data Visibility and Invisibility.” Always #OpenAccess. #Ring #Surveillance #FacialRecognition #LGBTQ+ #ForensicArchitecture ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...

Screenshot of person being scanned by facial recognition technology.

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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

"We found that at least 150 institutions of higher ed... are using Flock’s surveillance network.. many campus police departments have facilitated immigration related investigations, even when they are located in sanctuary states and are legally prohibited from doing so" by @torinmonahan.bsky.social

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Flock on campus: university police as appendages of a national policing apparatus

Dangerous new forms of networked surveillance are gaining traction with police departments across the United States. One popular example is Flock Safety’s Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR)...

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Congratulations once again to all the awardees. Looking forward to reading and continuing to learn from your work. 🤞

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

4/4 🏆 Arantxa Ortiz Caring for Images: Anonymization as Feminist Sensory Accompaniment. 🔗 lnkd.in/d7YXVA5D

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

3/4 🏆 Sophie Benanni-Taylor Financial Circuits of Im/mobility: Constraining, Confining, and Coercing Asylum Seekers Through Prepayment Technology. 🔗 lnkd.in/dtreRt6C

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

2/4 🏆 Matthew Abbey The Void of Surveillance: Machine Learning, Psychoanalysis, and the Misreading of Desire. 🔗 lnkd.in/dEB9Tb6H

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

1/4 🏆 Louisa Rogers Styling the Surveillance Self in Fashion Media: Strategies of Sexualization and Sentimentality. 🔗 lnkd.in/dYmmfprQ

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Congratulations to the winners of the Surveillance Studies Network's 2025 Early Career Researcher Awards for publications in Surveillance & Society! 🎉 To explore the award-winning papers, follow this thread 👇 #SurveillanceStudies #SurveillanceAndSociety #EarlyCareerResearcher

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

📅 Submission deadline: September 30, 2026 🗞️ Publication: September 2027 Announcement, further information and suggested topics available at: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

This special issue calls for a dialogue between the transdisciplinary field of surveillance studies and research on intimate partner violence to address a vital concern of the digital age: the weaponization of digital technologies in abusive relationships.

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

📢 Call for Papers | Special Issue — Surveillance & Society: “Everyday Surveillance and Intimate Partner Violence” Edited by Karen Louise Grova Søilen, Kristin Veel & Kassandra Wellendorf.

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

👥 Committee: Gary Kafer, American University, USA (chair) Torin Monahan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA David Murakami Wood, University of Ottawa, Canada Jennifer Whitson, University of Waterloo, Canada

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

📦 Important: • Publisher must send a physical copy to each committee member (addresses will be provided). • ❌ No electronic copies accepted • ❌ Books will not be returned

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

📩 How to nominate: Email with subject “SSN Book Award 2026” to: gkafer@american.edu Include: • Title • Year • Author(s) • Publisher • Justification (max. 250 words) ⏰Deadline: July 30, 2026

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

📖 Eligibility: • Books with “2025” copyright • Single or multi-authored works • ❌ No edited volumes 💰 Award: • £250 (split if multiple authors) • + 2-year SSN membership

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

📚 ANNUAL SURVEILLANCE STUDIES BOOK AWARD (2026) The Surveillance Studies Network (SSN) is now accepting nominations (including self-nominations) for the best monograph on surveillance published in 2025. 🔗 ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su... Thread 🧵

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Call for Nominations: Surveillance Studies Network Book Award: 2026 | Surveillance & Society

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

SSN Book Award Committee Members: Gary Kafer, American University, USA (chair) Torin Monahan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA David Murakami Wood, University of Ottawa, Canada Jennifer Whitson, University of Waterloo, Canada

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Call for Nominations: Surveillance Studies Network Book Award: 2026 | Surveillance & Society

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

📦 Important: • Deadline: July 30, 2026 • Publisher must send a physical copy to each committee member (emails will be informed) • ❌ No electronic copies accepted • ❌ Books will not be returned

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

📩 How to nominate: Email with subject “SSN Book Award 2026” to: gkafer@american.edu Include: • Title • Year • Author(s) • Publisher • Justification (max. 250 words)

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

📖 Eligibility: • Books with “2025” copyright • Single or multi-authored works • ❌ No edited volumes 💰 Award: • £250 (split if multiple authors) • + 2-year SSN membership

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Join us on Thursday 4/30 at 12:00pm CST for what is sure to be a provocative conversation on how essential surveillance concerns are mediated in a prescient American blockbuster!

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Moderator Fareed Ben-Youssef will open with a brief overview of the film, followed by discussion with leading scholars and practitioners Matt Finch, Steffen Krüger, Kellie Marin and Malka Older.

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

This interdisciplinary event explores Minority Report (2002), Steven Spielberg’s dystopian thriller released in the early post-9/11 era that anticipated today’s debates on predictive policing, biometric technologies and algorithmic surveillance.

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

📢 Our latest blog post is out: Sarah Young, Jason Pridmore, and Catherine Brooks reflect on their article titled “A Pivot to Quantum: Shifting the Surveillant Assemblage” which appeared in the 23(4) issue of Surveillance & Society. medium.com/surveillance...

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A Pivot to Quantum: Shifting the Surveillant Assemblage

In this post, Sarah Young, Jason Pridmore, and Catherine Brooks reflect on their article titled “A Pivot to Quantum: Shifting the…

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

📢 Our latest blog post is out: Deena Varner reviews Dangerous Animals (2025), Directed by Sean Byrne. Read it (& all our others) here: medium.com/surveillance...

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

📢 Our latest blog post is out: Karissa Ketter and Darren Byler reflections on their Surveillance & Society 23(4) article “‘Subordinated Inclusion’: Population Sorting Technologies as Digital Confinement in the United States, China, and Israel”. Read it (& all our others) here: shre.ink/mediumSSN

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“Subordinated Inclusion”: Population Sorting Technologies as Digital Confinement in the United…

In this post, Karissa Ketter and Dr. Darren Byler reflect on their article titled “‘Subordinated Inclusion”: Population Sorting…

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Surveillance & Society has published a great new issue—w/ articles on data leaks, ceasefire monitoring, campus #protests, & much more! The journal is always fully #openaccess. Check it out, and please spread the word: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...

Three police officers standing in front of Gaza solidarity encampment tents at Columbia University. (Photo credit: Wm3214 via Wikimedia Commons.)

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

🎉 We are excited to announce the 2024 winners of our #Surveillance Studies Network Early Career Researcher prize for publications in our journal, Surveillance & Society 🎉 Check out their fantastic papers here: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su... Congratulations to the winners!!

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

The Surveillance Studies Network (SSN) invites nominations (including self-nominations) for its 2026 Arts Prize. The deadline for receipt of nominations is August 15th, 2025. ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

The Surveillance Studies Network (SSN) invites nominations (including self-nominations) for the annual Surveillance Studies Book Award. The deadline for receipt of books from the publisher is October 15th, 2025. ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

📢 Our latest blog post is live! 'Anyone Who’s Watching Can See That You’re Watching, Too' by @corinnejones.bsky.social - about the relationship b/w #consumption, #visibility labours, & social media’s #surveillance economy. Find this & our other great contributions here: medium.com/surveillance...

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Anyone Who’s Watching Can See That You’re Watching, Too

In this post, Corinne Jones reflects on her article ‘“Anyone Who’s Watching Can See That You’re Watching, Too”: A Case Study of Prosumption…

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

PUBLISHED: New open issue of Surveillance & Society with articles on #desire, student tracking, #Tesla data collection, #surveillance #art, workplace surveillance, and urban “data walks.” The journal is always fully #openaccess. Check it out, and please spread the word: tinyurl.com/9c473scz

Map of USA showing automated license plate reader (ALPR) networks. From flock.ajith.fyi.

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

📢 Our latest blog post is live: 'Contesting Surveillance: What Tunisian Imams Taught Me' by @fabriziol.bsky.social - a discussion of #surveillance, #security, violent extremism, and radicalisation. Find this great contribution (and check out all of our others!) here: medium.com/surveillance...

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Contesting Surveillance: What Tunisian Imams Taught Me

In this post, Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu reflects on his article ‘Vernacular Security and Religion in Tunisia: The Role of Local Imams in the…

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

📢 Our latest blog post is out: 'Styling the #Surveillance Self in #Fashion Media' by Louisa Rogers - a fascinating exploration of security and surveillance in fashion photography. Read it (& all our others) here: medium.com/surveillance...

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Styling the Surveillance Self in Fashion Media

In this post, Louisa Rogers reflects on her article ‘Styling the Surveillance Self in Fashion Media: Strategies of Sexualization and…

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

We are excited to announce the 11th Biennial #Surveillance Studies Network Conference happening 9th-12th June 2026, in Lille, France. It includes a #PhD Colloquium. #SSN2026 is hosted by @univcatholille.bsky.social ETHICS & ISTC. Look out for more info soon... And get those abstracts ready!

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