Enacting border security in the digital age: political worlds of data forms, flows and frictions.

Project description

Data-driven border security

In today’s digital age, data is collected and used for border security, but the entire process presents many political and ethical implications. The EU-funded SECURITY FLOWS project will propose an innovative theorisation of the epistemic impacts of datafication as generating both learning and ignorance. It will also trace the practical implications of datafication by 'following the data' along the migration routes in the Mediterranean. Politically, it will show how data shapes actors’ decision-making. Ethically, it aims to understand how datafication affects the rights of both citizens and non-citizens.

Fields of science

• social sciences › sociology › governance
• social sciences › political sciences › political policies › civil society › nongovernmental organizations
• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › computer security › data protection
• social sciences › sociology › demography › human migrations

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme

Topic(s)

• ERC-2018-COG - ERC Consolidator Grant

Call for proposal

ERC-2018-COG

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Funding Scheme

ERC-COG - Consolidator Grant

Host institution

KING'S COLLEGE LONDON

Net EU contribution

€ 1 897 826,00

Address

Strand
WC2R 2LS London
United Kingdom

Region

London › Inner London — West › Westminster

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Links

Non-EU contribution

€ 0,00

Beneficiaries (1)

KING'S COLLEGE LONDON

United Kingdom

Net EU contribution

€ 1 897 826,00

Address

Strand
WC2R 2LS London

Region

London › Inner London — West › Westminster

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Links

Non-EU contribution

€ 0,00