Personal Chair
Management, Work and Organisation University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
William Webster is Professor of Public Policy and Management at the Stirling Management School, University of Stirling. He is a Director of CRISP (the Centre for Research into Information Surveillance and Privacy), a research centre dedicated to the responsible use of new digital technologies and understanding the social impacts and consequences of technologically mediated surveillance. Professor Webster has research expertise in the policy processes, regulation and governance of CCTV, surveillance in everyday life, privacy and surveillance ethics, as well as public policy and service delivery relating to data protection, eGovernment, and electronic public services. He is currently co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Information Polity, co-chair of the Scottish Privacy Forum and co-chair of the EGPA (European Group of Public Administration) Permanent Study Group on eGovernment, and between 2009 and 2014 he led the Living in Surveillance Societies (LiSS) COST Action. He is also involved in a number of international research projects, including the ESRC SmartGov (Smart Governance of Sustainable Cities) project and the European Commission funded Increasing Resilience in Surveillance Societies (IRISS) and ASSERT projects. Professor Webster has recently completed commissioned research for Police Scotland and the Scottish Government examining the use of Body-worn Video cameras in policing contexts and on the oversight mechanisms for emerging technologies in law enforcement. Professor Webster has been a member of the strategy group of the UK Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner and has recently joined the Advisory Board of the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner. At the University of Stirling, Professor Webster has held a number of leadership roles, including Head of the Division of Management, Work and Organization for five years (2014-9), and at other times the Divisional Research Coordinator, the Research Post-graduate Coordinator and Director of the Public Service Management MBA and Masters of Business and Management Research (MRes) Programmes.
Research Interests: Professor Webster’s research interests are broadly in the area of contemporary public policy and management, and the policy processes and governance structures associated with governing in the information age. In particular, innovations in processes of governance, public policy and management which are facilitating the adoption and diffusion of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in government, democratic relations and the delivery of public services and citizenship. Professor Webster is an internationally recognised expert on the emergence of new surveillance technologies in public service and policy settings and a leading authority on the policies and practices surrounding the provision of closed-circuit television/video surveillance cameras and systems in public places. His research interests also include the normality of technologically mediated surveillance practices in society, the governance and regulation of privacy and data protection, surveillance ethics and the exploration of the defining characteristics of emerging surveillance societies. Other areas of research expertise include eGovernment, Body-worn Video and mechanisms to delivery democratic oversight.
Academic History: Professor Webster graduated in 1994 with a First Class Honours degree in Public Administration and was also awarded a Certificate in Public Service Practice following a year long placement as a civil service Fast Stream Administrative Trainee, at the Information Technology Office of the Inland Revenue. Between 1994 and 2000 he was a researcher based at the Centre for the Study of Telematics and Governance (CSTAG), Caledonian Business School, undertaking research into new innovative electronic public services. In 2000 he was appointed as a Lecturer in Public Management at the University of Stirling and in 2007 was promoted to Senior Lecturer. He was promoted to professorial status, as a Professor of Public Policy and Management, in 2012.
Teaching Portfolio: Professor Webster has taught across a wide range of programmes and modules within the Management School. His teaching portfolio includes public management leadership and teaching relating to his disciplinary expertise and more generic business and management subjects. In terms of programme leadership, Professor Webster has been the Programme Director for the BA (Hons) Public Administration and Management (2000-2012) and MBA (Public Services Management (2007-2014) programmes. More recently, he has been the MRes Business and Management Programme Director (2021-2023). Professor Webster has deigned and delivered a number of public management modules at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in a wide variety of areas, including: Introduction to Public Services Management, New Public Management, Partnership Working, Strategic Management in the Public Services and Electronic Public Services, etc. Across the business and management portfolio he has also delivered teaching on International Business, Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management. Professor Webster currently teaches research philosophy amd methods to taught and postgraduate students on the MRes Business and Management and DMan Doctor of Management programmes. Professor Webster has also delivered a number of ad hoc research workshops for early career scholars on topics like research funding, impact and engagement, building research careers and the role of reviews in academia.
Academic Leadership: Professor Webster has held a variety of leadership positions during his tenue at the University of Stirling. Between 2014 and 2019 he was Head of the Division of Management, Work and Organisation (MWO) and a member of the Management School Faculty Executive. The MWO Division is the generalist management Division within the faculty and covers subjects like business studies, human resource management, management science, business informatics and public management. During this period, he had responsibilities around workload allocation, new appointments, appraisals, promotions, Divisional and Faculty strategy, staffing and disciplinary matters, research culture and the development of taught programmes. This period included: a restructuring of organisational units within the Faculty, including the integration of the Centre for Advanced Management and Education (CAME) Studies into the division; a growth in staffing numbers to approximately 35 academics; a redesign of all teaching programmes; and excellent performance in REF 2014. Other leadership roles undertaken by Professor Webster include: Faculty Research Director (as cover in 2016), MWO Divisional Research Coordinator (2013), and MWO Research Postgraduate Coordinator, 2019-23.
Academic Research Leadership: Professor Webster is one of the founding Directors of the Centre for Research into Information, Surveillance and Privacy (CRISP). The intellectual focus of the centre is the sustainable and responsible use of digital technologies and data in contemporary organisational settings, this includes impacts and consequences relating to surveillance and privacy. CRISP is a multidisciplinary centre networked across five British Universities. Professor Webster has played a leading role in establishing CRISP and its activities, including: an annual lecture, stakeholder workshops, an online seminar series and a doctoral training school, as well as research project management and impact and engagement mechanisms. Professor Webster is also co-Chair of the Scottish Privacy Forum, co-Chair of the Permanent Study Group 1 eGovernance, of the European Group of Public Administration (EGPA) and co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Information Polity. Professor Webster has also designed and delivered research projects funded by the ESRC, EU Horizon 2020, the Scottish Government and Police Scotland.
Research Networks: Professor Webster takes part in a number of research networks including: the European Group of Public Administration (EGPA), the International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM), the Surveillance Studies Network (SSN), and the Society of Public Information Networks (SPIN). Professor Webster was grant holder and Chair of the Living in Surveillance Societies (LiSS) COST Action IS0807 (2009-13). LiSS is the first international multi-disciplinary social science research programme exploring the everyday implications of living in societies where technologically mediated surveillance practices are pervasive. The programme involved over 150 researchers from 26 different countries.
Research Engagement and Impact: Professor Webster has built close networks with policy-makers and practitioners to facilitate research engagement and impact, both for himself and other researchers. This culminated in a top-rated REF impact case study in 2020. As co-Chair of the Scottish Privacy Forum, Professor Webster, designs and facilitates interaction between academics and data protection experts. Since 2014, he has also been a member of the Strategy Group of the UK’s Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner and in 2024 was appointed to the Advisory Board of the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner. In 2023 he was a member of the Research Advisory Group of a Scottish Government research project assessing the use of surveillance cameras in Scotland. Professor Webster is regularly commissioned to undertake research activities for public agencies, including recently: the Scottish Government, Police Scotland and the Home Office.
Evidence Review into Public Experience and Confidence of Body Worn Video in a Policing Context
PI: Professor William Webster
Funded by: Scottish Institute for Policing Research
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Emerging Technologies in Policing
PI: Dr Niall Hamilton-Smith
Funded by: Scottish Institute for Policing Research
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Coordinated higher institutions (universities) responses to digitalization (ESCALATE)
PI: Professor Ronald McQuaid
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
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Smart Governance of Sustainable Cities (SmartGov)
PI: Professor William Webster
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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IRISS - Increasing resilience in surveillance societies
PI: Professor William Webster
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
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Assessing security research: tools and methodologies to measure societal impact a support action
PI: Professor William Webster
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
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Living in Surveillance Societies (LiSS)
PI: Professor William Webster
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
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Conference Paper (unpublished)
Embracing Emerging Technologies in Policing: Key Considerations
Connon I, Egan M, Hamilton-Smith N, Mackay N, Miranda D & Webster CW (2024) Embracing Emerging Technologies in Policing: Key Considerations. AI and Surveillance in Policing and Law and Order: Opportunities, Threats, Perspectives and Cases, Gothenburg, Sweden, 16.10.2024-18.10.2024.
Editorial
Editorial: Visualising research to reach a larger audience
Webster CW & Meijer A (2024) Editorial: Visualising research to reach a larger audience. Information Polity, 29 (3), pp. 257-259. https://doi.org/10.3233/ip-240009
Editorial
The Power of Language and Discourse in eGovernment
Webster CW & Meijer A (2024) The Power of Language and Discourse in eGovernment. Fischer C (Editor) & Neumann O (Editor) Information Polity, 29 (2), pp. 119-121. https://doi.org/10.3233/ip-249008
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Webster CW & Fussey P (2024) The Future Governance of Surveillance Cameras in the UK: Findings from an Independent Review of Changes to the Functions of the Office of the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner [BSCC] Arising from the Data Protection and Digital Information [DPDI] Bill. Surveillance in an Age of Crisis, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 28.05.2024-31.05.2024. https://surveillance-studies.net/conference/
Keynote
The Evolving Surveillance Camera Governance Landscape
Webster CW (2024) The Evolving Surveillance Camera Governance Landscape. National Police Chief's Council Conference, Heathrow, London, 15.04.2024-17.04.2024.
Keynote
The Governance of AI and Big Data: promises and pitfalls for Public policy and Services
Webster CW (2024) The Governance of AI and Big Data: promises and pitfalls for Public policy and Services. Trans European Dialogue (TED2024), Dubrovnik, Croatia, 07.03.2024-08.03.2024. https://ted2024.pravo.hr/
Editorial
Team science – Ethics and transparency of author contributions
Webster CW & Meijer A (2024) Team science – Ethics and transparency of author contributions. Information Polity, 29 (1), pp. 1-3. https://doi.org/10.3233/ip-249004
Article
Policy Review: The Evolving Governance of Surveillance Cameras in the UK
Fussey P & Webster CWR (2023) Policy Review: The Evolving Governance of Surveillance Cameras in the UK. Information Polity, 28 (4), pp. 559-567. https://doi.org/10.3233/ip-239012
Editorial
Editorial: Improving Diversity in our Journal
Meijer A & Webster W (2023) Editorial: Improving Diversity in our Journal. Information Polity, 28 (4), pp. 451-452. https://doi.org/10.3233/ip-239013
Other
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill: Addressing Risks to Surveillance Oversight
Webster CW & Fussey P (2023) Data Protection and Digital Information Bill: Addressing Risks to Surveillance Oversight. Parliamentary Briefing CRISP.
Presentation / Talk
The Implications of the Proposed Abolition of the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner
Webster W & Fussey P (2023) The Implications of the Proposed Abolition of the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner. FutureScot. FUTURESCOT Digital Justice and Policing Conference, Glasgow, 07.11.2023-07.11.2023. https://futurescot.com/futurescot-events/digital-justice-policing-2024/
Policy Document
Webster W & Fussey P (2023) Independent report on changes to the functions of the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner arising from the Data protection and Digital Innovation Bill. Office of the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner/Home Office. Home Office, London. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/653f7128e6c968000daa9cae/Changes_to_the_functions_of_the_BSCC.pdf
Editorial
Editorial: The Value of Classic Works in our Field
Albert M & Webster W (2023) Editorial: The Value of Classic Works in our Field. Information Polity, 28 (3), pp. 315-316. https://doi.org/10.3233/ip-239010
Conference Paper (unpublished)
When Technologies Collide: Evolving Governance Mechanisms for Surveillance Cameras in the UK
Webster W & Fussey P (2023) When Technologies Collide: Evolving Governance Mechanisms for Surveillance Cameras in the UK. Permanent Study Group 1: eGovernance. European Group of Public Administration (EGPA), Zagreb, Croatia, 05.09.2023-08.09.2023. https://iias-iisa.org/egpa-2023-conference/
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Contextualising the Processes of Technological Innovation in Public Services: The Case of Indonesia
Webster W, Setiawan H & Murad N (2023) Contextualising the Processes of Technological Innovation in Public Services: The Case of Indonesia. Permanent Study Group 1: eGovernance. European Group of Public Administration (EGPA), Zagreb, Croatia, 05.09.2023-08.09.2023. https://iias-iisa.org/egpa-2023-conference/
Editorial
Two Editorials: An Editorial by the Editors-in-Chief and an Editorial by ChatGPT
Meijer A & Webster W (2023) Two Editorials: An Editorial by the Editors-in-Chief and an Editorial by ChatGPT. Information Polity, 28 (2), pp. 159-162. https://doi.org/10.3233/ip-239009
Presentation / Talk
Webster W & Fussey P (2023) The Future Governance of Surveillance Cameras: A Gap Analysis Reflecting on Provisions in the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill. ICDDF 2023 (Digital Video Experts Group & National Police Chief's Council CCTV Conference), Heathrow, 17.04.2023-19.04.2023.
Editorial
Meijer A & Webster W (2023) Editorial: Information Polity publishes more than strong empirical studies: It is a rich platform for learning and debate. Information Polity, 28 (1), pp. 1-3. https://doi.org/10.3233/ip-239001
Research Report
Review of emerging technologies in policing: findings and recommendations
Connon I, Egan M, Hamilton-Smith N, MacKay N, Miranda D & Webster W (2023) Review of emerging technologies in policing: findings and recommendations. Scottish Institute for Policing Research. Edinburgh. https://www.gov.scot/publications/review-emerging-technologies-policing-findings-recommendations/
Editorial
Predatory journals and the use and abuse of special issues
Meijer A & Webster CW (2022) Predatory journals and the use and abuse of special issues. Information Polity, 27 (2), pp. 119-120. https://doi.org/10.3233/ip-229005
Editorial
The academic and societal value of research
Meijer A & Webster CW (2022) The academic and societal value of research. Information Polity, 27 (1), pp. 1-2. https://doi.org/10.3233/ip-229002
Article
Citizen Participation in the Smart City: Findings from An International Comparative Study
Przeybilovicz E, Cunha MA, Geertman S, Leleux C, Michels A, Tomor Z, Webster CW & Meijer A (2022) Citizen Participation in the Smart City: Findings from An International Comparative Study. Local Government Studies, 48 (1), pp. 23-47. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2020.1851204
Editorial
Editorial: The Grand Challenges for Academic Journals
Meijer A & Webster W (2022) Editorial: The Grand Challenges for Academic Journals. Information Polity, 27 (4), pp. 421-423. https://doi.org/10.3233/ip-229016
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Governing police-public encounters mediated by the use of Body-Worn Cameras
Webster CW, Miranda D & Leleux C (2022) Governing police-public encounters mediated by the use of Body-Worn Cameras. European Group of Public Administration (EGPA), Lisbon, Portugal, 06.09.2022-09.09.2022.
Editorial
Editorial: Are they now finally listening to us?
Meijer A & Webster W (2022) Editorial: Are they now finally listening to us?. Information Polity, 27 (3), pp. 309-310. https://doi.org/10.3233/ip-229011
Project Report
Scrutiny, Oversight and Public Engagement - Analysis from Interviews
Webster CW, Miranda D & Leleux C (2022) Scrutiny, Oversight and Public Engagement - Analysis from Interviews [UoS BWV Interview Analysis Final June 22]. Police Scotland/Scottish police Authority/SIPR.
Project Report
Evidence Review into Public Experience and Confidence of Body Worn Video in a Policing Context
Webster CW, Miranda D & Leleux C (2022) Evidence Review into Public Experience and Confidence of Body Worn Video in a Policing Context [UoS BWV Final June 22]. Police Scotland/Scottish Police Authority/SIPR.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Governing police-public encounters mediated by the use of Body-Worn Cameras (BWC)
Miranda D, Webster W & Leleux C (2022) Governing police-public encounters mediated by the use of Body-Worn Cameras (BWC). 9th Biannual Surveillance and Society Conference - SSN 2022, Rotterdam, 01.06.2022-03.06.2022. https://www.eur.nl/en/eshcc/research/ssn-2022/conference-programme
Conference Paper (published)
Robinson E, McQuaid R, Webb A & Webster CWR (2021) Unintended Consequences of E-Learning: Reflections on the Digital Transformation of Learning in Higher Education. In: Larsen C, Kipper J, Schmid A & Panzaru C (eds.) Transformations of Local and Regional Labour Markets across Europe in Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Times: Challenges for Regional and Local Observatories. 16th Annual Meeting of the European Network on Regional Labour Market Monitoring (EN RLMM), Timisoara, Romania, 22.09.2021-24.09.2021. Baden-Baden, Germany: Rainer Hampp Verlag, pp. 379-398. https://www.nomos-shop.de/nomos/titel/transformations-of-regional-and-local-labour-markets-across-europe-in-pandemic-and-post-pandemic-times-id-100850/
Article
Moving learning online and the COVID-19 pandemic: a university response
Webb A, McQuaid RW & Webster CWR (2021) Moving learning online and the COVID-19 pandemic: a university response. World Journal of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development, 18 (1), pp. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1108/wjstsd-11-2020-0090
Editorial
Meijer A & Webster W (2021) Virtually In-Person. Information Polity, 26 (4), pp. 331-332. https://doi.org/10.3233/ip-219011
Editorial
Order of authorship: A call for more transparency
Meijer A & Webster W (2021) Order of authorship: A call for more transparency. Information Polity, 26 (3), pp. 219-220. https://doi.org/10.3233/ip-219009
Editorial
Meijer A & Webster CW (2021) Sustainable futures. Information Polity, 26 (2), pp. 107-108. https://doi.org/10.3233/ip-219006
Editorial
Building trust in science: Facilitative rather than restrictive mechanisms
Meijer A & Webster CW (2021) Building trust in science: Facilitative rather than restrictive mechanisms. Information Polity, 26 (1), pp. 1-2. https://doi.org/10.3233/ip-219001
Project Report
Digital Skills Escalator for cyber security in Stirling, Scotland
Robinson E, McQuaid R, Webb A & Webster W (2021) Digital Skills Escalator for cyber security in Stirling, Scotland [ESCALATOR STIRLING FINAL Report 310821]. EU ERASMUS+. Stirling: University of Stirling. https://escalate.projects.uvt.ro/
Article
Meijer A & Webster CWR (2020) The COVID-19-crisis and the information polity: An overview of responses and discussions in twenty-one countries from six continents. Information Polity, 25 (3), pp. 243-274. https://doi.org/10.3233/IP-200006
Conference Paper (published)
An investigation of citizen's e-participation within Oman's police department Facebook page
Dalwai T, James M, Webster W, Alshukaili AM & Soosaimanickam A (2020) An investigation of citizen's e-participation within Oman's police department Facebook page. In: Santos H, Viale Pereira G, Budde M, Lopes SF & Nikolic P (eds.) Science and Technologies for Smart Cities. SmartCity 360 2019. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, 323. International Summit Smart City 360, Braga, Portugal, 04.12.2019-06.12.2019. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 236-248. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51005-3_21
Editorial
Meijer A & Webster W (2020) Editorial. Information Polity, 25 (1), pp. 1-2. https://doi.org/10.3233/ip-200002
Editorial
Meijer A & Webster W (2020) Editorial. Information Polity, 25 (2), p. 135. https://doi.org/10.3233/ip-200004
Editorial
Big Data and surveillance: Hype, commercial logics and new intimate spheres
Ball K & Webster W (2020) Big Data and surveillance: Hype, commercial logics and new intimate spheres. Big Data & Society, 7 (1). https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951720925853
Book Chapter
Stand up please, the real Sustainable Smart City
Webster CWR & Leleux C (2020) Stand up please, the real Sustainable Smart City. In: Willis KS & Aurigi A (eds.) The Routledge Companion to Smart Cities. Routledge International Handbooks. London: Routledge, pp. 225-238. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315178387-16
Book Chapter
The Rise of Body-worn Video Cameras: A New Surveillance Revolution?
Leleux C & Webster CWR (2020) The Rise of Body-worn Video Cameras: A New Surveillance Revolution?. In: Newell BC (ed.) Police on Camera: Surveillance, Privacy, and Accountability. Routledge Series on Surveillance. London: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Police-on-Camera-Surveillance-Privacy-and-Accountability/Newell/p/book/9781138342439
Editorial
The unsung heroes of Information Polity
Webster CW & Meijer A (2020) The unsung heroes of Information Polity. Information Polity, 25 (4), pp. 407-408. https://doi.org/10.3233/IP-200009
Conference Paper (unpublished)
University Responses to Digitalization at the Start of Covid-19 -Cases in Scotland
Webb A, McQuaid R & Webster W (2020) University Responses to Digitalization at the Start of Covid-19 -Cases in Scotland. World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD) Conference on ‘Online Learning – the New Normal Post Covid-19', Online, 28.10.2020-29.10.2020.
Article
The value of Big Data in government: The case of 'smart cities'
Löfgren K & Webster CWR (2020) The value of Big Data in government: The case of 'smart cities'. Big Data and Society, 7 (1). https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951720912775
Editorial
Meijer A & Webster W (2019) Editorial. Information Polity, 24 (1), p. 1. https://doi.org/10.3233/ip-190001
Editorial
The crucial link between academic conferences and journals
Meijer A & Webster W (2019) The crucial link between academic conferences and journals. Information Polity, 24 (2), pp. 115-116. https://doi.org/10.3233/ip-190004
Editorial
Governing Smart Cities: Why Do Academics Need to Study Trendy Concepts?
Meijer A & Webster W (2019) Governing Smart Cities: Why Do Academics Need to Study Trendy Concepts?. Information Polity, 24 (3), pp. 227-228. https://doi.org/10.3233/ip-190007
Article
Searching for the Real Sustainable Smart City?
Webster CWR & Leleux C (2019) Searching for the Real Sustainable Smart City?. Information Polity, 24 (3), pp. 229-244. https://doi.org/10.3233/IP-190132
Newspaper / Magazine
Surveillance cameras will soon be unrecognisable - time for an urgent public conversation
Webster W (2019) Surveillance cameras will soon be unrecognisable - time for an urgent public conversation. The Conversation. 18.06.2019.
Editorial
Meijer A, Webster W & Lips M (2018) Editorial. Information Polity, 23 (1), pp. 1-2. https://doi.org/10.3233/ip-189001
Editorial
Meijer A & Webster W (2018) Editorial. Information Polity, 23 (2), p. 113. https://doi.org/10.3233/ip-180005
Editorial
Meijer A & Webster W (2018) Editorial. Information Polity, 23 (3), p. 247. https://doi.org/10.3233/ip-180008
Editorial
Meijer A & Webster W (2018) Editorial. Information Polity, 23 (4), pp. 359-360. https://doi.org/10.3233/ip-180011
Article
Delivering Smart Governance in a Future City: The Case of Glasgow
Leleux C & Webster W (2018) Delivering Smart Governance in a Future City: The Case of Glasgow. Media and Communication, 6 (4), pp. 163-174. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v6i4.1639
Article
Smart Governance: Opportunities for technologically-mediated citizen co-production
Webster CWR & Leleux C (2018) Smart Governance: Opportunities for technologically-mediated citizen co-production. Information Polity, 23 (1), pp. 95-110. https://content.iospress.com/articles/information-polity/ip170065; https://doi.org/10.3233/IP-170065
Book Chapter
Leleux C & Webster CWR (2018) Resilience, surveillance and big data in crisis management: case studies from Europe, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. In: Boersma K & Fonio C (eds.) Big Data, Surveillance and Crisis Management. Routledge Studies in Surveillance, 1. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 121-142. https://www.routledge.com/Big-Data-Surveillance-and-Crisis-Management/Boersma-Fonio/p/book/9781138195431
Newspaper / Magazine
If surveillance cameras are to be kept in line, the rules will have to keep pace with technology
Webster CWR (2017) If surveillance cameras are to be kept in line, the rules will have to keep pace with technology. The Conversation. 14.03.2017. https://theconversation.com/if-surveillance-cameras-are-to-be-kept-in-line-the-rules-will-have-to-keep-pace-with-technology-74271
Article
Leleux C & Webster CWR (2016) The Sale of Edited Electoral Registers in Scotland: Implications for Privacy, Data Protection and Citizenship. Scottish Affairs, 25 (4), pp. 479-505. https://doi.org/10.3366/scot.2016.0153
Presentation / Talk
Body-worn Cameras and Public Services in Scotland
Webster CWR & Leleux C (2016) Body-worn Cameras and Public Services in Scotland. University of Glasgow, Urban Big Data Centre, Seminar Series, University of Glasgow, 07.04.2016-07.04.2016.
Presentation / Talk
The Rise of Body-Worn Video Cameras: A New Surveillance Revolution?
Webster CWR & Leleux C (2016) The Rise of Body-Worn Video Cameras: A New Surveillance Revolution?. The 7th Biennial Surveillance and Society Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 20.04.2016-23.04.2016. http://www.ssn2016.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/Booklet_Abstracts_2016.pdf
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Body-worn Cameras and Public Services in Scotland
Webster CWR & Leleux C (2015) Body-worn Cameras and Public Services in Scotland. Scottish Privacy Forum, 24.11.2015. https://crisp.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/scottish-privacy-forum/
Newspaper / Magazine
Proposed powers in surveillance bill will dictate the shape of society to come
Webster W (2015) Proposed powers in surveillance bill will dictate the shape of society to come. The Conversation. 02.11.2015.
Book Chapter
The co-evolution of surveillance technologies and surveillance practices
Goos K, Friedewald M, Webster CWR & Leleux C (2014) The co-evolution of surveillance technologies and surveillance practices. In: Wright D & Kreissl R (eds.) Surveillance in Europe. London: Routledge, pp. 51-100. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415728997/
Research Report
Neumann A, Berglez R, Kreissl R, Zurawski N, Fischer D, Fonio C, Leleux C, Webster CWR, Peissl W, Lastic E, Kovanic M & Spiller K (2014) IRISS (Increasing Resilience in Surveillance Societies) FP7 European Research Project, Deliverable 4.2: Doing privacy in everyday encounters with surveillance.. European Commission. European Commission, FP7, IRISS: Increasing Resilience in Surveillance Societies Deliverable, 4.2. IRISS. http://www.irissproject.eu/
Research Report
Ball K, Spiller K, Dahm S, Friedewald M, Galetta A, Goos K, Jones R, Lastic E, Norris C, Raab CD, Bergersen S, Bellanova R, Leleux C, Webster CWR & Burgess JP (2014) IRISS (Increasing Resilience in Surveillance Societies) FP7 European Research Project, Deliverable 3.2: Surveillance Impact Report. European Commission. European Commission, FP7, IRISS: Increasing Resilience in Surveillance Societies Deliverable, 3.2. IRISS. http://irissproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/D3.2-Surveillance-Impact-report1.pdf1.pdf
Conference Paper (unpublished)
The Emergence of SMART CCTV in Scotland
Webster CWR & Leleux C (2014) The Emergence of SMART CCTV in Scotland. SSN 2014: Surveillance Ambiguities & Assymetries - The 6th international Surveillance & Society conference, Barcelona, Spain, 24.04.2014-25.04.2014. http://www.ssn2014.net/?page_id=1184
Research Report
The ASSERT Database of experts in the field of societal security
Webster CWR & Leleux C (2014) The ASSERT Database of experts in the field of societal security. ASSERT Deliverable, D2.3. ASSERT. http://assert-project.eu/
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Leleux C & Webster CWR (2014) The sale of 'edited' electoral registers in Scotland: Implications for Citizenship, Privacy and Data Protection. Surveillance Studies Network, 6th Biennial Conference: 'Ambiguities and Asymmetries', Barcelona, Spain, 24.04.2014-26.04.2014. http://www.ssn2014.net/?page_id=1526
Book Chapter
Webster CWR (2013) Surveillance as X-ray. In: Meijer A, Bannister F & Thaens M (eds.) ICT, Public Administration and Democracy in the Coming Decade. Innovation and the Public Sector, 20. Amsterdam: IOS Press, pp. 42-56. http://ebooks.iospress.nl/publication/33522
Research Report
Template setting out classification of experts’ competences
Webster CWR & Leleux C (2013) Template setting out classification of experts’ competences. ASSERT Deliverable, D2.2. ASSERT. http://assert-project.eu/research/
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Webster CWR & Leleux C (2013) SMART CCTV in Scotland. European Group of Public Administration Annual Conference, Edinburgh, 11.09.2013-13.09.2013. https://www.conftool.pro/egpa2013/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_session=25
Research Report
Strategy for Identifying Relevant Experts in the Field
Leleux C & Webster CWR (2013) Strategy for Identifying Relevant Experts in the Field. ASSERT Deliverable, D2.1. ASSERT. http://assert-project.eu/research/
Edited Book
Living in Surveillance Societies: 'The State of Surveillance' Proceedings of LiSS Conference 3
Webster CWR, Galdon Clavell G, Zurawski N, Boersma K, Sagvari B, Backman C & Leleux C (eds.) (2013) Living in Surveillance Societies: 'The State of Surveillance' Proceedings of LiSS Conference 3. Charleston, South Carolina, USA: Create Space Platform. http://www.langtoninfo.co.uk/showitem.aspx?isbn=148404908X
Research Report
Deliverable D2.1: The Social Perspective
Webster CWR, Leleux C, Sterbik-Lamina J, Cas J, Peissl W, Fischer D, Bonss W, De Hert P, Galdon Clavell G, Galetta A, Fonio C, Jones R, Szekely I & Vissy B (2013) Deliverable D2.1: The Social Perspective. IRISS Work Package 2, 2.1. IRISS - Increasing Resilience in Surveillance Societies. http://irissproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Social-perspectives-of-surveillance-and-democracy-report-D2.1-IRISS.pdf
Research Report
Deliverable D2.2: The Political Perspective
Raab CD, Jones R, Fischer D, Bonss W, Lastic E, Szekely I, Vissy B, Galdon Clavell G, Webster CWR, Leleux C, De Hert P & Galetta A (2013) Deliverable D2.2: The Political Perspective. IRISS Work Package 2, 2.2. IRISS - Increasing Resilience in Surveillance Societies. http://irissproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Political-perspectives-of-surveillance-and-democracy-report-D2.2-IRISS.pdf
Preprint / Working Paper
Deliverable D2.4: The Theoretical Framework
Webster CWR, Leleux C, Wright D, Raab CD, Jones R, De Hert P & Galetta A (2013) Deliverable D2.4: The Theoretical Framework. IRISS Work Package 2, 2.4.
Article
Webster CWR, Klauser FR, Topfer E & Raab CD (2012) Revisiting the surveillance camera revolution: Issues of governance and public policy. Introduction to part two of the Special Issue. Information Polity, 17 (1), pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.3233/IP-2012-0265
Book Chapter
Public administration as surveillance
Webster CWR (2012) Public administration as surveillance. In: Ball K, Haggerty K & Lyon D (eds.) The Handbook of Surveilance Studies. Routledge International Handbooks. Abingdon, UK: Routledge UK, pp. 313-320. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415588836/
Article
Webster CWR (2012) Surveillance as x-ray. Information Polity, 17 (3/4), pp. 251-256. https://doi.org/10.3233/IP-2012-000289
Edited Book
Video Surveillance: Practices and Policies in Europe
Webster CWR, Topfer E, Klauser FR & Raab CD (eds.) (2012) Video Surveillance: Practices and Policies in Europe. Innovation and the Public Sector, 18. Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press. http://www.iospress.nl/book/video-surveillance/
Edited Book
Living in Surveillance Societies: The Ghosts of Surveillance (redacted by Leleux, Charles)
Webster CWR, Balahur D, Zurawski N, Boersma K, Sagvari B, Backman C & Leleux C (eds.) (2012) Living in Surveillance Societies: The Ghosts of Surveillance (redacted by Leleux, Charles). Iasi, Romania: Editura Universitatii, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, IASI. http://www.cost.eu/media/publications/12-23-Living-in-Surveillance-Societies-The-Ghosts-of-Surveillance
Article
Webster CWR, Topfer E, Klauser FR & Raab CD (2011) Revisiting the surveillance camera revolution: Issues of governance and public policy. Introduction to Part one of the special issue. Information Polity, 16 (4), pp. 297-301. https://doi.org/10.3233/IP-2011-0262
Book Chapter
The Normality of Living in Surveillance Societies
Murakami Wood D & Webster CWR (2011) The Normality of Living in Surveillance Societies. In: van der Hof S & Groothuis M (eds.) Innovating Government: Normative, Policy and Technological Dimensions of Modern Government. Information Technology and Law Series, 20. The Hague, The Netherlands: T.M.C. Asser Press, pp. 151-164. http://www.asser.nl/publications.aspx?site_id=28&level1=14485&id=4402
Presentation / Talk
Policy Processes and the Evidence-base: CCTV
Webster CWR (2011) Policy Processes and the Evidence-base: CCTV. Onati International Institute for the Sociology of Law Workshops 2011: "Security Public Policy in an Age of Insecurity", Bilbao, Spain, 07.04.2011-08.04.2011.
Presentation / Talk
Webster CWR (2011) European Perspectives on Surveillance and Everyday Life: Expert panel presentation in the 'Surveillance and Law-enforcement in the Stockholm Programme' session. 4th International Conference: Computer, Privacy & Data Protection: "European Data Protection: In Good Health?", Brussels, Belgium, 25.01.2011-27.01.2011.
Article
Technological Change and Public-Management Reform: Revisiting Theory and Context
Webster CWR (2010) Technological Change and Public-Management Reform: Revisiting Theory and Context. The NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy, 3 (2). http://www.nispa.org/journal.php?sid=730
Presentation / Talk
Living in Surveillance Societies
Webster CWR (2010) Living in Surveillance Societies. Escola De Outono em Administracao Publica (National Doctoral Training School) 2010, Vila Real, Portugal, 04.10.2010-08.10.2010.
Presentation / Talk
Developments in the study of CCTV
Webster CWR (2010) Developments in the study of CCTV. Living in Surveillance Societies (LiSS) Working Group 4 Meeting 2010, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 29.09.2010-30.09.2010.
Presentation / Talk
Introduction of the COST Action "Living in Surveillance Societies" research programme
Webster CWR (2010) Introduction of the COST Action "Living in Surveillance Societies" research programme. 'Living in (Un)regulated Surveillance Society?' colloquium 2010, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 29.09.2010-29.09.2010.
Presentation / Talk
Revisiting the Camera Revolution in the UK: A Slide Show
Webster CWR (2010) Revisiting the Camera Revolution in the UK: A Slide Show. 'Living in (Un)regulated Surveillance Society?' colloquium, Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 29 September 2010, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 29.09.2010-29.09.2010.
Presentation / Talk
CCTV Policy and Practice: Findings from a National Survey of Local Authorities in Scotland
Webster CWR & Leleux C (2010) CCTV Policy and Practice: Findings from a National Survey of Local Authorities in Scotland. "A Global Surveillance Society?" Fourth Biannual Surveillance and Society/SSN conference organised in conjunction with the Living in Surveillance Societies (LiSS) COST Action, London, UK, 13.04.2010-15.04.2010.
Article
Webster CWR (2009) Interconnections Between Technological and Policy Innovation: Re-evaluating the Evidence-Base Supporting the Provision of CCTV in the UK. Information Polity, 14 (4), pp. 245-259. http://iospress.metapress.com/content/300389/; https://doi.org/10.3233/IP-2009-0181
Article
Murakami Wood D & Webster CWR (2009) Living in surveillance societies: The normalisation of surveillance in Europe and the threat of Britain’s bad example. Journal of Contemporary European Research, 5 (2), pp. 259-273. http://www.jcer.net/index.php/jcer/article/view/159
Article
CCTV policy in the UK: Reconsidering the evidence base
Webster CWR (2009) CCTV policy in the UK: Reconsidering the evidence base. Surveillance and Society, 6 (1), pp. 10-22. http://www.surveillance-and-society.org/ojs/index.php/journal/article/view/evidence
Article
Lofgren K & Webster CWR (2009) Policy Innovation, Convergence and Divergence: Considering the Policy Transfer Regulating Privacy and Data Protection in Three European Countries. Information Polity, 14 (4), pp. 295-314. http://iospress.metapress.com/content/tk4279221218300u/; https://doi.org/10.3233/IP-2009-0188
Conference Paper (unpublished)
The Emergent ICT Culture of Parliamentarians: The Case of the Scottish Parliament
Smith C & Webster CWR (2008) The Emergent ICT Culture of Parliamentarians: The Case of the Scottish Parliament. European Group of Public Administration Annual Conference Study Group on eGovernment: Information and Communications Technologies in Public Administration, Madrid, Spain, 19-22 September 2007, Madrid, Spain, 19.09.2007-22.09.2007. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/view/people/Smith=3AColin_F=3A=3A.default.html
Article
The Emergent ICT Culture of Parliamentarians: The Case of the Scottish Parliament
Webster CWR & Smith C (2008) The Emergent ICT Culture of Parliamentarians: The Case of the Scottish Parliament. Information Polity, 13 (3-4), pp. 249-273. http://iospress.metapress.com/content/f5407200756u4125/?p=29bb4d3ee48f4f1a9199d30f2de89748π=9
Article
Webster CWR & Smith C (2008) Is Interactive Digital Television the Future of E-Government Services? A Critical Assessment of UK Initiatives. International Journal of Public Administration, 31 (7), pp. 771-796. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900690701690874
Book Chapter
Myths, Rhetoric and Policy in the Information Age: The Case of Closed Circuit Television
Webster CWR (2007) Myths, Rhetoric and Policy in the Information Age: The Case of Closed Circuit Television. In: Griffin D, Trevorrow P & Halpin E (eds.) Developments in E-Government: A Critical Analysis. First ed. Innovation and the Public Sector, 13. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: IOS Press, pp. 16-30. http://ebooks.iospress.com/volume/developments-in-e-government
