New paper: The De-Perimeterisation of Information Security: the Jericho Forum, Zero Trust, and narrativity

CIM academics Matt Spencer and Daniele Pizio have published their latest paper on their work from the ‘Scaling Trust’ UKRI project. They examine processes of conceptual change in the recent history of the field, focusing in particular on the efforts of the Jericho Forum pressure group to ‘de-perimeterise’ security thinking. The article is open access in Social Studies of Science:
doi.org/10.1177/03063127231221107

Here is a commentary from Meg Davis and co-authors for the somewhat glossy publication, Health: A Political Choice – From Fragmentation to Integration: https://bit.ly/hapc23

The magazine will be published at the World Health Summit, in Berlin, 15–17 October.

Meg's article is "Alternative Futures for Digital Health"

This has a quick turnaround timeframe deadline 17 Jan 2024 and only if funding is still available, a second deadline will be on the 21st Feb 2024. The call is to develop collaboration activity between the UK and EU Associated Countries for Pillar 2 proposals, awards are up to £10K.

The aim of the call is to develop collaborative activity between UK and EU/Associated Countries’ entities in Pillar 2 of Horizon Europe. Applicants will need to identify a specific upcoming call and topic in this Pillar as the focus of their proposed collaboration with the goal of submitting an application to that upcoming call building on this pump priming funding.

Award activity and use of funds must conclude with an interim report by the deadline of the Horizon Europe call being applied to. Awards will be required to provide further reporting on their award, including in relation to the outcome of their application to Horizon Europe.

Funding may be used to support costs for concept or proof of market work and proposal development, costs of meetings, travel and subsistence, research/clerical assistance (based in the UK or internationally), due diligence work on partners, costs towards child or parent care, and contributions towards support services such as proposal writing.

Any questions please contact Lelia Buretia, EU research development Office: lelia.buretia@warwick.ac.uk

As a contribution to the book collection 'The Politics of Replacement: Demographic Fears, Conspiracy Theories, and Race Wars,’ Jack Wilson and Louie Dean Valencia analyse the manifesto and weapons of the individual who perpetrated the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings. Discussing the so-called ‘Great Replacement’ conspiracy theory and the user culture of the platform 4chan – both of which are associated with the individual – they argue that the historical references written on the individual's gun can be situated within historical-national discourses on the topic of ‘Western Civilisation’ in his home country, Australia. Such discourses predate the aforementioned conspiracy theory and platform, and thus the authors argue that situating the individual therein may offer a more comprehensive understanding of their ideological motivations.

Drs. Janna Joceli Omena and Michael Castelle participated in the 3-day conference “Generative Methods — AI as Collaborator and Companion in the Social Sciences and Humanities” held at Aalborg University in Copenhagen, which aimed to explore the multifaceted impact of generative AI as both instruments and objects of research.

We are excited to say that we are starting a new phase of growth. As we plan for the future, we will be making multiple new appointments for an Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Reader in one or more of the following fields:

1. AI and society, including ethics and governance
2. digital media and/or digital methods
3. environment, ecology and sustainability
4. digital health and society.

See full job description and application here

Join us for an invited talk by Derya Akbaba, Linköping University "Staying with the Trouble: Applying Feminism to Visualization Research" at MS0.5 Zeeman Building on 29th November 2023, 3:00-4:30.

Derya will talk about her research that builds on extant work at the intersection of feminism and visualization by engaging with feminist theories to further trouble common assumptions within visualization research. Click through the title for further details.

CIM researcher Michael Dieter (https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/people/michael-dieter/Link opens in a new window) will present his ongoing work on super apps at Resonate/ESRC Festival of Social Science. The talk will take place on Thursday, 26 October 2023, 18:30-21:00 at 1 Mill Street, Lemington Spa, CV31 1ES

Cycling benefits are well known in the context of public health, sustainable transportation, and climate change. Even more benefits come from commuting by bike. However, commuting by bike is primarily only popular in areas where cycling is popular in general. My research focuses on cycling in London.

London is one of the most diverse cities in the world, with an impressive public transport network, expanding cycling infrastructure, a popular image of cycle highways, bike sharing city and foldable bikes. Although London has the highest level of cycling across the UK, it has very low rates of bike commuting – and low equity level.

This study examines ethnic inequity in cycling. Do ethnic minorities in London have equal chances of cycling to work? What affects propensity to cycle to work across London? Does a higher percentage of ethnic minorities in a region reduce the proportion of bike commuters?

This research reveals the ethnic inequity in cycling to work in London regions: ethnic minorities are less likely to cycle due to spatially dependent inequalities.

Overall, my study focused on London, but cycling inequity is true for a lot of cities.

The recognition of ethnic inequity in cycling to work (and proving it with a spatial model) is the first step towards making policy changes.

My research reconfirms a need to address the cycling inequity in transportation policies with consideration to mobilities justice. This means that policy should address the needs of distinct groups of cyclists of various ethnic backgrounds.