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The IERG is delighted to announce that it has recently been awarded new grants to undertake research into: privacy, security and trust in the Internet of Things; the use of social media in a public security context; the ethical issues raised by new technologies; and the detection and prevention of mass marketing fraud. Click through for futher details.

The State of the Union conference, organised by the European University Institute (EUI), is an annual event for high-level reflection on the European Union.

The conference’s fifth edition brings together leading academics, policy-makers, civil society representatives, business and opinion leaders to discuss four main topics, all confronting the future of Europe.

Professor Tom Sorell was involved in the discussion of the Surveille Grant main results and was interviewed on the conference's main topics.