News and Research articles on Automation

Security

Automating security? The redesign of air passenger data connectivity across Europe

Rocco Bellanova, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Matthias Leese, ETH Zurich
Rosamunde van Brakel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Vanessa Ugolini, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

PUBLISHED ON: 26 Feb 2025

This op-ed calls for more scholarly attention on the nexus between automation and European security. Building on recent regulatory developments in algorithmic traveller security, the authors argue that the automation of seemingly mundane practices requires a closer consideration of data connectivity and its societal and regulatory implications.

Volume 8, Issue 4

Algorithmic governance

Christian Katzenbach, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
Lena Ulbricht, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)
PUBLISHED ON: 29 Nov 2019 DOI: 10.14763/2019.4.1424

Algorithmic governance as a key concept in controversies around the emerging digital society takes up the idea that digital technologies produce social ordering in a specific way.

KEYWORDS: Transparency, Automation, Politicisation, Regulation, Social ordering, Governance, Predictive policing, Content moderation, Algorithmic governance
eGovernment

eGovernment upside down

Christian Djeffal, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society

PUBLISHED ON: 5 Sep 2016

eGovernment researcher Christian Djeffal draws conclusions on a chatbot that is proving useful to citizens… and turning eGovernment on its head.