Exploring how AI technologies reshape the boundaries of public space and security.

Organised by: Florence School of Transnational Governance

How does AI reshape the policing of public space, and what are the democratic risks of automation in law enforcement? This webinar explores the expanding role of AI in surveillance, predictive policing, and crowd control, raising urgent questions about function creep and its impact on civil liberties. Join us for a critical discussion with Gabriel Pereira, Linnet Taylor, and Fieke Jansen on the intersection of AI, policing, and democratic rights.

Speakers:

•   Fieke Jansen (Critical Infrastructure Lab)

•   Linnet Taylor (Tilburg University)

•   Gabriel Pereira (University of Amsterdam)

Moderator: Stefania Milan (EUI)

Fieke Jansen is a postdoc researcher and a co-principal investigator with the critical infrastructure lab at the University of Amsterdam. Fieke’s research interest is to understand how the material impact of expanding infrastructures are shaping the management, distribution, and depletion of natural resources.

Gabriel Pereira is Assistant Professor in AI and Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), based at the Media Studies department and the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC). His research focuses on critical studies of data, algorithms, and digital infrastructures, particularly those of algorithmic surveillance. www.gabrielpereira.net

Linnet Taylor is Professor of International Data Governance at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT). Her research focuses on digital data, representation and legitimacy, with particular attention to transnational governance issues. She led an ERC project on Global Data Justice (2018-23), aiming to develop a social-justice-informed framework for governance of data technologies on the global level.

Stefania Milan collaborates with the Chair in AI & Democracy at the Florence School of Transnational Governance (European University Institute). She is Professor of Critical Data Studies at the University of Amsterdam, and a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society (Harvard University).

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