Short BIO

Dr Webster is the programme Director of the MBA Public Service Management and BA (Hons) Public Management & Administration degree programmes at the University of Stirling. He is also Chair of the Living in Surveillance Societies (LiSS) COST Action (IS0807). His research interests are the policy processes and governance structures associated with governing in the information age. He is a recognised expert on e-Government and the emergence of new surveillance technologies in public service and policy settings. He is a leading authority on the policies and practices surrounding the provision of CCTV/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, and the exploration of the defining characteristics of emerging surveillance societies. Dr Webster is a member of the Editorial Board of the international journal ‘Information Polity’ and is a member of the Scottish Privacy Forum.

CPDP Conference 2012 presentation

 

CPDP Conference 2011

Surveillance and Law-Enforcement in the Stockholm Programme (Tuesday 25th January 2011)
 

 

On-line publications

1. Webster, C.W.R. (2009) ‘CCTV policy in the UK: Reconsidering the evidence base’, Surveillance and Society, 6(1): 10-22. Surveillance & Society Website: http://www.surveillance-and-society.org/ojs/index.php/journal

2. Murakami Wood, D. and Webster, C.W.R. (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): 259-273. Journal of Contemporary European Research Website: http://www.jcer.net/ojs/index.php/jcer/index

3. Karl Löfgren and Webster C.W.R. (2009) Policy innovation, convergence and divergence: Considering the policy transfer regulating privacy and data protection in three European countries’, Information Polity, Vol.14, No.4, pp. 295-314.Information Polity Website: http://iospress.metapress.com/content/300389/?p=ede4d8799be745888c8960570fcd1c8a&pi=0