With a Foreword by E. Tendayi AchiumeA chilling exposé of the inhumane and lucrative sharpening of borders around the globe through experimental surveillance technologyFinalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for NonfictionIn 2022, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced it was training “robot dogs” to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border against migrants. Four-legged machines equipped with camera...

Datenmärkte gewinnen durch die digitale Transformation enorm an Bedeutung. Die weltweiten Datenströme werden in Zukunft erheblich anwachsen. Datentreuhänder gelten als Schlüsselinstrument, um den Datenaustausch zwischen Unternehmen, Behörden, Forschungseinrichtungen und Non-Profit-Organisationen zu erleichtern und zu intensivieren, ohne gegenläufige normative Interessen (Datenschutz, Geschäftsgeheimnisse usw.) relativieren zu müssen.Dieses Handbuch greift die wachsende praktische Be...

In 2018, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees documented a record high 71.4 million displaced people around the world. As states struggle with the costs of providing protection to so many people and popular conceptions of refugees have become increasingly politicized and sensationalized, researchers have come together to form regional and global networks dedicated to working with displaced people to learn how to respond to their needs ethically, compassionately, and for the best...