Book launch – Outsourcing Crimmigration Control: Digital Borders, the IOM, and Biometric Statehood
Notes & Changes
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Registration closes at midday on Wednesday 15th October for online attendance. The Teams link will be sent to you that afternoon.
Abstract
Samuel Singler will introduce his new book, Outsourcing Crimmigration Control.
The book explores how digital technologies are reshaping the intersection of criminal justice and border control. It focuses on the role of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and its Migration Information and Data Analysis System (MIDAS) in shaping new digital crimmigration control practices.
The book analyses empirical data gathered through elite interviews, document analysis, and non-participant field observations in Abuja, Nigeria. By outlining the book’s theoretical framework and discussing the empirical findings, Samuel will describe how digital infrastructures not only manage migration but also expand practices of crimmigration control and reproduce hierarchies of power.
Critically examining these practices in the Global South can contribute to decolonizing criminology and envisioning more just digital futures at the border.
Bio:
Samuel is a Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Essex. His research focuses on the effects of border security technologies on the global criminalization of migration, and the role of technological future imaginaries in shaping security and criminal justice policies.
He is co-lead of the Border Criminologies Technology & Digital Futures thematic group, which promotes interdisciplinary research focusing on border control technologies and creates collaborative linkages between researchers and civil society actors to inquire into the risks and benefits of these new tools.