Sociology & Criminology for a Changing World
David Lyon is a Canadian sociologist and one of the world’s leading scholars in surveillance studies. He is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Director of the Surveillance Studies Centre at Queen’s University, Kingston. Over several decades, Lyon has examined the social, political, and cultural dimensions of surveillance, addressing its implications for privacy, civil liberties, and
Sarah Brayne is an American sociologist whose research explores the intersection of technology, surveillance, and the criminal justice system. An Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, Brayne investigates how big data analytics and algorithmic decision-making are transforming policing and social control. Her ethnographic and mixed-methods work offers unique insights into the implementation
Didier Fassin is a French anthropologist and sociologist whose work bridges the boundaries between ethnography, political sociology, and the anthropology of institutions. As Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, Fassin has conducted groundbreaking fieldwork on policing, immigration enforcement, and humanitarianism.
Robert Reiner is a British criminologist and one of the most influential scholars in the sociology of policing. As Professor Emeritus of Criminology at the London School of Economics, Reiner has spent decades analyzing the political, cultural, and social dynamics that shape modern police work. His research bridges empirical studies of police culture with theoretical
Markus Dirk Dubber is a German-born legal scholar and criminologist whose work critically examines the historical and conceptual foundations of criminal law, policing, and governance. Currently a professor of law at the University of Toronto and former Director of the Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies, Dubber has made influential contributions to the study of
Jonathan Simon is an American criminologist and legal scholar known for his influential analyses of mass incarceration, governance through crime, and the transformation of penal policy in the United States. A professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, Simon has critically examined how fear of crime and security discourses have shaped political decision-making,