'Tracking People':controversies and challenges

该网络将促进学者、政策制定者、设计师和从业人员之间关于当前和未来使用不可拆卸可穿戴设备的伦理、法律、社会和技术问题的辩论和合作，这些设备能够由第三方(跟踪设备)对佩戴者进行位置监测或跟踪。这一独特和创新的国际跨学科网络将探索跟踪设备在多个领域的使用，包括对罪犯、精神健康患者、护理中的年轻人和痴呆症患者的使用。在大多数这样的环境中，跟踪设备的使用是有争议的，并导致了重大的学术和公共辩论。关注的焦点是隐私、道德、数据保护、效率、有效性、设备设计的有效性和适宜性、私营部门作为提供者和运营商的参与以及歧视性使用的可能性。尽管存在高度不安，但治理和监管结构落后于跟踪技术的能力和应用。探讨在各种情况下和跨司法管辖区使用跟踪装置，将突出在实施过程中的协同作用和不连续性，以及围绕其当前和未来使用情况的辩论和挑战。该网络将对跟踪设备的使用产生新的经验、概念和理论见解，使人们更好地认识到使用跟踪设备所产生的法律、社会、道德和技术问题。它还将促进跨领域的技术和方法知识和技能的分享，并为未来制定跨学科研究议程。该网络将由利兹大学的一个跨学科团队领导，主要由来自英国和欧洲的学术和研究用户参与。该网络将包括：来自艺术、社会科学和医学、工程学和产品设计的学者、研究生和早期职业研究人员；来自英国和欧洲的刑事司法、卫生、移民和教育的政策制定者和从业者；志愿部门组织；以及参与跟踪设备设计、制造和运营的私营公司。该网络将独一无二地将来自一系列领域和司法管辖区的专家聚集在一起，从多个学科的角度审查单一、研究不足的技术的应用。它将通过接触每一种环境中面临的挑战和机遇，带来新的和更好的共享知识、理解和见解。网络将鼓励跨学科研究，建设研究能力，并寻求为以证据为基础的政策制定做出贡献。它将努力影响法律和政策的发展，以便能够更好地跟上技术进步的步伐。它将寻求为跟踪装置的技术发展提供信息，以便在其设计中更多地关注伦理和社会关切。它还将使艺术、社会科学和医学学者、政策制定者和从业人员更好地了解跟踪技术的技术限制，从而更好地了解这些设备的潜力和范围。该网络将在18个月的时间内通过一系列四项活动发展，最终将形成最后的会议。将出版一系列简报文件和编辑过的文集，发表在学术和从业人员期刊上的文章和在会议上发表的论文。该网络将通过定制的网站、博客和Twitter接触到活动参与者以外的广泛受众。其目的是让该网络在资金停止后继续存在，并让成员在未来的研究项目和活动上进行合作。

The network will foster debate and collaboration between academics, policy makers, designers and practitioners about the ethical, legal, social and technical issues arising from the current and future use of non-removable wearable devices that enable location monitoring or tracking of wearers by a third party (tracking devices). This unique and innovative international cross-disciplinary network will explore the use of tracking devices in a number of domains including their use with offenders, mental health patients, young people in care and dementia patients. In most of these settings the use of tracking devices is controversial and has resulted in significant academic and public debate. Concerns centre on privacy, ethics, data protection, efficiency, effectiveness, the efficacy and suitability of the equipment design, the involvement of the private sector as providers and operators as well as the potential for discriminatory use. Despite high levels of disquiet, governance and regulatory structures lag behind the capabilities and applications of the tracking technologies. Exploring the use of tracking devices in a variety of settings and across jurisdictions will highlight synergies and discontinuities in the implementation, debates and challenges surrounding its current and future use. The network will result in new empirical, conceptual and theoretical insights into the use of tracking devices creating a greater appreciation of the legal, social, ethical and technical issues arising from their use. It will also facilitate the sharing of technical and methodological knowledge and skills across domains and set out an inter-disciplinary research agenda for the future. The network will be led by a cross-disciplinary team at the University of Leeds and involved academic and research users primarily from the UK and Europe. The network will comprise: academics and postgraduate and early career researchers from the arts, social and medical sciences, engineering, and product design; policy-makers and practitioners from criminal justice, health, immigration and education from the UK and Europe; voluntary sector organisations; and private companies involved in the design, manufacturing and operation of tracking devices. The network will be unique in bringing together experts from a range of domains and jurisdictions to examine the applications of a single, under-researched technology from multiple disciplinary perspectives. It will lead to new and better shared knowledge, understandings and insights via exposure to the challenges and opportunities faced in each setting.The network will encourage cross-disciplinary research, build research capacity and seek to contribute to evidence-based policy making. It will strive to influence legal and policy development so that it is able to keep better pace with technological advances. It will seek to inform the technological development of tracking devices so that greater attention is paid to ethical and social concerns in their design. It will also better inform arts and social and medical sciences academics, policy-makers and practitioners about the technical limitations of tracking technologies resulting in a greater understanding of the potential and boundaries of these devices.The network will develop over a period of 18 months through a series of four events which will culminate in a final conference. A series of briefing papers will be published as well as an edited collection, articles placed in academic and practitioner journals and papers delivered at conferences. The network will reach a wide audience beyond event participants via a bespoke website, blogs and Twitter. The intention is for the network to continue after the funding has ceased and for members to collaborate on future research projects and events.