'Tracking People':controversies and challenges

该网络将促进学者、政策制定者、设计师和从业者之间的辩论和合作，探讨当前和未来使用不可移动可穿戴设备所产生的道德、法律、社会和技术问题，这些设备可以由第三方进行位置监控或跟踪穿戴者（跟踪设备）。这一独特和创新的国际跨学科网络将探索在若干领域使用跟踪装置，包括对罪犯、精神健康患者、受护理的年轻人和痴呆症患者的使用。在大多数情况下，跟踪设备的使用是有争议的，并导致了重大的学术和公众辩论。关注的焦点集中在隐私、道德、数据保护、效率、有效性、设备设计的有效性和适用性、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。探索在各种环境和跨司法管辖区使用跟踪装置，将突出围绕其当前和未来使用的实施、辩论和挑战中的协同作用和不连续性。该网络将对跟踪装置的使用产生新的经验、概念和理论见解，使人们更加了解使用这些装置所产生的法律、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共享，并为未来制定跨学科的研究议程。该网络将由利兹大学的一个跨学科团队领导，主要涉及来自英国和欧洲的学术和研究用户。该网络将包括：来自艺术、社会和医学科学、工程和产品设计的学者、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、移民和教育领域的决策者和从业人员；志愿机构；以及参与跟踪设备设计、制造和运营的私营公司。该网络的独特之处在于将来自不同领域和司法管辖区的专家聚集在一起，从多个学科的角度研究一项尚未充分研究的技术的应用。它将通过了解每个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。该网络将鼓励跨学科研究，建设研究能力，并寻求为基于证据的政策制定做出贡献。它将努力影响法律和政策的发展，使其能够更好地跟上技术进步的步伐。它将设法为跟踪装置的技术发展提供信息，以便在其设计中更多地注意道德和社会问题。它还将更好地向艺术、社会和医学学者、政策制定者和从业人员通报跟踪技术的技术局限性，从而更好地了解这些设备的潜力和界限。该网络将在18个月的时间里通过一系列四项活动发展起来，并在最后一次会议上达到高潮。将出版一系列简报文件、编辑集、发表在学术和从业者期刊上的文章以及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。其目的是在资金停止后，该网络继续存在，并使成员在未来的研究项目和活动中进行合作。

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.