Queen's Expert
David Lyon
Arts and Science, Sociology, Law
Areas of expertise:
Surveillance (camera, digital, internet etc) of work, consumption, travel, citizenship, education etc; in Canada but also historical development and international comparisons. Special interest in ID card systems, 'national' and otherwise, globally. Responses to surveillance: compliance, legislation, regulation, protest, resistance etc. Other fields: Sociology of religion, especially debates over secularization; social theory, especially of modernity; sociology and Christianity; information technology (and 'information society').
Languages:
English