Constructing Security: Reflections on the Margins of a Case Study of the Use of Electronic Identification in ICT Platforms in Schools

Reassembling Local E-Government : A study of actors’ translations of digitalisation in public administration

“…Subsequently, I looked for patterns, in terms of recurring themes on security. The dialogue was guided by questions such as how do people perceive 'security' in the context of their work in school; what is security believed to be, what are the assumptions, the attitudes and the actions involved (Gustafsson, 2014).…”

“…(2015) look at actors' interpretations of digitalisation changes that occur in local practices -in a number of schools, hospitals, and municipal administrations. In Gustafsson (2014), a translation of the concept of security is presented, using some analytical tools from Searle (1996) social theory. Finally, the fourth paper addresses advanced digitalisation as an issue in governance network-building.…”

“…how e-government is reassembled through actors' translations, which involves significant tensions for small municipalities when new governance networks are formed (this is based mainly on the analysis in Gustafsson (2017); 2. tensions resulting when new and unclear organisational arrangements meet old and resisting ones, when a municipality is implementing secure digital platforms in education administration services (this is based mainly on the analysis in Gustafsson and Wihlborg (2013b); 3. tensions arising when professional groups, such as teachers and nurses, face changes connected with the digitalisation of services and with their concerns about control and surveillance (this is based mainly on the analysis in Hedström, Wihlborg, Gustafsson, and Söderström (2015); and finally 4. tensions that emerge in translating the meaning of security at individual level, when one is facing a new social reality where services and the interaction with authorities are increasingly digitalised (this is based mainly on the analysis in Gustafsson (2014).…”

“…The paper by Gustafsson (2014) was published in Privacy and Identity, as one of selected and revised papers that were presented at The 8th International IFIP Summer School on Privacy and Identity Management for Emerging Services and Technologies. The full title of the paper is: 'Constructing Security: Reflections on the Margins of a Case Study of the Use of Electronic Identification in ICT Platforms in Schools'.…”

“…This field of tension emerged in conditions of unclear methods for managing higher volumes and new types of information, unclear internal policies and ambiguous institutional regulations concerning pupil-related data. It has been identified through the empirical analyses in the School study, based on Gustafsson and Wihlborg (2013b), Hedström et al (2015) and Gustafsson (2014).…”