Developing future borders

Binder, Clemens

doi:10.4324/9780429351846-10

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“…eu-LISA will thus in the future be able to define alleged techno-scientific 'gaps' in the SIS and other databases, set requirements for solutions to be researched with EU funding, and prioritise research activities that are considered capable of addressing these gaps. 84 Such interventions in state-sponsored research activities have -for instance, when it comes to border control 85 or defence 86 -been identified as a prime means of fostering particular visions of social order. While it remains to be seen whether and how active interventions into European research funding will prove to be an effective complementary element within the larger strategy of gradually expanding technologically mediated surveillance and control capacities, the setting up of eu-LISA as a steering actor within EU research funding 87 arguably marks another step towards leveraging the flexible and scalable architecture of the SIS.…”

Section: Since 2013: Technology Monitoring and Steeringmentioning

confidence: 99%

Politics of creep: Latent development, technology monitoring, and the evolution of the Schengen Information System

Leese,

Ugolini

2024

Eur. j. of int. secur.

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The Schengen Information System for law enforcement, border control, and judicial cooperation in the European Union has over the years seen a considerable expansion of the amount and types of data stored and its functionalities, as well as its user base. In light of this transformation from a simple information-sharing tool to a full-blown investigative database, there has, however, been surprisingly little public debate and pushback against the growing surveillance and control capacities that the system enables. This article proposes to understand the largely uncontested evolution of the SIS through the concept of ‘creep’, i.e. the incremental, unforeseen, and/or stealthy development of a technological system beyond what it was originally introduced for. More specifically, it retraces how creep has in the case of the SIS been enabled and facilitated through (1) latent development principles, i.e. the rationale of building dormant features into a system that can be activated at a later point in time once technology has sufficiently matured and/or legal foundations have been adopted; and (2) technology monitoring and steering mechanisms, i.e. the continuous assessment of the readiness of key technologies for anticipated updates to the system as well as interventions in publicly funded research programmes.

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Section: Since 2013: Technology Monitoring and Steeringmentioning

confidence: 99%