Burgess / Reniers / Ponnet Socially Responsible Innovation in Security

Critical Reflections
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-24688-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 156 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge New Security Studies

Bringing together knowledge from both the demand and supply side (technologists, citizens, policymakers and ethicists), this book examines the possibility of socially responsible innovation in security.

Responsible innovation in security refers to a comprehensive approach that allows all stakeholders to obtain knowledge at an early stage about the consequences of the outcomes of their decisions and actions, and on the range of options open to them, as well as to effectively evaluate both outcomes and options in terms of societal needs and moral and ethical values. The failure of innovative solutions and approaches to meet with societal and citizens’ needs can only be avoided by truly responsible innovation; nnovative technologies that have been contested would include, for instance, nanotechnology, genetically modified organisms, nuclear technology, or military innovations. Transparency is the key in such cases and security innovations can only be successful in the long term if all the social, ethical and ecological impacts, threats and opportunities, both short term and long term, are assessed and prioritized alongside technical and commercial impacts, and if the security innovators have been open about the approach and decisions. Involving stakeholders and the public at large at an early stage does not guarantee that there will not be differences of opinion between them. However, responsible innovation ensures clear and effective communication about the decisions taken and about the influences having led to the chosen options. As such, the decision-making process concerning security innovations will be legitimate, inclusive and transparent, which undoubtedly builds confidence in the process, even if stakeholders won’t always agree with the consequences. These themes are developed in the first two parts of this book, which are dedicated to the topics of security technology innovation and its perception and acceptance by the public. The ensuing two parts delve deeper into the processes of decision-making and democratic control, raising questions on the ethical implications of security ruling.

This book will be of much interest to students of critical security studies, sociology, technology studies and IR in general.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burgess, J. Peter

Reniers, Genserik

Ponnet, Koen

Hardyns, Wim

Smit, Wim

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Responsible Innovation in Security Setting the Scene

1. Danger, Innovation, Responsibility: Imagining Future Security, J. Peter Burgess

PART I: Security Technology

2. Promoting Responsible Research and Innovation in Data-intensive Technologies: A Societal Impact Framework, Gemma Galdon

3. Drones – Dull, Dirty or Dangerous? The Social Construction of Privacy and Security Technologies, Marc van Lieshout and Michael Friedewald

PART II: Public Perception and Acceptance

4. The Influence of Technological Innovations on Theft Prevention: Perspectives of Citizens and Experts, Kim Van Hoorde, Evelien De Pauw, Hans Vermeersch and Wim Hardyns

5. When It Rains in Paris, It Drizzles in Brussels?, Hans Vermeersch, Ellen Vandenbogaerde and Evelien De Pauw

PART III: Public and Private Decision Making

6. Securitization by Regulation? The Flemish Mayor as Democratic Anchor of Local Security Policies, Tom Bauwens

7. Raising the Flag: The State Effects of Public and Private Security Providers at East Jerusalem’s National Parks, Lior Volinz

PART IV: Democratic Control and Ethical Implications8. Evaluation and Effectiveness of Counter-Terrorism, Fiona de Londras

9. The Bleak Rituals of Progress; or, If Somebody Offers You a Socially Responsible Innovation in Security, Just Say No, Mark Neocleous

Über Autor(innen)

Luc Braeckmans is professor in philosophy at the University of Antwerp. He is Director of Academic Affairs of the University Center Saint Ignatius Antwerp.

Wim Hardyns is a lecturer within the Master of Safety Sciences (Antwerp University) and the Department of Criminology (Free University of Brussels).

Koen Ponnet is an assistant professor and researcher at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences and at the Faculty of Law of University of Antwerp (UA).

Genserik Reniers has a PhD in Applied Economic Sciences from the University of Antwerp. In October 2013, he was appointed in a part-time capacity as a Full professor at the Safety Science Group of Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands.

Wim Smit has a PhD in Moral Theology, promoted on the topic of 'violations on civil and human rights in the fight against terrorism at KULeuven'.