In this blog series MMB has joined with the Centre for Sociodigital Futures (CenSoF) to consider digital technology and borders from all angles. Our contributors test the promises of technology and the power of technology companies, and raise serious questions about their accountability. This series has been developed alongside CenSoF’s digitised borders research theme, which asks, whose futures are being played out in the growth of these ‘efficient, smart and responsive’ borders?
- Privatised border regulation, AI, MigTech and public procurementMigration, Mobilities and Digital Technologies – a special series published in association with the ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures. By Albert Sanchez-Graells. Moving across borders used to involve direct contact with the State. Moving people faced border agents attached to some police corps or the army. Moving things were inspected by customs agents. Entry was granted… Read more: Privatised border regulation, AI, MigTech and public procurement
- From documentation to computation: the shifting logic of UK border controlMigration, Mobilities and Digital Technologies – a special series published in association with the ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures. By Kuba Jablonowski. The UK immigration status is going online. Tangible documents issued by the Home Office are set to expire at midnight on 31st December 2024 as the department has been short-dating them for years. From… Read more: From documentation to computation: the shifting logic of UK border control
- Who’s in the fast lane? Will new border tech deliver seamless travel for all?Migration, Mobilities and Digital Technologies – a special series published in association with the ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures. By Travis Van Isacker. For the past year I have been attending border industry conferences to understand the future claims they are making as part of my research on digitised borders for the ESRC Centre for… Read more: Who’s in the fast lane? Will new border tech deliver seamless travel for all?