The Surveillance Studies Network (SSN) is a non-profit academic association dedicated to the study of surveillance in all its forms. It was founded in 2006 as a charitable company registered in the UK. Its purpose is to support an international, transdisciplinary academic community researching and teaching about surveillance in society. The SSN publishes the journal Surveillance & Society, holds biennial conferences, makes awards, and provides small research grants.
Current Directors include Azadeh Akbari, Julia Chan, David Murakami Wood, Bryce Newell, and Gavin Smith. Previous Directors include Rosamunde van Brakel, Kirstie Ball, Fernanda Bruno, Pete Fussey, Stephen Graham, David Lyon, Torin Monahan, Clive Norris, Joshua Reeves, Emmeline Taylor, Dean Wilson, Nils Zurawski.
Membership is open to any individual interested in the study of surveillance in society.
The SSN regularly publishes
The SSN awards a number of prizes and grants including
In 2006, the Information Commissioner's Office in the United Kingdom contracted with the Surveillance Studies Network to produce âÂÂA Report on the Surveillance Society,â which was presented at the 28th International Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners' Conference in London. The report received international media attention and led to several parliamentary investigations into surveillance in the UK. In 2010, SSN updated the report, which was presented to Parliament by the UK Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham.