The CSS/Lab examines, questions and critiques the ubiquity of surveillance at all scales from body to planet (and beyond).

Built around the Canada Research Chair in Critical Surveillance and Security Studies at the University of Ottawa, the CSS/Lab is a transdisciplinary research group that brings surveillance studies into conversation with many other disciplines and fields. It aims to push surveillance studies in new directions, both in building critical social theories of surveillance and security, and through active empirical work in multiple locations and contexts.

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Team

David Murakami Wood

David Murakami Wood

Director / Canada Research Chair in Critical Surveillance and Security Studies / Full Professor, Department of Criminology

Azadeh Akbari

Azadeh Akbari

CCS/Lab Visiting Scholar, 2024-2026 / European Commission Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow

Dr. Jennie Day

Dr. Jennie Day

Postdoctoral Fellow, CSS/Lab

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Ashley Poon

PhD candidate (Criminology)

David Eliot

David Eliot

Trudeau Foundation Fellow / PhD candidate (Criminology)

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Zimo Meng

CSS/Lab Research Assistant / PhD candidate (Criminology)

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Claire Wang

PhD candidate (Criminology)

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For more information on research, publications, or how to get involved, please get in touch with Dr. Murakami Wood