With the scrapping of identity cards in the UK, the
LSE Identity Project comes to
an end. However, our research on the global challenges of identity
policies continues and updates will be posted on this page.
Whitley EA (2009) Perceptions of government technology,
surveillance and privacy: the UK identity cards scheme. In New
Directions in Privacy and Surveillance (Neyland D and Goold B,
Eds), pp 133-156, Willan, Cullompton.
Whitley EA and Hosein IR (2008) Departmental influences on
policy design: How the UK is confusing identity fraud with other
policy agendas. Communications of the ACM 51(5), 98-100.
Whitley EA and Hosein IR (2008) Doing the politics of
technological decision making: Due process and the debate about
identity cards in the UK. European Journal of Information Systems
17(6), 668-677.
Whitley EA and Hosein IR (2007) Policy Engagement as Rigourous
and Relevant Information Systems Research: The Case of the LSE
Identity Project. In Proceedings of the Fifteenth European
Conference on Information Systems (Österle H, Schelp J and
Winter R, Eds), pp 1301-1312, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen.
Whitley EA, Hosein IR, Angell IO and Davies S (2007) Reflections
on the academic policy analysis process and the UK Identity Cards
Scheme. The information society 23(1), 51-58.
Whitley EA (2011) Submission to the House of Commons Public
Administration Select Committee inquiry into "Government's use of
IT" by the London School of Economics and Political Science Identity
Project
Available for free.
2007
Whitley EA (2007) Submission to the House of Lords Constitution
Committee inquiry into the "Impact of Surveillance & Data
Collection" by the London School of Economics and Political Science
Identity Project
Available for free. Committee Report
Whitley EA (2007) Submission to the House of Commons Home
Affairs Committee inquiry into "A surveillance society?" by the
London School of Economics and Political Science Identity Project
Available for free. Committee Report
2006
Whitley EA (2006) Submission to House of Commons Science and
Technology Select Committee Inquiry into “Scientific advice, risk
and evidence: how government handles them” with particular reference
to the technologies supporting the Government’s proposals for
identity cards
by the London School of Economics and Political Science Identity
Project
Available for free. Committee Report
Articles that particularly cite the LSE Identity Project work
2010
Walsham G and Mingers J (2010) Toward ethical information
systems: The contribution of discourse ethics. MIS Quarterly
34(4), 833-854.
this paper noted that "the participation of the LSE in
the debate [about identity cards] should surely be welcomed" in
terms of the importance of "universalization, and the pursuit of the
just, the good, and the practical"
2009
Froomkin AM (2009) Identity cards and Identity romanticism. In
Lessons from the identity trail: Anonymity, privacy and identity
in a networked society (Kerr I, Ed), pp 245-263, Oxford
University Press, Oxford.
this paper makes particular reference to the 'romantic
ideal' of free movement and contrasts this with identity practice in
common and civil law worlds.
Pieri E (2009) ID cards: A snapshot of the debate in the UK
press ESRC National Centre for e-Social Science (23 April)
Archived at http://www.ncess.ac.uk/Pieri_idcards_full_report.pdf
finds the media coverage of the Identity Cards Scheme is
presented in a negative light leading to the conclusion that it is
perceived to be illiberal and being introduced by stealth, echoing
the concerns of the LSE identity project.
Joinson A (2009) Privacy Concerns, Trust in Government and
Attitudes to Identity Cards in the United Kingdom. HICSS,
this study has compared the LSE alternative proposals
with those put forward by the UK Government and a House of Lords
Amendment. The study reveals the important role of perceived
compulsion, user-centric control and trust in government in
affecting support for the identity cards scheme
Koops B-J, Leenes R, Meints M, Meulen Nvd and Jaquet-Chiffelle
D-O (2009) A typology of identity-related crime: Conceptual,
technical, and legal issues Information, communication & society
12(1), 1-24.
draws on LSE Identity Project work on the problems of
defining identity-related activities to develop a typology of
identity-related crime
2008
Davenport E (2008) Social informatics and sociotechnical
research – a view from the UK. Journal of Information Science
34(4), 519-530.
describes the LSE Identity Project as providing
"evidence based input into UK policy-making on Identity Cards",
noting that "The group’s attempts to ‘improve the terms of debate
and public discourse’ have required integrity and tenacity at every
level of the institution" and highlighting "a process of social
learning, by conserving evidence of the interactions that have
placed this particular group of academic actors in an authentically
critical relationship with government and industry"
2007
Lyon D (2007) National ID Cards: Crime-control, citizenship and
social sorting. Policing 1(1), 111-118.
notes that LSE report "made
a number of constructive proposals as to how an ID card system might
be set up in more secure and less contentious ways than the one
legislated" (p. 150)
Bridgmann T (2007) Reconstituting relevance: Exploring
Possibilities for Management Educators’ Critical Engagement with the
Public. Management learning 38(4), 519-530.
describes the LSE Identity Project as an example of
critical and engaged activity
2006
Rotenberg M (2006) Real ID, Real Trouble? Communications of
the ACM 49, 128-128.
includes discussion of the LSE Identity Project
Guizzo E (2006) Loser: Britain's Identity Crisis. IEEE
spectrum January,
includes discussion of the LSE Identity Project
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