Governance and Accountability in Internet of Things (IoT) Networks
- Submitting institution
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The University of Lancaster
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 287313933
- Type
- C - Chapter in book
- DOI
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10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190932596.013.22
- Book title
- The Oxford Handbook of Digital Technology and Society
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN
- 9780190932596
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- August
- Year of publication
- 2020
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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3
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This chapter provides an overview of the variety of governance and policy strategies in place for deploying internet of things based smart city solutions worldwide. It is a timely outcome stemming from a literature review carried out as part of the TrustLens project which examined a range of academic and grey literature, as well as place-based case studies. The framework developed on the basis of this review identified four emergent themes of governance in this space: levels of governance, citizen representation and agency, accountability of governance, and transparency of governance. Each of these themes is explored through a specific case study, showing how different forms of IoT governance might operate and raise questions of privacy and accountability. It recommends that developing a trusted IoT ecosystem will require the realization of transparent and accountable systems. This work has only recently been published in the Oxford Handbook of Digital Technology and Society (Sept 2020). The volume provides extensive reviews into several domains affected by digital technologies developed from the ESRC commissioned ‘Ways of Being in the Digital Age’.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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