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Marie Eneman

Docent

Department of Applied IT, div Informatics
Telephone
+46 709-75 88 44
Mail
marie.eneman@ait.gu.se
Visiting address
Forskningsgången 6
417 56 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 100
412 96 Göteborg

Senior Lecturer

Department of Applied IT, div Informatics
Mail
marie.eneman@ait.gu.se
Visiting address
Forskningsgången 6
417 56 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 100
412 96 Göteborg

About Marie Eneman

Marie Eneman, Associate Professor in Informatics

I have long-standing experience of conducting critical research on ethical issues linked to the digitalisation of society.

I have developed research about law enforcement surveillance and digitalsation and AI in policing. Currently, the Swedish Police use an assemblage of different surveillance technologies (e.g. CCTV, body cameras, drones, biometric technologies such as facial and object recognition, digital finger prints, sensors, secret data interception) where several are based on AI. My research investigates how law enforcement surveillance practices are organized, governed and regulated; the implications for civil liberties as privacy, freedom of expression etc; how challenges and dilemmas are handled; the complicated relation between public and private actors in emerging surveillance practices and what the intensified surveillance in society means for the democratic society. We are investigating how collected digital material is constructed to digital evidence and used in the wider legal system.

I have long experience using qualitative research methods such as interview, focus group, observation, document analysis and organizing policy labs to contribute to policy-making. I also participate in the SOM Institute's national survey to capture citizens' views on surveillance and privacy. In addition, I have solid experience in handling sensitive material in my research and conducting research in line with good research ethics.

I regularly presents my research both within and outside academia.

Exempel på forskningsprojekt är:

Technological opportunities and regulative restrictions - Dilemmas in using AI in lawenforcement practices - New project starting 2025 where we will investigate how law enforcement agencies navigate and handle their new powerful extended powers to use AI in relation to new emerging regulations e.g. the AI Act and other policies.

Body-worn cameras within the Swedish police authority - Here we study the introduction of body-worn cameras within the Swedish police with a focus on individual police officers' use of the cameras and questions related to discretion, governance and regulation – since the cameras record both image and sound in public and private spaces.

Digital surveillance technologies - dilemmas in police practice - Here we study the police authorities’ assemblage with several different new digital surveillance technologies as Secret Data Reading (hacking), drones, facial recognition, algorithmic governance as part of policing, and also the Swedish police use of Clearview AI which was deemed illegal.

Citizens' views on surveillance and privacy (annual study from 2022 - ) We participate in a large national survey (through the SOM institute) to citizens' views on surveillance and privacy.

Biometrics as border control part of the Entry/Exit System - Here we study the introduction and organisation of biometric technologies such as facial recognition and digital fingerprints as part of the border control at Landvetter Airport, Gothenburg, Sweden.