The dialectics of discretion in algorithmic governance and smart policing
This paper analyses the effect of algorithmic infrastructures on the practices of discretion within the police force.
Research Theme Global Experiences Of Algorithmic Governance
26/11/25
Ashwin gives research talk at King’s College on discretion in algorithmic policing
The talk examined the incorporation of an indigenously developed AI facial recognition software-enabled image search function in everyday policing in Kerala, Southwest India.
26/11/25
Sharath delivers keynote at INDL-MEA 2 2025 Conference
The keynote, “Challenging the ‘thingness’ of AI from Eastern Africa”, was given at the second International Network on Digital Labor – Middle East and Africa Conference.
11/11/25
Ashwin publishes paper on the gendering of emergent technology
A new paper co-written by CGHR Postdoctoral Scholar, Ashwin Varghese, and Aishwarya Rajeev, has been published in The Economic and Labour Relations Review.
16/07/25
Ashwin presenting at the 5th ISA Forum of Sociology – Rabat, Morocco
Our Postdoctoral Scholar Dr Aswhin Varghese was invited to present at the 5th ISA Forum of Sociology in Rabat, Morocco from 6th - 11th July 2025.
25/06/25
Humanities, Social Sciences and AI – Transversal Theme: a Lego Serious Play workshop
On Friday, 3 June 2025, Ella and Sharath convened the first Connections event of the ‘Humanities, Social Sciences and AI’ Transversal Theme: a Lego Serious Play workshop.
20/06/25
Sharath organises panel at ECAS 2025
The panel will focus on the complex trajectories of AI within eastern Africa, in order to interrogate AI’s impacts within lived realities in the region.
04/06/25
Tayarisha Writer’s workshop
On 9th May, our Postdoctoral Scholar Dr Ashwin Varghese participated in the Tayarisha Writer's workshop, where he was working on a paper on E-Governance and the Kerala Model:…
04/06/25
Ashwin presenting at the KCL Symposium on Information Controls
On 16 May 2025, our Postdoctoral Scholar was invited to present a paper on Algorithmic Governance and Postcoloniality: A Case Study of AI Traffic Enforcement Systems in Kerala,…
23/05/25
Impacts of AI in Eastern Africa Workshop
Professors Sharath Srinivasan of the University of Cambridge and Stephanie Diepeveen of King’s College London recently hosted a workshop on the impacts of AI in Eastern Africa
14/05/25
Postdoc Research Trip to Kerala
Our postdoctoral scholar, Ashwin, undertook a research trip to Kerala, India during the Lent Term for primary research on his postdoctoral project on algorithmic governance and discretion.
04/12/24
CRC Research Seminar: E-Governance and Smart Policing: Towards a Kerala Model of Algorithmic Governance?
On 5th November 2024, our Postdoctoral Scholar Dr Ashwin Varghese was invited to present at the Crime Research Centre Research Seminar at the University of Sussex.