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Amy Stevens

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Dr Amy Stevens is a Sociologist and Criminologist researching the use and development of surveillance technologies – by both states and citizens – and how they are governed. Her research focuses broadly on the development of new technologies for investigating and detecting crime and the human rights and social justice issues which surround their use.

Amy has published work on the ‘chilling effect’ that surveillance has on activist activity around the world and the diverse impacts which arise in relation to increasing state surveillance capabilities. She has also written on resistance and opposition to expansions in state surveillance in the UK, including a recent book, ‘Resisting State Surveillance in the Digital Age’, published by Routledge in 2025.

Prior to joining LSE100 Amy was a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Sheffield. There she was part of a team researching citizen-led policing activities and the formation of citizen ‘watch-groups’. This work remains part of Amy’s ongoing collaborative research seeking to understand the impact of those who use surveillance technologies to monitor fellow citizens in the pursuit of crime detection and prevention.

Amy has also held positions as a Lecturer in Criminology at the University of West London, and as a Senior Research Officer at the University of Essex where she worked as part of the ESRC funded Human Rights, Big Data and Technology project. She has also held teaching positions at the University of East London, the University of Essex and Anglia Ruskin University.