Dr. David Lyon
Director, Surveillance Studies Centre, Queen's University
David Lyon is Director, Surveillance Studies Centre, Queen’s Research Chair in Surveillance Studies, Professor of Sociology and Professor of Law at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. From 2008-2010 he held a Killam Research Fellowship from the Canada Council. In 2007 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Sociological Association, Communication and Information Technology Section; in 2008 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and in 2012 he received an Outstanding Contribution Award from the Canadian Sociological Association. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland and raised mainly in Bristol, England, he completed his Social Science and History education in Bradford, Yorkshire (BSc Soc Sci, PhD). He has authored or edited 26 books and published many articles. The books have been translated into 16 languages and articles more. The latest is Liquid Surveillance, co-authored with Zygmunt Bauman (2013). Recent sole-authored books are Identifying Citizens: ID Cards as Surveillance (2009) and Surveillance Studies: An Overview (2007). The newest co-edited collections are Handbook of Surveillance Studies with Kirstie Ball and Kevin Haggerty (2012) Eyes Everywhere: The Global Growth of Camera Surveillance with Aaron Doyle and Randy Lippert (2011), Surveillance, Privacy and the Globalization of Personal Information (with Elia Zureik and others, 2010), Surveillance and Control in Israel/Palestine: Population, Territory, Power (with Elia Zureik and Yasmeen-Abu-Laban 2010) and Playing the Identity Card (with Colin Bennett, 2008). Current book-writing projects include The Culture of Surveillance and Global Identification. Lyon is on the international editorial boards of a number of journals, is the North American editor of Surveillance and Society and Associate Editor of The Information Society. He has held visiting positions at the Universities of Auckland, Edinburgh, Melbourne, Leeds, Sydney, Tokyo, the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México and the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris. David is married to Sue, a studio potter. They have four adult children and nine grandchildren. David also writes songs, paints in watercolour, and rides long-distance tandem bicycle with Sue.
David Lyon is Director, Surveillance Studies Centre, Queen’s Research Chair in Surveillance Studies, Professor of Sociology and Professor of Law at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. From 2008-2010 he held a Killam Research Fellowship from the Canada Council. In 2007 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Sociological Association, Communication and Information Technology Section; in 2008 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and in 2012 he received an Outstanding Contribution Award from the Canadian Sociological Association. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland and raised mainly in Bristol, England, he completed his Social Science and History education in Bradford, Yorkshire (BSc Soc Sci, PhD). He has authored or edited 26 books and published many articles. The books have been translated into 16 languages and articles more. The latest is Liquid Surveillance, co-authored with Zygmunt Bauman (2013). Recent sole-authored books are Identifying Citizens: ID Cards as Surveillance (2009) and Surveillance Studies: An Overview (2007). The newest co-edited collections are Handbook of Surveillance Studies with Kirstie Ball and Kevin Haggerty (2012) Eyes Everywhere: The Global Growth of Camera Surveillance with Aaron Doyle and Randy Lippert (2011), Surveillance, Privacy and the Globalization of Personal Information (with Elia Zureik and others, 2010), Surveillance and Control in Israel/Palestine: Population, Territory, Power (with Elia Zureik and Yasmeen-Abu-Laban 2010) and Playing the Identity Card (with Colin Bennett, 2008). Current book-writing projects include The Culture of Surveillance and Global Identification. Lyon is on the international editorial boards of a number of journals, is the North American editor of Surveillance and Society and Associate Editor of The Information Society. He has held visiting positions at the Universities of Auckland, Edinburgh, Melbourne, Leeds, Sydney, Tokyo, the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México and the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris. David is married to Sue, a studio potter. They have four adult children and nine grandchildren. David also writes songs, paints in watercolour, and rides long-distance tandem bicycle with Sue.
