Molnar, Adam

Adam Molnar researches security and policing arrangements, practices of surveillance, and the implications for privacy and politics. In addition to his work on security, policing and major sports events – Dr. Molnar can speak to issues in national security and policing, in particular, counter-terrorism responses, civilian-military relations, public-order policing, and the use of surveillance technologies such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), public video surveillance, lawful access to digital communications, other practices of surveillance and privacy – particularly those founding urban environments.

Research Interests: Sociology, Technology, Surveillance and Security, Privacy, and Governance

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Institution: University of Waterloo
Fields of Expertise:

Civil Society

Crime, Policing, and Law Enforcement

Defence and Security

Education and Technology

Research groups:
Email: adam.molnar@uwaterloo.ca
Media outreach: Yes
Languages: English
Publications:

Harkin, D. Molnar, A. and Vowles, E. 2019. The commodification of mobile phone surveillance: an analysis of the consumer spyware industry, Crime, Media, Culture.

Whelan, C. and Molnar, A. 2018. Securing Mega-Events: Strategies, Organisation and Legacies. Crime Prevention and Security Management Series, New York: Palgrave-Macmillan.

Molnar, A. 2017. Technology, Law, and the Formation of (il)liberal Democracy?. Surveillance & Society, 15(3/4), pp. 381-388.

Monaghan, J. and Molnar, A., 2016. Radicalisation theories, policing practices, and “the future of of terrorism?”

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