Contact
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Arts - Sociology Dept
- konikoff@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Policing Technology Surveillance Algorithmic Justice Qualitative Methodology
About
Daniel Konikoff is an Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta’s Department of Sociology. He completed his PhD at the University of Toronto’s Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies in 2024. His research focuses on the intersection of justice and technology, and he has recently completed a project on the governance of police’s use of facial recognition technology in Canada. He was also the Director of the Privacy, Technology, and Surveillance program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, where he led advocacy efforts around Canada’s new legislation on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.
Courses
SOC 225 - Criminology
Examination and attempted explanation of crime and juvenile delinquency, with an analysis of the social processes leading to criminal behaviour.
SOC 226 - Surveillance Studies
Critical analysis of the increased prominence of diverse forms of surveillance in contemporary society.
SOC 407 - Honors Thesis I
Literature review and proposal stage of Honors Thesis completed in SOC 408. Prerequisites: consent of instructor and Honors Advisor. Note: Restricted to Sociology Honors students. Closed to web registration.
SOC 408 - Honors Thesis II
Prerequisites: SOC 407 and consent of instructor and Honors Advisor. Note: Restricted to Sociology Honors students. Closed to web registration.
Featured Publications
Joshua D. M. Shaw, Daniel Konikoff
Canadian Journal of Law and Society / Revue Canadienne Droit et Société. 2022 December; 10.1017/cls.2022.8
Daniel Konikoff
2022 March; 10.31235/osf.io/bkqxu
Daniel Konikoff
Policy & Internet. 2021 August; 10.1002/poi3.265
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