Covid-19 Tracing Apps: A role for law and the rule of law in the lifecycles of Smittestopp I and II
The Information System Seminar Series features Kristin Bergtora Sandvik, Research Professor in Humanitarian Studies, PRIO & Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
April 16, 2020, the Norwegian COVID-19 tracking app Smittestopp was launched to great fanfare. The app was presented as crucial to the effort of saving lives and curbing infection rates. September 28 it was finally over, although the post-mortem dissection of the app has been unusually acrimonious for the Norwegian context. Infect 1.0 has been replaced by “Infect 2.0”. Because the struggles over problem-diagnoses (is the problem the app or something else); what's at stake and who is responsible have been so contentious, greater clarity of the what, when, how and why of Smittestopp 1.0 is needed to move the debate forward. We discuss, how to strengthen accountability and transparency in future evaluations of digital responses to COVID-19.
About
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik, teaches sociology of law, legal anthropology, legal technology and artificial intelligence and robot regulations. From 2020, she has led the RCN-funded SAMRISK project "LAW22JULY: RIPPLES (Rights, Institutions, Procedures, Participation, Litigation: Embedding Security)" at the Faculty of Law, with PRIO as a key partner. At PRIO, she leads the RCN-funded NORGLOBAL project "Do No Harm: Ethical humanitarian Innovation", where she works on digital bodies, the rise of humanitarian data superplatforms and tracking devices. She is also involved in research Humanitarian Borders, working closely on criminalization and lawfare in the humanitarian space. Since 2020, she has also focused on the ethics of legal technology, access to justice and SDG 16.3.
PublishedFeb. 4, 2021 2:44 PM - Last modifiedFeb. 8, 2021 10:27 AM
