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Big Data; Crime; Crime Control; Safety
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Biography

Laura Neiva is a junior researcher at the Communication and Society Research Centre (CECS), University of Minho, Portugal. She holds a B.A. in Criminology (Faculty of Law of the University of Porto, 2017), a MA in Crime, Difference, and Inequality (Department of Sociology, University of Minho, 2019), and a PhD in Sociology (Department of Sociology, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Minho, 2024). In 2020, she was awarded a PhD scholarship, promoted by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia) through a highly competitive call to develop her PhD with a thesis on “Expectations of police officers about Big Data in policing and criminal investigation in Portugal”. Her research background is interdisciplinary, namely combining Criminology, Sociology, and Social Studies of Science and Technology. Exploring the ethical, political, and societal challenges emerging from the use of Big Data in criminal investigations, Laura’s work aims to understand how expectations about Big Data might impact the criminal justice, police, and law enforcement. Previously, she was a junior researcher in a European Research Council-funded project, “EXCHANGE - Forensic Geneticists and the Transnational Exchange of DNA data in the EU: Engaging Science with Social Control, Citizenship, and Democracy”, led by Helena Machado. She is the author of the book “Big Data na investigação criminal: desafios e expectativas na União Europeia” [“Big Data in criminal investigation: challenges and expectations in the European Union”], Editora Húmus. She is the author and co-author of 13 publications about Big Data, security policies, privacy challenges, social expectations, surveillance, and, more recently, public views about artificial intelligence. She has been involved in international research networks, such as the AIDA social sciences research network – artificial intelligence, data & algorithms, and the Working Group on Qualitative Research Methodologies and Epistemologies (WG-QRME) of the European Society of Criminology. Finally, she has participated, with communications, in international and national scientific events, such as the General Conference on Organized Crime, Data Power, Annual Conference of European Society of Criminology, and Portuguese Congress of Sociology.

Activities

Employment (1)

Universidade do Minho: Braga, Braga, PT

2018-07-01 to present | Junior Researcher (Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Universidade do Minho: Braga, Braga, PT

2021-04-01 to 2024-11-26 | Doutoramento em Sociologia (Instituto de Ciências Sociais)
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Universidade do Minho, Instituto de Ciências Sociais: Braga, Braga, PT

2017-09 to 2019-05-21 | Mestrado (Crime, Diferença e Desigualdade)
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Direito: Porto, Porto, PT

2013-09 to 2017-07 | Licenciatura em Criminologia (Escola de Criminologia)
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Professional activities (1)

Surveillance and Studies Network: United Kingdom, GB

2022-06-01 | SSN Conference 2022 Student Fee Waiver Awarded. This program is intended for graduate students interested in the field of Surveillance Studies who are of a high academic caliber
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Funding (2)

Expectativas de agentes policiais sobre Big Data no sistema de policiamento e investigação criminal em Portugal

2021-04 to 2024-11 | Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
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2020.04764.BD

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10.54499/2020.04764.BD

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EXCHANGE - Forensic Geneticists and the Transnational Exchange of DNA data in the EU: Engaging Science with Social Control, Citizenship and Democracy (GRANT_NUMBER: 648608)

2018-07 to 2021-03 | Grant
European Research Council (Saint-Josse-ten-Nood, BE)
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Laura Neiva

Works (15)

Expectativas de agentes policiais sobre Big Data no sistema de policiamento e investigação criminal em Portugal

2024-11-26 | Dissertation or Thesis
Contributors: Laura Neiva
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Laura Neiva

Publics’ views on ethical challenges of artificial intelligence: a scoping review

AI and Ethics
2023-12-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Helena Machado; Susana Silva; Laura Neiva
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Ethical, legal, and social challenges of Next Generation Sequencing technologies (NGS) in forensic criminal identification

Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Technology in DNA Analysis
2023-11-30 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9780323991445
Contributors: Helena Machado; Laura Neiva; Rafaela Granja; Susana Silva
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Big Data technologies in criminal investigations: The frames of the members of Judiciary Police in Portugal

Criminology & Criminal Justice
2023-08-13 | Newspaper article
Contributors: Laura Neiva
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The views about Big Data among professionals of police forces: A scoping review of empirical studies

International Journal of Police Science & Management
2023-04-06 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1461-3557
Part of ISSN: 1478-1603
Contributors: Laura Neiva; Helena Machado; Susana Silva
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(Des)construindo o futuro promissor de Big Data no combate ao crime: abordagem sociológica ao mito da objetividade

III Jornadas Doutorais em Sociologia "Vocação, carreiras e trabalho na Sociologia"
2022-11-13 | Conference paper
Contributors: Laura Neiva
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Benefícios e riscos da utilização de Big Data na investigação criminal

Revista de Investigação Criminal, Ciências Criminais e Forenses (IC3F)
2022-10-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1647-9300
Contributors: Laura Neiva; Helena Machado
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Rumo a uma implementação transparente, ética e inclusiva das tecnologias – O caso de Big Data na previsão criminal

Sociedade e Conhecimento
2022-04-01 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-989-755-753-8
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Laura Neiva

Big Data applied to criminal investigations: expectations of professionals of police cooperation in the European Union

Policing and Society
2022-01-30 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1043-9463
Part of ISSN: 1477-2728
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Big Data na investigação criminal: “Imaginário Europeu” e orientações para o futuro

II Jornadas Doutorais em Sociologia “Ciência & Política: Fronteiras e Intersecções”
2021-12-01 | Conference paper
Part of ISBN: 978-972-98541-7-0
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Big Data e vigilância policial: desafios éticos, legais e sociais

Crime e Tecnologia: Desafios culturais e políticos para a Europa
2021-06 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-972-36-1852-5
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Big Data na investigação criminal: desafios e expectativas na União Europeia

V.N.Famalicão: Edições Húmus
2020 | Book
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O direito à privacidade no tempo do Big Data – narrativas profissionais na União Europeia

Revista Tecnologia e Sociedade
2020-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1984-3526
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Laura Neiva

Big Data – paradigma tecnológico que facilita a produção de (des)informação? Aspetos éticos e operacionais

In V Congresso de Literacia, Media e Cidadania
2019-05-03 | Conference paper
Part of ISBN: 978-989-8600-86-8
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Laura Neiva

Big Data na investigação criminal: previsão do risco, vigilância e expectativas sociais na União Europeia

Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade do Minho
2019-04 | Dissertation or Thesis
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Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for AI and ethics. (1)