Dr Wil Chivers
Research Associate, WISERD
- Email:
- chiverswg1@cardiff.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2087 5846
- Location:
- 1.04, 46 Park Place
I am a Research Associate based in the Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods (WISERD). My PhD thesis, also undertaken at Cardiff University, explored the nature of contemporary governance by examining the changing landscape of digital surveillance and resistance. I have a background in criminology and sociology and prior to taking up my current position in WISERD, worked on ESRC/EPSRC-funded research investigating business-related cybercrime in the UK. During my doctoral research, I also undertook a funded internship with the Sentencing Council for England and Wales at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
I am currently working across the WISERD Civil Society research programme, exploring the relationship between engagement with social media and civil society. I am also drawing on an interest in developing innovative methodologies to examine the potential that social media research methods can bring to this field. Alongside my research activities, I am currently authoring a series of blogs for WISERD on social media and social research.
Publications:
Web Content and Other Media:
Chivers, W. 2016.WISERD Civil Society: Social Media Research Series: Introduction to the Social Media Research Series[Online] WISERD Blog.
Chivers, W. 2016.Letters from Barcelona: A Conference Report[Online] WISERD Blog.
Chivers, W. 2016.Digital Civil Society and the Landscape of Modern Surveillance.WISERD News 13, pp.12-13, February 2016
Chivers, W. 2015.A ‘Mature Debate’ on Communications Surveillance?[Online] WISERD Blog.
Education:
- 2016: PhD (Social Sciences) Cardiff University, UK
- 2011: MSc Social Science Research Methods, Cardiff University, UK
- 2008: BScEcon Criminology and Sociology (Joint Honours), Cardiff University, UK
Professional memberships
- Open Rights Group
- British Society of Criminology
- Surveillance Studies Network
Academic positions
- Research Assistant: CEReS project (Cardiff University 2014-2015)
- PhD: ESRC-funded, Socio-Legal (Cardiff University 2010-2016)
Speaking engagements
Conferences:
- ‘Mapping Resistance in the Digital Public Sphere’, WISERD Annual Conference, Swansea University, 13th-14th July 2016
- ‘Mapping Resistance in the Digital Public Sphere: Counter Surveillance on Social Media’, Social Media & Society, Goldsmiths, University of London, 11th-13th July 2016
- ‘Communications Surveillance in the UK: Politics, Governance and Regulation, 7th Surveillance Studies Network Conference, Universitat de Barcelona, 21st-23rd April 2016
- ‘Conceptualising Interaction Between Resistance and Surveillance: Changes in an Online World’, 5th Surveillance Studies Network Conference, Sheffield University, 2nd-4th April 2012
Training events:
- Using Social Media in Social Research (WISERD and Social Data Science Lab), 1st September 2016, Cardiff University
Other:
- ‘Surveillance, Resistance and (Digital) Civil Society’, WISERD Lunchtime Seminars, Cardiff University, October 2015
- ‘Surveillance and Resistance: Social Control in the Digital Age’, Centre for Crime, Law and Justice, Cardiff University, April 2013
- ‘Watch this Space: Surveillance, Resistance and the Internet’, SOCSI Doctoral Conference, Cardiff University, November 2012
2018
- Chivers, W., Blakely, H. and Davies, S. 2018. Young people are leading a growing movement against low pay and precarious work. The Conversation
2017
- Chivers, W., Blakely, H. and Davies, S. 2017. Investigating the patterns and prevalence of UK Trade Unionism on Twitter. Presented at: 2017 International Conference on Social Media & Society, Toronto, ON, Canada, 28-30 July 2017Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Social Media & Society. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series New York, NY: Association of Computing Machinery, (10.1145/3097286.3097315)
2016
- Chivers, W. 2016. WISERD Civil Society Social Media Research Series: introduction to the Social Media Research Series. [Online]. Cardiff: WISERD, Cardiff University. Available at: http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/wiserd/2016/09/19/wiserd-civil-society-social-media-research-series/
- Chivers, W. 2016. Letters from Barcelona: a conference report. [Online]. Cardiff: WISERD, Cardiff University. Available at: http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/wiserd/2016/04/28/letters-from-barcelona-a-conference-report/
- Chivers, W. 2016. Investigating the dynamics of surveillance and resistance in the information society. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2015
- Chivers, W. 2015. A 'Mature debate' on communications surveillance?. [Online]. WISERD, Cardiff University. Available at: http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/wiserd/2015/11/17/a-mature-debate-on-communications-surveillance/
I have undertaken teaching in the School of Social Sciences across a number of undergraduate modules as both a Graduate Teaching Assistant and a lecturer:
- Foundations of Contemporary Criminology
- Responses to Crime
- Crime Control, Regulation and Policing
- Contemporary Debates and Issues in Social Science
- Dissertation
- Internet and society
- Digital surveillance
- Civil society, social networks and resistance/internet activism
- Social control and governance
- Geographies of power
- Online social research