Hosein, Gus


Dr Gus Hosein  

Department

Position held

Department of Management

Information Systems and Innovation Group (ISIG)

Visiting Senior Fellow and co-founder of the Policy Engagement Network

Experience keywords:

cybercrime; terrorism; international instruments; regulation; data protection; privacy; civil liberties; surveillance; technology and society; anti-terrorism policies; free speech

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Dr Hosein specialises in privacy, the interplay between technology and society, and civil liberties. His early research was in technology policy and regulatory change. Previous fellowships focused on international co-operation in criminal matters. His current research deals with anti-terrorism policies, civil liberties, privacy and international policy dynamics. Dr Hosein has advised international, governmental, non-governmental and private organisations on technology and policy issues. He is a Fellow of the British Computing Society and a Chartered IT professional.

Languages:

French [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 6403

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2008

Hosein, Ian and Whitley, Edgar A (2008) Departmental influences on policy design. Communications of the ACM, 51 (5). pp. 98-100. ISSN 0001-0782

2007

Hosein, Ian and Whitley, Edgar A. and Angell, Ian and Davies, Simon (2007) Reflections on the academic policy analysis process and the UK identity cards scheme. The information society, 23 (1). pp. 51-58. ISSN 1087-6537

Hosein, Ian (2007) The challenges for identity policy and the US context. US Federal Trade Commission, USA

Hosein, Ian (2007) Regulatory challenges for US and EU airlines and passengers: current and future challenges: a briefing to the European parliament. Privacy International, London, UK

Davies, Simon and Hosein, Ian (2007) The economic benefit of identity management and assurance. HM Treasury, London, UK

Hosein, Ian (2007) Balance, scrutiny and identity cards in the UK. Criminal justice matters, 68 (1). pp. 29-30. ISSN 0962-7251

2006

Hosein, Ian (2006) Privacy as freedom. In: Jørgensen, Rikke Frank, (ed.) Human rights in the global information society. MIT Press, Cambridge, pp. 121-148. ISBN 0262101157

Hosein, Ian (2006) International co-operation as a promise and a threat. In: Koops, Bert-Jaap and Brenner, Susan W, (eds.) Cybercrime and jurisdiction : a global survey. The Hague : TMC Asser, West Nyack, NY. ISBN 9067042218

2005

Hosein, Ian and Whitley, Edgar A (2005) Policy discourse and data retention: the technology politics of surveillance in the United Kingdom. Telecommunications policy, 29 (11). pp. 857-874. ISSN 0308-5961

Hosein, Ian (2005) Comparing EU and US communications surveillance policies. Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Hosein, Ian (2005) Walking on the dark side. Index on censorship, 34 (3). pp. 28-37. ISSN 0306-4220

Hosein, Ian (2005) Transforming travel and border controls: checkpoints in the open society. Government information quraterly, 22 (4). pp. 594-625. ISSN 0740-624x

Whitley, Edgar A. and Hosein, Ian (2005) Policy discourse and data retention : the technology politics of surveillance in the United Kingdom. Telecommunications policy, 29 (11). pp. 857-874. ISSN 0308-5961

Hosein, Ian (2005) Transforming travel and border controls : checkpoints in the Open Society. Government information quraterly, 22 (4). pp. 594-625. ISSN 0740-624x

2004

Hosein, Ian (2004) The sources of laws: policy dynamics in a digital and terrorized world. The information society, 20 (3). pp. 187-199. ISSN 1087-6537

Hosein, Ian (2004) Politics of the information society: the bordering and restraining of global data flows. UNESCO, Paris, France

Hosein, Ian and Escudero-Pascual, Alberto (2004) Questioning lawful access to traffic data. The communications of the ACM, 47 (3). pp. 77-82. ISSN 0001-0782

Escudero-Pascual, Alberto and Hosein, Ian (2004) Questioning lawful access to traffic data. Communications of the ACM, 47 (3). pp. 77-82. ISSN 0001-0782

Hosein, Ian and Escudero-Pascuale, A (2004) The hazards of technology-neutral policy: questioning lawful access to traffic data. Communications of the ACM, 47 (3). pp. 77-82. ISSN 0001-0782

Hosein, Ian (2004) Sources of laws : policy dynamics in a digital and terrorized world. Information society, 20 (3). pp. 187-199. ISSN 0197-2243

2003

Hosein, Ian and Tsiavos, Prodromos and Whitley, Edgar A (2003) Regulating architecture and architectures of regulation: contributions from information systems. International review of law, computers & technology, 17 (1). pp. 85-97. ISSN 1360-0869

Hosein, Ian (2003) A research note on capturing technology: toward moments of interest. In: Whitley, Edgar A. and Wynn, Eleanor H and Myers, Michael D and DeGross, Janice I, (eds.) Global and organizational discourse about information technology. Kluwer Academic Publishers, London, pp. 133-154. ISBN 9781402073250

2002

Hosein, Ian and Whitley, E.A (2002) The regulation of electronic commerce: learning from the UK's rip act. Journal of strategic information systems, 11 (1). pp. 31-58. ISSN 0963-8687

Hosein, Ian (2002) The collision of regulatory convergence and divergence: updating policies of surveillance and information technology. Southern African journal of information and communication, 2 (1).

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