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Gavin Smith joined the Australian National University (ANU) in 2012 as an Associate Professor in Sociology. He previously served as a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Sydney, and as a Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology at City University London. Smith completed his PhD in Sociology at the University of Aberdeen in 2009, focusing on the culture of CCTV operation. He was instrumental in establishing the Surveillance Everyday Life Research Group and has contributed to multiple publications including special issues in renowned journals. Smith is a Research Associate at the Centre for Criminology at the University of Oxford, and he has held visiting positions at Concordia University in Canada and the University of Edinburgh. His research explores the social impacts of surveillance, particularly through intersubjective meanings assigned to everyday practices of watching and being watched. Currently, he investigates public responses to automated facial recognition technologies through an ARC Discovery Project, and examines the social perceptions of snakes within Australian society.
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