Alistair Duff

Professor Alistair Duff is a faculty member in the School of Arts and Creative Industries at Edinburgh Napier University, specializing in information policy and its societal implications. His research spans the intersection of technology, ethics, and public governance.

• Key Research Themes: Information society theory, digital ethics, privacy in the age of surveillance, and the role of public institutions like libraries in fostering citizenship.
• Notable Projects: Informing the Good Society (AHRC-funded), analysis of census data in policy-making, and studies on ePunditry.
• Media Engagement: Regularly contributes to public discourse through interviews (e.g., Radio Sputnik, Sunday Express) and expert testimony to the Scottish Parliament Justice Committee.
• Students Supervised: Nicole van Deursen (HI-Risk method), Aonghus Ferguson (Tony Blair interviews), Hayes Mabweazara (Zimbabwe journalism).
• Scientific Contributions: Published extensively on topics like Silicon Valley’s societal impact, Bentham’s panopticon in modern surveillance, and the normative theory of information society.