Dr Mark Lacy

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My current research is divided into two projects. Digital Geopolitics on the Edges of Globalization: The first project is interested on the digital dimensions of conflict outside of the West, examining the different ways in which urban conflict in cities like Dhaka (in the Shahbag protests in 2013) unfold ? and are maybe intensified ? by an increasingly complex ?cyber'-conflict involving bloggers, hackers, digital artists, state-backed ?cyber armies' and diasporic networks. Art, Technology and Security/War This project is focused on how artists are examining the new technologies that are central to contemporary security politics ? from Drones to surveillance technology to cybersecurity ? examining how artists are dealing with the paradoxes of politics and culture in the digital age. My forthcoming book Security/Technology/Politics: Thinking with Virilio (Routledge, 2014) examines the work of Paul Virilio, arguing that a thinker who has been accused of being fatalist who leaves the reader devoid of hope provides us with an important set of insights on politics and security in the contemporary world: and an important ?untimely' way of thinking about how to negotiate the problems of thinking about politics and society in an ?accelerated society.' I am theme lead of Security Futures, strand of Security Lancaster; Security Futures is an inter-faculty project that attempts to raise a range of questions ? ethical, legal, social, technical ? about the emerging technologies that are shaping different aspects of society and security, attempting to get beyond the hypes, fear or optimism that often shapes debate in the public sphere. I am also the lead editor of a books series for Routledge, Conflict, Technology and Security.

PhD Supervision Interests

critical security studies

European social theory (Zygmunt Bauman and Paul Virilio, in particular)
Emerging Threats

Current Teaching

PPR.425 Theorizing Security and War

PPR 221 Understanding Security and Global Politcs

PPR 325 The Politics of Global Danger

PPR 100 Politics and Governance in the Contemporary World

Research Interests

I am currently writing a book on Paul Virilio (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Virilio ) for Routledge's PRIO series (http://www.routledge.com/books/series/prio_new_security_studies_PRIONEWSEC/ ) on critical security studies. The book covers the main themes in Virilio's work, examining his work on the militarization of everyday life and its consequences for contemporary debates on architecture, art, environmental danger, new security technologies, and the politics of the war on terror.

Before coming to Lancaster, I was an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)-funded student at Sussex University: my research was focused on the problem of 'uncertainty' in debates over security politics and climate change, challenging the idea that we can 'geo-engineer' solutions to environmental risk or develop 'technical fixes' to master complex global problems, arguing that this desire to 'master' uncertainty was a symptom of what Virilio describes as 'technological fundamentalism.' Parts of the thesis were published in a book that attempted to highlight the inadequacy of thinking about uncertainty in International Relations, highlighting the 'technical fundamentalism' at play in supposedly Realist approaches to security and their inability to move beyond the temptations of Cold War-style thinking about geopolitical risk and Great Power Politics in a time when serious global insecurities emerge from the 'accidents' of an increasingly networked society: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415460040/.

I have taught courses at Sussex University, the University of Bristol and the Open University.

Office Hours

My office hours are Tuesday 3-5 and Thursday 4-5.

2013

Download file

The future of digital disrupters: rethinking the digital divide

Lacy, M. & Prince, D. 12/06/2013 Lancaster: Lancaster University. 46 p. (Future of...).

Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Other report

2011

Intellectuals, international relations and the constant emergency

Lacy, M. 2011 In: Third World Quarterly. 32, 9, p. 1673-1690, 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

Securing by design

Weber, C. & Lacy, M. 07/2011 In: Review of International Studies. 37, 3, p. 1021-1043, 23 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

2008

A History of Violence: Mearsheimer and Walt's Writings from ‘An Unnecessary War’ to the ‘Israel Lobby’ Controversy

Lacy, M. 2008 In: Geopolitics. 13, 1, p. 100-119, 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

Designer Security: Control Society and MoMA's SAFE: Design Takes on Risk

Lacy, M. 04/2008 In: Security Dialogue. 39, 2-3, p. 333-357, 25 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

2006

Introducion: the excess of information.

Lacy, M. J. 2006 Global politics in the information age. Lacy, M. & Wilkin, P. (eds.). Manchester: Manchester University Press, p. 1-20 20 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter

2005

Security and Climitae Change: International Relations and the Limits of Realism.

Lacy, M. J. 2005 Routledge. 176 p.

Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book

2003

War, Cinema and Moral Anxiety.

Lacy, M. J. 1/03/2003 In: Alternatives: Global, Local, Political. 28, 5, p. 611-636, 26 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

2002

Deconstructing risk society.

Lacy, M. J. 2002 In: Environmental Politics. 11, 4, p. 42-62, 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

2000

Timothy W. Luke Capitalism, democracy and ecology: departing from Marx.

Lacy, M. J. 2000 In: Environmental Ethics. 22

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

PPR Academics Contribute Lectures to Multimedia Project
18/05/2011
Dr Mark Lacy (PPR) and Michael Dillon (Emeritus Professor of Politics, Lancaster and Distinguished Professor of Politics at Sehir University, Istanbul) have contributed some of the first lectures to a ... Read more»


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« Back Keywords security Research Areas Politics and International Relations Dr Mark Lacy Lecturer County South Lancaster University Bailrigg Lancaster United Kingdom LA1 4YL Email: Email Hidden Tel: +44 1524 594758 Affiliations CeMoRe - Centre for Mobilities Research Security Lancaster Profile Publications News My current research is divided into two projects. *Digital Geopolitics on the Edges of Globalization:* The first project is interested on the digital dimensions of conflict outside of the West, examining the different ways in which urban conflict in cities like Dhaka (in the Shahbag protests in 2013) unfold ? and are maybe intensified ? by an increasingly complex ?cyber'-conflict involving bloggers, hackers, digital artists, state-backed ?cyber armies' and diasporic networks. *Art, Technology and Security/War* This project is focused on how artists are examining the new technologies that are central to contemporary security politics ? from Drones to surveillance technology to cybersecurity ? examining how artists are dealing with the paradoxes of politics and culture in the digital age. My forthcoming book *Security/Technology/Politics: Thinking with Virilio* (Routledge, 2014) examines the work of Paul Virilio, arguing that a thinker who has been accused of being fatalist who leaves the reader devoid of hope provides us with an important set of insights on politics and security in the contemporary world: and an important ?untimely' way of thinking about how to negotiate the problems of thinking about politics and society in an ?accelerated society.' I am theme lead of *Security Futures, strand of Security Lancaster; Security Futures is an inter-faculty project that attempts to raise a range of questions ? ethical, legal, social, technical ? about the emerging technologies that are shaping different aspects of society and security, attempting to get beyond the hypes, fear or optimism that often shapes debate in the public sphere. I am also the lead editor of a books series for Routledge, Conflict, Technology and Security. PhD Supervision Interests critical security studies European social theory (Zygmunt Bauman and Paul Virilio, in particular) Emerging Threats Current Teaching PPR.425 Theorizing Security and War PPR 221 Understanding Security and Global Politcs PPR 325 The Politics of Global Danger PPR 100 Politics and Governance in the Contemporary World Research Interests I am currently writing a book on Paul Virilio (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Virilio ) for Routledge's PRIO series (http://www.routledge.com/books/series/prio_new_security_studies_PRIONEWSEC/ ) on critical security studies. The book covers the main themes in Virilio's work, examining his work on the militarization of everyday life and its consequences for contemporary debates on architecture, art, environmental danger, new security technologies, and the politics of the war on terror. Before coming to Lancaster, I was an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)-funded student at Sussex University: my research was focused on the problem of 'uncertainty' in debates over security politics and climate change, challenging the idea that we can 'geo-engineer' solutions to environmental risk or develop 'technical fixes' to master complex global problems, arguing that this desire to 'master' uncertainty was a symptom of what Virilio describes as 'technological fundamentalism.' Parts of the thesis were published in a book that attempted to highlight the inadequacy of thinking about uncertainty in International Relations, highlighting the 'technical fundamentalism' at play in supposedly Realist approaches to security and their inability to move beyond the temptations of Cold War-style thinking about geopolitical risk and Great Power Politics in a time when serious global insecurities emerge from the 'accidents' of an increasingly networked society: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415460040/. I have taught courses at Sussex University, the University of Bristol and the Open University. Office Hours My office hours are Tuesday 3-5 and Thursday 4-5. 2013 Download file The future of digital disrupters: rethinking the digital divide Lacy, M. & Prince, D. 12/06/2013 Lancaster: Lancaster University. 46 p. (Future of...). Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Other report 2011 Intellectuals, international relations and the constant emergency Lacy, M. 2011 In: Third World Quarterly. 32, 9, p. 1673-1690, 18 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article Securing by design Weber, C. & Lacy, M. 07/2011 In: Review of International Studies. 37, 3, p. 1021-1043, 23 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article 2008 A History of Violence: Mearsheimer and Walt's Writings from ‘An Unnecessary War’ to the ‘Israel Lobby’ Controversy Lacy, M. 2008 In: Geopolitics. 13, 1, p. 100-119, 20 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article Designer Security: Control Society and MoMA's SAFE: Design Takes on Risk Lacy, M. 04/2008 In: Security Dialogue. 39, 2-3, p. 333-357, 25 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article 2006 Introducion: the excess of information. Lacy, M. J. 2006 Global politics in the information age.* Lacy, M. & Wilkin, P. (eds.). Manchester: Manchester University Press, p. 1-20 20 p. Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter 2005 Security and Climitae Change: International Relations and the Limits of Realism. Lacy, M. J. 2005 Routledge. 176 p. Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book 2003 War, Cinema and Moral Anxiety. Lacy, M. J. 1/03/2003 In: Alternatives: Global, Local, Political. 28, 5, p. 611-636, 26 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article 2002 Deconstructing risk society. Lacy, M. J. 2002 In: Environmental Politics. 11, 4, p. 42-62, 21 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article 2001 Zygmunt Bauman, liquid modernity. Lacy, M. J. 2001 In: The Global Site. Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article Andrew Light (ed.) Social ecology after bookchin. Lacy, M. J. 2001 In: Environmental Ethics. 23 Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article Cinema and ecopolitics: existence in the Jurassic Park. Lacy, M. J. 12/2001 In: Millennium. 30, 3, p. 635-645, 11 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article 2000 Timothy W. Luke Capitalism, democracy and ecology: departing from Marx. Lacy, M. J. 2000 In: Environmental Ethics. 22 Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article PPR Academics Contribute Lectures to Multimedia Project 18/05/2011 Dr Mark Lacy (PPR) and Michael Dillon (Emeritus Professor of Politics, Lancaster and Distinguished Professor of Politics at Sehir University, Istanbul) have contributed some of the first lectures to a ... Read more»
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