Welcome to our new colleague Silje Bakken
This month we welcomed our new postdoc Silje Anderdal Bakken to the project! Her focus lies on the consumerization of DNA and what this...
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University of Oslo's Young Researcher Prize to Kaufmann
The University awards annual prizes in four categories: senior researcher, young researcher, education and dissemination. The university...
Maja@CSI
PhD fellow Maja Vestad has kept in touch with the CSI community in Norway. The photo shows her op-ed “Between the past and the future:...
Fieldwork in Newcastle
In May, Stefano visited two molecular computing labs in Newcastle, UK. He spent a week with the team at the University of Newcastle in...
Digital DNA panel at Nordic STS conference
The Digital DNA team organized a panel at the 6th Nordic STS conference held in Oslo. Maja and Stefano were joined by our latest team...
Digital DNA in Florence for the Eurocrim Conference
Maja, Stefano and Silje all presented at the latest European Society of Criminology conference in Florence, Italy. The team presented on...
Biology and Criminology: Data Practices and the Creation of Anatomic and Genomic Body ‘Types’
The use of biometrics for the creation of visual ‘body types’ needs continued criminological engagement. This article discusses...
How do we speak to each other?
This was a question discussed at the Evidence in Motion conference organized by the projects Digital DNA and Evidently Rape. A dialogue...
Experiments in DNA Computing
In August, Stefano attended the DNA28 conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to meet with leading researchers in the field of molecular...
Evidence in Motion: Collecting, Interpreting, Consolidating Evidence
How does does a trace turn into evidence and legal knowledge? The research projects Evidently Rape and Digital DNA follow forensic traces...
New report published by the Norwegian Data Protection Commission
On September 26th, the Norwegian Data Protection Commission, a committee of experts on data practices and related challenges in Norway,...
Mareile Kaufmann interviewed by the French TV channel ARTE
“27 – the European Show” ran an episode on police work “Police everywhere – security nowhere?”. Together with Carlos Morales,...
How do we think of DNA as information?
Digital DNAs first scientific publication discusses the relationship between DNA and information especially on the backdrop of increasing...
Surveillance, hackers, secrecy and predictive policing
In this Black Box podcast by Tereza Kuldova, Kaufmann explains the past research projects that have led up to Digital DNA.
Digital DNA is now hiring!
We are looking for PhD or Post Doctoral candidates who are interested in databases, genetic engineering and the making of DNA evidence....
Big Tech and Human Rights
Amnesty International at the Law Faculty of the University of Oslo asked Kaufmann to shoot a video on Big Tech and Human Rights. The...
Digital DNA is gaining national and international attention
Digital DNA is gaining traction as the project is making both national and international attendances. Photo: iStockphoto.com Principal...
Kaufmann and colleagues become partners in a national research school on digitalization
The new school provides young researchers with a platform to conduct innovative investigations into the complex interplay of digital,...
DNA as digital data changes police work as we know it
With the rise of digital DNA technologies surveillance efforts move from the surface of the body into its deep genetic structures. But...
Digital DNA at the National Crime Investigation Service
Where is information about DNA stored and processed? Who identifies matches and how? Kaufmann visited KRIPOS' department responsible for...
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