Rikke Frank Jørgensen

Senior Researcher, Research
PhD in Communication and ICT
Experts Research
rfj@humanrights.dk
https://twitter.com/rikke_frank
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Publications

2018

Jørgensen, R.F., 'Når informationsøkonomien bliver personlig' in Jørgensen, R.F. og Kofod Olsen, B., Eksponeret - Grænser for privatliv i en digital tid, Copenhagen: Gads Forlag, 2018, 86-102 (Non-peer-reviewed).
Zuleta, L. og Jørgensen, R.F., 'Analyse: Sociale medier skal også leve op til menneskerettighederne', Politiken, 11 August 2018.
Jørgensen, R.F., 'Regulering af platforme er en svær balancegang', Altinget, 12 oktober 2018.
Anja Møller Pedersen og Rikke Frank Jørgensen , 'Retten til privatliv og databeskyttelse', Fakta: Institut for menneskerettigheder, 2018.
Jørgensen, R.F., 'Slaget om beskyttelse af personoplysninger skal stå nu', Berlingske, 17 maj 2018.
Jørgensen, R.F., 'The Privatised Public Sphere', HIIG Science Blog, How metaphors shape the digital society 2018.

2017

Jørgensen, R. F., 'Human rights and the digital domain' in Heidrun Friese et al. (eds.), Handbook: Social Practices and Digital Life-Worlds, Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2017 (Peer-reviewed) (forthcoming).
Jørgensen, R. F. and Pedersen, A. M., 'Online service providers as human rights arbiters' in Taddeo, M. and Floridi, L., The Responsibilities of Online Service Providers, : Springer International Publishing, 2017, 179-199 (Peer-reviewed).
Jørgensen, R. F., 'Framing human rights: exploring storytelling within internet companies', Information, Communication & Society, 21:3, 340-355, DOI 10.1080/1369118X.2017.1289233, 2017, 16 (Peer-reviewed).
Jørgensen, R.F. and Desai, T., 'Right to Privacy Meets Online Platforms: Exploring Privacy Complaints against Facebook and Google', Nordic Journal of Human Rights, 30:2, 2017, 106-126 (Peer-reviewed).
Jørgensen, R.F., 'What Platforms Mean When They Talk About Human Rights', Policy and Internet, 9:3, DOI: 10.1002/poi3.152, 2017, 280-296 (Peer-reviewed).
Jørgensen, R.F., 'Den Personlige Informationsøkonomi', Goethe Institut Danmark (Fading Memories), 6 December 2017.
Jørgensen, R.F. & Pedersen, A.M., 'Grib Chancen for at styrke databeskyttelsen', Berlingske Business, 5 December 2017.
Jørgensen, R.F., Pedersen, A.M., Benedek, W., Nindler, R., ICT and Human Rights, Part of the Large-Scale FP7 Collaborative Project GA No. 320000, entitled Fostering Human Rights Among European Policies. Published by the Danish Institute for Human Rights, 2017 (Peer-reviewed).
Lassen, E.M. (ed.), Jørgensen, R.F., Kessing, P.V., Mayrhofer, M., San José, D.G,. and Sano, H.O., Report on Factors which enable or hinder the protection of Human Rights, EU FP7 Framework, Part of the Large-Scale FP7 Collaborative Project GA No. 320000, entitled Fostering Human Rights Among European Policies. Published by the Danish Institute for Human Rights, 2017 (Peer-reviewed).

2016

Olsen, B.K. og R.F. Jørgensen, 'Retten til privatliv og databeskyttelse i EU´s Charter' in Eva Ersbøll, EU´s Charter - i et menneskeretligt krydsfelt, Copenhagen: Jurist- og Økonomforforbundets Forlag, 2016, pp. 325-337 (Non-peer-reviewed).
Jørgensen, R. F., 'Sociale medier og rettigheder' in A. F. Jacobsen and S. Jensen (eds.), Kampen om Menneskerettighederne, Copenhagen: Gads Forlag, 2016 (Non-peer-reviewed).
Jørgensen, R.F. and P.S. Smith, 'Fængslet og den digitale kløft - Frihedsberøvelse, internetadgang og menneskerettigheder', EU-Ret og Menneskeret, Nummer 2, årgang 23, 2016 (Peer-reviewed).
Jørgensen, R. F. and Marzouki, M., 'Reshaping the human rights legacy in the online environment', L´Observateur des Nation Unies, Droits de l´homme 2.0, 2015-1, Volume 38, 2016, pp. 17-33 (Peer-reviewed).
Jørgensen, R. F., 'The Right to Privacy under Pressure', Nordicom Review , 37 (2016) Special Issue, 2016, 165-170 (Peer-reviewed).
Jørgensen, R.F., 'Hold fast i kravet om evaluering af logningsreglerne', Altinget.dk, 4. Februar 2016.
Jørgensen, R.F, 'IMR: Vent med at inføre nye logningsregler', Altinget.dk, 21 januar 2016.
Jørgensen, R. F. and A. M. Pedersen, Databeskyttelse - Status 2015-16 , Danish Institute for Human Rights, 50 pp., 2016 (Non-peer-reviewed).

2015

Jørgensen, R. F., 'Online privatliv – udfordringer og mulige løsninger', Tidsskriftet Politik, 3(18), 2015 (Peer-reviewed).
Laventa, G.H. and Jørgensen, R.F., 'Youth, privacy and online media: Framing the right to privacy in public policy-making', First Monday, 20(3), 2015 (Peer-reviewed).
Jørgensen, R.F., 'Google og retten til at blive glemt', Tænk.dk, 6 January 2015.
Jørgensen, R.F., 'Kann Massenüberwachung durch Menschenrechtsgesetze eingeschränkt werden?', Netzpolitik.org, 20 February 2015.
Jørgensen, R.F., Pedersen, A.M., ’Self-regulation and Freedom of Expression and Information (EU Internal Policy)' in Jørgensen, R.F., Pedersen, A.M., Benedek, W., Nindler, R., Case Study on ICT and Human Rights (Policies of EU), FRAME Work Package No. 2 - Deliverable 2.3, Danish Institute for Human Rights, 2015 (Peer-reviewed).
Jørgensen, R. F., Pedersen, A. M., Benedek, W., Nindler,R. , Case Study on ICT and Human Rights (Policies of EU), FRAME: Work Package No. 2 – deliverable No. 2.3, 2015 (Peer-reviewed).
Jørgensen, R. F., Databeskyttelse - status 2014-15 (42 pp.), Danish Institute for Human Rights, 2015 (Non-peer-reviewed).

Key competencies

Human rights and internet, privacy, surveillance, freedom of expression, social media, civil society

Expertise

My research focuses on the intersection between technology and human rights. I have worked on “The digital welfare state – the case of Denmark” (ICS, 2021) “Human rights in the age of platforms” (MIT Press 2019); how citizens are exposed and privacy challenged in a Danish / European context (“Eksponeret”, Gads Forlag 2018); the way specific technology discourses inform regulation (“Framing the Net”, Edward Elgar 2013); and on “Human rights in the global information society” (MIT Press, 2006). I am particularly interested in issues related to agency, power and digitalisation, the commercialized public sphere, and technology discourses and regulation.

Selected research related activities

  • Danish Data Ethics Council – appointed member (2023 -)
  • Danish Board of Technology – member of the supervisory board (2023-)
  • Associate part-time lecturer in privacy and information ethics at Copenhagen University, department of Communication (2017-2022)
  • Member of Cph Tech Policy Committee – led by Rebecca Adler, Copenhagen University
  • Member of the Danish Governments expert group on Tech-giants (2022- )
  • Member of Djøfs TechDK Commission (2021-2022)
  • Member of the Academic Advisory Board for the “AI REUSE” research project, led by Louise Amoore, Durham University, Mikkel Flyverbom & Nanna Bonde Tylstrup, CBS (2019-2022)
  • Member of the Advisory Board for D-mærket, a Danish certification model for IT security and data ethics. Dansk Industri, Forbrugerrådet TÆNK m.fl. (2020 - )
  • Co-founder of Internet&Society, interdisciplinary research network anchored at Copenhagen University (2017-)
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for “The Peoples´ Internet” (PIN, 2016-20) – led by Klaus Bruhn Jensen, Copenhagen University
  • Expert Member of Council of Europe´s Committee on Rights of Internet Users (2012-2014)
  • Member of the Advisory Board for DataEthics – a politically independent ThinkDoTank based in Denmark with a European (and global) outreach (2018-)
  • Member of the Advisory Board for Ranking Digital Rights (Washington DC) – international project that monitor internet companies´ human rights performance (2018-2020)
  • Board member of European Digital Rights (2004-2008). Currently EDRI observer.

Selected podcasts

Please note most of them are in Danish.

 

Selected projects

  • Digital welfare

    The project examines the “digital welfare state” from a citizen and rights-based perspective.

  • AUTO-WELF

    The research project investigates the implementation of automated decision making in the welfare sector across eight European countries. Funded by CHANSE.

  • “Don't take it personal” - privacy and information in an algorithmic age

    The research project investigates the role privacy plays in an algorithmic society, including case studies of the Danish school platform AULA, as well as the interrelation between personal information and privacy. Funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark.

  • How do Danes perceive surveillance?

    The project is related to the Danish Value Survey (Værdiundersøgelsen). The project analyses how Danes perceive surveillance based on the survey data.

  • The commercialized public sphere

    The research project explores perceptions, practices and governance mechanisms related to human rights within internet platforms such as Google and Facebook. Funded by the Danish Independent Research Council (Sapere Aude).

  • FRAME: “Fostering Human Rights Among European (External and Internal) Policies”.

    The research project explores the role and contribution of “human rights” in selected EU policies. Funded under the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7)..
Portrait photo of Rikke Frank Jørgensen 2021
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