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

2014

Jørgensen, R.F., 'Participation in the Internet era' in Askanius, T. and Østergaard, L.S. (eds.), Reclaiming the Public Sphere, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, pp.151-166 (Peer-reviewed).
Jørgensen, R.F., 'Technological Factors' in Lassen, E.M. (ed.), Report on factors which enable or hinder the protection of human rights, FRAME: Work Package No. 2, 2014, pp.147-170 (Peer-reviewed).
Jørgensen, R.F., 'Can human rights law bend mass surveillance?', Internet Policy Review, 3(1), 2014 (Peer-reviewed).
Jørgensen, R.F., Mai, J.E. og Lauritsen, P. (eds), 'Tema: Privatliv og Overvågning', Nordisk Tidsskrift for Informationsvidenskab og Kulturformidling, 3(2/3), 2014 (Peer-reviewed).
Jørgensen, R.F., 'The unbearable lightness of user consent', Internet Policy Review, 3(4), 2014, pp.1-14 (Peer-reviewed).
Jørgensen, R.F., '13 principper for overvågning baseret på menneskerettigheder', www.denfri.dk, 4 February 2014.
Jørgensen, R. F., 'EU-Domstolen træffer vigtig afgørelse om overvågning', Altinget.dk, 7 May 2014.
Jørgensen, R.F., 'Gælder Menneskerettigheder på Nettet?', Information, 17 March 2014.
Jørgensen, R.F., 'Retten til digitalt privatliv', Information, 3. November 2014.
Jørgensen, R.F. , Access to the internet and human rights – the development of standards and principles in the UN and in Europe, , 2014 (Non-peer-reviewed).

2013

Jørgensen, R.F., Framing the Net – The Internet and Human Rights, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2013 (Peer-reviewed).
Jørgensen, R.F., 'An internet bill of rights' in Brown, I. (ed.), Research handbook on governance of the Internet, Cheltemham: Edward Elgar, 2013, pp.353-372 (Peer-reviewed).
Jørgensen, R.F., 'Freedom of Expression on the Internet' in Carlsson, U. (ed.), Freedom of expression, press freedom and journalism. Reflections from a Nordic horizon, Gothenburg: Nordicom, 2013 (Peer-reviewed).
Jørgensen, R.F., 'Hadefuld tale og ytringsfrihed i en internettid' in Larsen, R.E. et al. (eds.), Hate speech. Fra hadetale til hadesyn, Copenhagen: Informations Forlag, 2013, pp.163-180 (Non-peer-reviewed).
Jørgensen, R.F., 'Interview mit Rikke Frank Jørgensen' in Beckedahl, M. and Meister, A. (eds.), Überwachtes Netz - Reflexionen nach Snowden, Berlin: newthinking communications, 2013 (Non-peer-reviewed).
Høyrup, A. and Jørgensen, R.F., 'Bedre Databeskyttelse nu!', Politiken, 13. December 2013.
Jørgensen, R.F., 'De sociale medier skal respektere vores ret til ytringsfrihed og privatliv', Digitale Unge, 13. April 2013.
Jørgensen, R.F., 'Sociale medier krænker vores privatliv', Politiken, 13. April 2013.
Jørgensen, R.F., 'Staten beskytter ikke grundlæggende rettigheder på nettet', Information, 30. December 2013.
Jørgensen, R.F., 'Wikipedia - et regelstyret anarki?', Politiken, 28. Maj 2013.
Jørgensen, R.F., Databeskyttelse, Institut for Menneskerettigheder (Status 2013), 2013 (Non-peer-reviewed).
Jørgensen, R.F., Hasselbach, G. and Leth, V., Unges private og offentlige liv på sociale medier, Digital Youth, 2013 (Non-peer-reviewed).

2012

Jørgensen, R.F., 'Making sense of the German Wikipedia community', MedieKultur , 53, 2012 (Peer-reviewed).
Jørgensen, R.F., 'Analyse: Kampen om Nettet er i fuld gang', Politiken, 27 January 2012.
Jørgensen, R.F., 'Dobbeltmoralske internet-regler skader brugerne', Interview with Rikke Frank Jørgensen at Videnskab.dk, 27 January 2012.
Smith, P.S. og Jørgensen, R.F., 'Fængsler og internet', Social Kritik, December 2012.
Jørgensen, R.F., 'Politisk uklarhed skader internetbrugerne', Menneskeret.dk, 31 January 2012.
Jørgensen, R.F., Databeskyttelse, Danish Institute for Human Rights, 2012 (Non-peer-reviewed).
Jørgensen, R.F., Framing the Net - How Discourse Shapes Law and Culture, PhD. , Department of Communication, Business and Information Technologies. Copenhagen, Roskilde University, 2012 (Peer-reviewed).

2011

Jørgensen, R.F., 'Human Rights and their role in global media and communication discourses' in R. Mansell and M. Raboy, The Handbook on Global Media and Communication Policy, Oxford: Blackwell, 2011 (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
Portrait photo in black/white of Rikke Frank Jørgensen 2021

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