The aim of the workshop is to reflect on appropriate methodology to empirically study privacy issues related to technology.
We will draw upon both theoretical perspectives as well as practical experiences. Successful as well as failed empirical
investigations could prove quite illuminating for this purpose. Some of the questions we aim to address include:
- What methodologies are suited for studying privacy in what kinds of settings?
- What criteria could be applied to determine appropriateness of a given methodology for a given setting?
- For each methodology, what are the best practices to follow and the pitfalls to avoid?
- For each methodology, how could bias be avoided?
- In what ways do methodologies complement each other?
- Given that cultural values regarding privacy, and legal and policy aspects of privacy reflexively influence each other,
could we hope to isolate the effect of each of these on privacy practices? If so, how?
- In what ways can we address the mismatch between stated user preferences and actual user practices?
For detailed description of the workshop, please see workshop proposal - PDF [140K]
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