Megan Hadasa Leal Causton

Megan Hadasa Leal Causton is a doctoral researcher on the ERC-funded DATAUNION project and a researcher on the FWO Smart Video Surveillance in Smart Cities: Deconstructing Surveillance and Security Discourses.

Research interests revolve around the fields of Archival & Information Studies, Media Studies, STS, and developing interdisciplinary digital research methods for mapping complex information environments. The title of her doctoral research is Turning data into evidence: Managing the chain of preservation and custody for accountable information systems in the European (Data) Union.

Prior to joining VUB, Megan worked as a Data Scientist and Researcher within the tech and GLAM sector including the Nationaal Archief (NL). She holds an MA from the University of Amsterdam in Archival and Information Studies.

RESEARCH LINE

Urban and Spatial Criminology

Current Research Project

Smart Video Surveillance in Smart Cities

Keywords

#archival/information studies

#digital methods

"information governance