Kathleen M Vogel
Biographic Data
| ID | 126832 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathleen M Vogel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathleen M |
| FAMILY NAME | Vogel |
| SIGNATURE | VOGEL K M |
| AFFILIATIONS | North Carolina State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8520-4402 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Human-machine teaming for digital transformation
Artificial intelligence (AI) is an enabling emerging digital technology that has the potential to transform the practice of intelligence analysis. To date, intelligence and policy communities have tended to focus on the technology component of this potential analytic transformation, rather than the human component, or even the potential integrated human-machine capability. To achieve digital transformation within intelligence analysis, this artic…
Understanding biosafety practitioner perspectives
In 2024, the U.S. Government introduced, and then quickly rescinded, a new policy to oversee Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC) and Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential (PEPP). This research explores how biosafety practitioners interpreted and assessed the policy itself and discussed challenges to implementation. An inductive, grounded theory approach was used to identify key insights from qualitative data generated at a 2-day deliberative…
The “Disaster Business”
This article explores the relationship between natural disasters and an enduring security issue: human trafficking. Natural disasters and human trafficking deserve attention from scholars and practitioners as both human security issues and potential threats to traditional conceptions of state and international security. We argue that "disaster business" dynamics—the financial and political incentives of reconstruction—create conditions for human …
Securitization for Sustainability of People and Place
Security and securitization can be defined in numerous ways. For example, an all-hazards approach to (national) security has been considered in the literature whereby we may refer to economic, environmental, and energy security [1] , in addition to other nonmilitary facets inclusive of food-, health-, demographic-, informational-, and resource-related aspects [2] . Furthermore, the literature points to various sectors of securitization [3] , whic…
Comparative Analysis of Human Trafficking in Caribbean and African Islands from the Annual Trafficking in Persons Report
This chapter will examine trends in human trafficking in Caribbean and African islands over the past five years as documented in the US Department of State's annual Trafficking in Persons Report (2016–2021). The countries that will be examined include Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, and the Grenadines in the Caribbean region and Cabo Verde, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles…
Scientists as spies
In 2008, the Chinese government created the Thousand Talents Program (TTP) to recruit overseas expertise to build up China's science and technology knowledge and innovation base. Ten years later, in 2018, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced a new "China Initiative" that aimed to counter the transfer by U.S.-based scientists involved in the TTP of knowledge and intellectual property that could support China's military and economic …
The impact of AI on intelligence analysis
In January 2019, the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released a new strategy on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in U.S. intelligence.1 The report ca
Big Data, AI, Platforms, and the Future of the U.S. Intelligence Workforce
Science and Technology studies (STS) scholars have long argued for a deeper appreciation of the way technologies embody political, moral, and social choices along with their specific technical capabilities. In particular, research on information technology (IT) workers has pointed out that: 1) technology is not neutral but embodies intrinsic characteristics that enable new human experiences and foreclose others; 2) within these new “horizons of t…
Follow the money
In December 2019, a Chinese court sentenced Jiankui He, the scientist who used genome editing to create three babies via in vitro fertilization (IVF), to three years in prison for practicing medicine without a license. The court claimed that He violated Chinese law when he forged ethical review documents and misled doctors into unknowingly implanting genetically altered embryos into two women the previous year.He stated that he had taken a leave …
Palermo at 20
2020 will mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the U.N. Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, also known as the Palermo Protocol
Anticipating emerging biotechnology threats
This article discusses the contingencies and complexities of CRISPR. It outlines key problems regarding off-target effects and replication of experimental work that are important to consider in light of CRISPR's touted ease of use and diffusion. In light of literature on the sociotechnical dimensions of the life sciences and biotechnology and literature on former bioweapons programs, this article argues that we need more detailed empirical case s…
Rhodesia’s Improbably Dirty War
Glenn Cross’s account of Rhodesia’s use of biological weapons suggests that even taboo weapons remain attractive as military equalisers
Tacit Knowledge, Secrecy, and Intelligence Assessments
With the noted intelligence failures prior to the September 11 attacks and the 2003 Iraq War, the US intelligence community has recognized the need to acquire new, outside expertise to mitigate against future intelligence breakdowns. This recent attention on intelligence outreach provides Science and Technology Studies (STS) scholars with an opportunity to consider the role they might play in these efforts, as well as the various opportunities an…
The Importance of Organizational Innovation and Adaptation in Building Academic–Industry–Intelligence Collaboration
This article discusses the establishment and development of the Laboratory for Analytic Sciences (LAS), a unique site of academic–industry–intelligence collaboration, established in 2013 by the National Security Agency (NSA) and located on the campus of North Carolina State University. Since 2014, the authors have been participant-observers of LAS research teams. This article describes how inter-institutional, interdisciplinary collaboration has …
More socio-technical assessments of synthetic biology to inform security deliberations
This paper discusses the problems with relying on a biotech revolution framework to understand the development and diffusion of synthetic biology. The paper then suggests an alternative framework that involves a more evolutionary understanding of how biotechnologies develop and suggests new micro- and macro-level case studies for further inquiry. This proposed research agenda will better elucidate the socio-technical factors that can shape whethe…
Revolution versus evolution
Expert Knowledge in Intelligence Assessments
In 2011, scientists in the Netherlands and Japan announced that they had created a modified variant of the H5N1 avian influenza virus that was transmissible via aerosol, raising fears of a new, highly lethal H5N1 virus that could cause a deadly global pandemic. Soon, government officials and the media were raising alarms about the wisdom of publishing such experimental methods and results in the open scientific literature. Their concerns sparked …
Bioweapons Proliferation
Post 9/11 concerns about the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction have highlighted the importance of understanding the fundamental nature of tacit weapons knowledge and its transfer mechanisms. Existing conceptualizations of tacit knowledge, however, are insufficient to assess the proliferation threat and the development of specific nonproliferation policies. Some would argue that this is particularly true of biological weapons, which inv…
Pathogen Proliferation
This article outlines the proliferation threats of pathogen collections from the former Soviet biological weapons (BW) program and the inherent difficulties in safeguarding sensitive biological materials. It describes new U.S. government efforts to improve security conditions of these collections through the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. Finally, the article analyzes these U.S. programs and offers additional policy recommendati…
Bioweapons Proliferation
Post 9/11 concerns about the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction have highlighted the importance of understanding the fundamental nature of tacit weapons knowledge and its transfer mechanisms. Existing conceptualizations of tacit knowledge, however, are insufficient to assess the proliferation threat and the development of specific nonproliferation policies. Some would argue that this is particularly true of biological weapons, which inv…
Palermo at 20
2020 will mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the U.N. Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, also known as the Palermo Protocol
Expert Knowledge in Intelligence Assessments
In 2011, scientists in the Netherlands and Japan announced that they had created a modified variant of the H5N1 avian influenza virus that was transmissible via aerosol, raising fears of a new, highly lethal H5N1 virus that could cause a deadly global pandemic. Soon, government officials and the media were raising alarms about the wisdom of publishing such experimental methods and results in the open scientific literature. Their concerns sparked …
The Importance of Organizational Innovation and Adaptation in Building Academic–Industry–Intelligence Collaboration
This article discusses the establishment and development of the Laboratory for Analytic Sciences (LAS), a unique site of academic–industry–intelligence collaboration, established in 2013 by the National Security Agency (NSA) and located on the campus of North Carolina State University. Since 2014, the authors have been participant-observers of LAS research teams. This article describes how inter-institutional, interdisciplinary collaboration has …
Tacit Knowledge, Secrecy, and Intelligence Assessments
With the noted intelligence failures prior to the September 11 attacks and the 2003 Iraq War, the US intelligence community has recognized the need to acquire new, outside expertise to mitigate against future intelligence breakdowns. This recent attention on intelligence outreach provides Science and Technology Studies (STS) scholars with an opportunity to consider the role they might play in these efforts, as well as the various opportunities an…
Scientists as spies
In 2008, the Chinese government created the Thousand Talents Program (TTP) to recruit overseas expertise to build up China's science and technology knowledge and innovation base. Ten years later, in 2018, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced a new "China Initiative" that aimed to counter the transfer by U.S.-based scientists involved in the TTP of knowledge and intellectual property that could support China's military and economic …
Pathogen Proliferation
This article outlines the proliferation threats of pathogen collections from the former Soviet biological weapons (BW) program and the inherent difficulties in safeguarding sensitive biological materials. It describes new U.S. government efforts to improve security conditions of these collections through the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. Finally, the article analyzes these U.S. programs and offers additional policy recommendati…
Bioweapons Proliferation
Post 9/11 concerns about the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction have highlighted the importance of understanding the fundamental nature of tacit weapons knowledge and its transfer mechanisms. Existing conceptualizations of tacit knowledge, however, are insufficient to assess the proliferation threat and the development of specific nonproliferation policies. Some would argue that this is particularly true of biological weapons, which inv…
Revolution versus evolution
Expert Knowledge in Intelligence Assessments
In 2011, scientists in the Netherlands and Japan announced that they had created a modified variant of the H5N1 avian influenza virus that was transmissible via aerosol, raising fears of a new, highly lethal H5N1 virus that could cause a deadly global pandemic. Soon, government officials and the media were raising alarms about the wisdom of publishing such experimental methods and results in the open scientific literature. Their concerns sparked …
More socio-technical assessments of synthetic biology to inform security deliberations
This paper discusses the problems with relying on a biotech revolution framework to understand the development and diffusion of synthetic biology. The paper then suggests an alternative framework that involves a more evolutionary understanding of how biotechnologies develop and suggests new micro- and macro-level case studies for further inquiry. This proposed research agenda will better elucidate the socio-technical factors that can shape whethe…
The Importance of Organizational Innovation and Adaptation in Building Academic–Industry–Intelligence Collaboration
This article discusses the establishment and development of the Laboratory for Analytic Sciences (LAS), a unique site of academic–industry–intelligence collaboration, established in 2013 by the National Security Agency (NSA) and located on the campus of North Carolina State University. Since 2014, the authors have been participant-observers of LAS research teams. This article describes how inter-institutional, interdisciplinary collaboration has …
Anticipating emerging biotechnology threats
This article discusses the contingencies and complexities of CRISPR. It outlines key problems regarding off-target effects and replication of experimental work that are important to consider in light of CRISPR's touted ease of use and diffusion. In light of literature on the sociotechnical dimensions of the life sciences and biotechnology and literature on former bioweapons programs, this article argues that we need more detailed empirical case s…
Rhodesia’s Improbably Dirty War
Glenn Cross’s account of Rhodesia’s use of biological weapons suggests that even taboo weapons remain attractive as military equalisers
Tacit Knowledge, Secrecy, and Intelligence Assessments
With the noted intelligence failures prior to the September 11 attacks and the 2003 Iraq War, the US intelligence community has recognized the need to acquire new, outside expertise to mitigate against future intelligence breakdowns. This recent attention on intelligence outreach provides Science and Technology Studies (STS) scholars with an opportunity to consider the role they might play in these efforts, as well as the various opportunities an…
Follow the money
In December 2019, a Chinese court sentenced Jiankui He, the scientist who used genome editing to create three babies via in vitro fertilization (IVF), to three years in prison for practicing medicine without a license. The court claimed that He violated Chinese law when he forged ethical review documents and misled doctors into unknowingly implanting genetically altered embryos into two women the previous year.He stated that he had taken a leave …
Palermo at 20
2020 will mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the U.N. Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, also known as the Palermo Protocol
The impact of AI on intelligence analysis
In January 2019, the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released a new strategy on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in U.S. intelligence.1 The report ca
Big Data, AI, Platforms, and the Future of the U.S. Intelligence Workforce
Science and Technology studies (STS) scholars have long argued for a deeper appreciation of the way technologies embody political, moral, and social choices along with their specific technical capabilities. In particular, research on information technology (IT) workers has pointed out that: 1) technology is not neutral but embodies intrinsic characteristics that enable new human experiences and foreclose others; 2) within these new “horizons of t…
Scientists as spies
In 2008, the Chinese government created the Thousand Talents Program (TTP) to recruit overseas expertise to build up China's science and technology knowledge and innovation base. Ten years later, in 2018, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced a new "China Initiative" that aimed to counter the transfer by U.S.-based scientists involved in the TTP of knowledge and intellectual property that could support China's military and economic …
Securitization for Sustainability of People and Place
Security and securitization can be defined in numerous ways. For example, an all-hazards approach to (national) security has been considered in the literature whereby we may refer to economic, environmental, and energy security [1] , in addition to other nonmilitary facets inclusive of food-, health-, demographic-, informational-, and resource-related aspects [2] . Furthermore, the literature points to various sectors of securitization [3] , whic…
Comparative Analysis of Human Trafficking in Caribbean and African Islands from the Annual Trafficking in Persons Report
This chapter will examine trends in human trafficking in Caribbean and African islands over the past five years as documented in the US Department of State's annual Trafficking in Persons Report (2016–2021). The countries that will be examined include Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, and the Grenadines in the Caribbean region and Cabo Verde, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles…
The “Disaster Business”
This article explores the relationship between natural disasters and an enduring security issue: human trafficking. Natural disasters and human trafficking deserve attention from scholars and practitioners as both human security issues and potential threats to traditional conceptions of state and international security. We argue that "disaster business" dynamics—the financial and political incentives of reconstruction—create conditions for human …
Human-machine teaming for digital transformation
Artificial intelligence (AI) is an enabling emerging digital technology that has the potential to transform the practice of intelligence analysis. To date, intelligence and policy communities have tended to focus on the technology component of this potential analytic transformation, rather than the human component, or even the potential integrated human-machine capability. To achieve digital transformation within intelligence analysis, this artic…
Understanding biosafety practitioner perspectives
In 2024, the U.S. Government introduced, and then quickly rescinded, a new policy to oversee Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC) and Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential (PEPP). This research explores how biosafety practitioners interpreted and assessed the policy itself and discussed challenges to implementation. An inductive, grounded theory approach was used to identify key insights from qualitative data generated at a 2-day deliberative…
Political science (14 works) · Computer Science (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Engineering (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Engineering ethics (5 works) · Knowledge management (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Sociology (5 works)