Fixing State Vision

Interoperability, Biometrics, and Identity Management in the EU

Bibliographic Data

ID3948764
AuthorsMatthias Leese (0000-0002-7153-7783, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume27
Issue1
Pages113-133
Publication date2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeopolitics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14650045.2020.1830764
OpenAlexW3095849054
LanguageEN
Citations received40
References cited35

Building on Scott’s notion of identity as a key concept in early modern statehood, this paper historically contextualises and analyses the current political re-problematisation of identity in the EU. Engaging the recently adopted interoperability initiative that is set to biometrically verify and cross-validate identity records between all European border management, migration, and security databases, it argues that interoperability presents a shift from traditional modes of identity production at the border towards a digital space of identity management. Such identity management is predicated on the establishment of a biometric super-layer structure that cuts across databases without dissolving their legal foundations and introduces a new mode of ‘truth’ production in the form of a dedicated ‘identity confirmation file’ that is supposed to re-introduce a reliable baseline for the government of the Schengen area

Access control · Aesthetics · Biometrics · Computer security · Identity management · Interoperability · Law and economics · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · World Wide Web · Computer Science · European Criminal Justice and Data Protection · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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