Monopolizing Transparency: Engineering Automated Air Quality Data in China

Government deployment of automated monitoring networks -- sensors that collect and disseminate public data -- is widely celebrated as a technological solution for transparency and accountability. Yet these technologies depend on physical infrastructure that, once installed, becomes largely fixed while political priorities often change. Guoer Liu argues that this strategic tension incentivizes infrastructure designs that filter unfavorable information from the outset, allowing both politicians and implementing agencies to hedge uncertainty. --- Event Details: https://my.princeton.edu/rsvp?id=1960832