Camille Hazzard

Camille Hazzard is a PhD student at the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies at the University of Toronto. Camille graduated from the University of Toronto with an Honours Bachelor of Science degree in criminology and sociolegal studies and psychology, with distinction, in 2020. Camille went on to complete a Master of Arts degree in criminology here at the Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies and graduated in 2021. 

Camille’s research focuses on the relationship between agency, trust, datafication, and digital technology. Camille’s areas of interest include examining the social implications of digital technology use; critically analyzing how digital technology use shapes (conceptions of) agency, autonomy, privacy, decision-making, health, wellbeing, and human behaviour; ascertaining how private companies govern through data; and explicating the constitution of power relations between individuals and technology companies, and technology companies and the state.

Camille is also interested in the relationship between digital technology, datafication, and carcerality; the paralleling and contrasting approaches to the management of human behaviour in carceral and non-carceral contexts; and how technology is deployed to manage and shape human behaviour in carceral settings. Camille’s research will contribute to our understanding of the governance and self-governance of human behaviour through data, and the implications of relying on digital traces to facilitate and sustain the activities of daily life.