In her book The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, lawyer and anthropologist Petra Molnar tells a truly global story — a dystopian vision turned reality, where your body is your passport and matters of life and death are determined by algorithm.

Associate director of the Refugee Law Lab at York University, Molnar examines how technology is being deployed by governments on the world’s most vulnerable with little regulation and how borders are now big business, with defense contractors and tech start-ups alike scrambling to capture this highly profitable market.

Based on years of researching borderlands across the world, The Walls Have Eyes reveals the profound human stakes of the sharpening of borders around the globe, foregrounding the stories of people on the move and the daring forms of resistance that have emerged against the hubris and cruelty of those seeking to use technology to turn human beings into problems to be solved.

Molnar will discuss her work in a free public seminar on Wednesday, Sept. 18, the first in the 2024 series presented by the LTEC Lab and the Transnational Law and Race Justice Network.

The event will begin at noon and is offered in person in room 0140, Ron W. Ianni Faculty of Law Building, or online. Register here to attend.