Hi Peter,
Do you think it would come across as stronger if a group of us sent a joint message to our
MPs, rather than writing to them as individual researchers? e.g. something along the lines
of a paragraph that briefly outlines the evidence that unfamiliar face-matching is fairly
unreliable, followed by a list of researchers who support this assertion?
Best Wishes,
Graham.
________________________________
From: Face-research-list [face-research-list-bounces(a)lists.stir.ac.uk] on behalf of Peter
Hancock [p.j.b.hancock(a)stir.ac.uk]
Sent: 21 October 2019 15:01
To: face-research-list Mailing List
Subject: [Face-research-list] UK researchers - voter registration proposals
This message is probably only of relevance to UK-based researchers, though people from
other countries may have relevant comments, depending on how you vote. The UK Government
is proposing to introduce a requirement to take photo-id to polling stations in order to
vote. Apart from the issue of potentially excluding people who don’t currently have such
an id (the most disadvantaged in society, mainly) there is the problem that we know that
photo id doesn’t really work. Can I invite UK-based researchers to contact their MPs to
explain the evidence that it is not reliable? If enough of us do, they might have a
rethink.
Peter
My messages may arrive outside of the working day but this does not imply any expectation
that you should reply outside of your normal working hours. If you wish to respond, please
do so when convenient.
Peter Hancock
Professor of Psychology,
Faculty of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
FK9 4LA, UK
phone 01786 467675
https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/11587<https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/11587&…
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6025-7068<http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6025-706…
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-4633-2009<http://www.researcherid.com/…
Psychology at Stirling: 100% 4* Impact, REF2014
Latest paper:
Eye see through you! Eye tracking unmasks concealed face recognition despite
countermeasures MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "https:"
claiming to be
https://rdcu.be/bNlKn<https://rdcu.be/bNlKn>