RESEARCH |
My research is situated at the intersections of Critical Security Studies, Surveillance Studies, Critical Border Studies, and International Political Sociology. It is also inspired by developments in the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) – in particular, Actor-Network Theory and Feminist Science Studies – and the New Mobilities Paradigm.
My research explores the social and political implications of digitisation in the fields of border and migration management, law enforcement and countereterrorism. I am also interested in the production and impact of secrecy in contemporary security.
FUNDED PROJECTS
Digitised Borders: How Data Infrastructures Shape the Control of Mobilities in Europe (January 2021-January 2023).
The central objective of this project is to analyse how data infrastructures shape the logics and tactics of mobility control in Europe. It explores the design and functionalities of large-scale IT systems that are used for border security, migration management and law enforcement purposes by the competent authorities of the EU Member States.
Technological Politics and European Security (January 2019-January 2021)
This research is part of the STERI project (Science, Technology and International Relations), which is based at the School of International Studies, University of Trento. The research explores the complex interrelatedness and feedback loops between, on the one hand, techno-scientific developments and, on the other hand, transnational security dynamics. It is divided into two main research tasks. Research Task 1 interrogates the security, policy, legal and technoscientific considerations translated into the design specifications of IT systems and biometric databases that are deployed for border security, law enforcement and migration management purposes in the European Union (EU). Research Task 2 focuses on surveillance platforms used to render border zones visible and controllable. Among others, it explores the maritime surveillance services provided by the EU's Copernicus Space Programme, as well as the European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR).
My research explores the social and political implications of digitisation in the fields of border and migration management, law enforcement and countereterrorism. I am also interested in the production and impact of secrecy in contemporary security.
FUNDED PROJECTS
Digitised Borders: How Data Infrastructures Shape the Control of Mobilities in Europe (January 2021-January 2023).
The central objective of this project is to analyse how data infrastructures shape the logics and tactics of mobility control in Europe. It explores the design and functionalities of large-scale IT systems that are used for border security, migration management and law enforcement purposes by the competent authorities of the EU Member States.
Technological Politics and European Security (January 2019-January 2021)
This research is part of the STERI project (Science, Technology and International Relations), which is based at the School of International Studies, University of Trento. The research explores the complex interrelatedness and feedback loops between, on the one hand, techno-scientific developments and, on the other hand, transnational security dynamics. It is divided into two main research tasks. Research Task 1 interrogates the security, policy, legal and technoscientific considerations translated into the design specifications of IT systems and biometric databases that are deployed for border security, law enforcement and migration management purposes in the European Union (EU). Research Task 2 focuses on surveillance platforms used to render border zones visible and controllable. Among others, it explores the maritime surveillance services provided by the EU's Copernicus Space Programme, as well as the European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR).