Hi, welcome to my website. I tried to collect and keep things up to date if you want to know more about me.
I’m an associate professor in international relations at Leiden University, and the co-director of ReCNTR, a research center on audiovisual and multimodal methods in the arts, social science and humanities.
My research focused on how the labels and categories governments use to manage people end up shaping their identities — and how those same people either embrace or push back against them.
I’ve studied this in various contexts, such as the war in former Yugoslavia, the counter-radicalisation policies of the past 15 years, and currently the algorithmic technologies of security.
I happily explore all kinds of methods of research, from ethnographies, to large-scale surveys. Lately, I’ve been exploring digital and audiovisual methods, such as critical data visualisation and visual ethnography.
I generally publish academic papers and books, but occasionally write or present my work in less obscure formats.
Enjoy the website, and feel free to drop me a line!
Francesco.