Dr Fabio Cristiano is an Assistant Professor in Conflict Studies at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视. His research examines the international politics of cybersecurity and emerging technologies, with particular attention to how infrastructures of connectivity and control shape conflict and its informational dimensions. More broadly, his work engages socio-technical questions of violence, sovereignty, and territoriality as they are reconfigured by digital technologies.
Over the years, a significant part of his research has focused on Palestine, where he has conducted extensive fieldwork to examine how digital infrastructures operate as instruments of surveillance, warfare, and colonial control.
Before joining Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 in 2022, he was a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at Leiden 木瓜福利影视鈥檚 Institute of Security and Global Affairs and previously taught in the Department of Political Science at Lund 木瓜福利影视, where he also earned a PhD in Political Science with a dissertation on the politics of cyber conflict and surveillance technologies in Palestine.
He is an Associate Fellow of The Hague Program on International Cybersecurity and an active core group member of the Contesting Governance platform at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视, where he established the Palestine Lab. He is the Academic Advisor for the Palestinian NGO - The Arab Centre for the Advancement of Social Media.
His recent publications include the volumes (2023) and (2024).
He convenes courses for the MA in Conflict Studies and Human Rights and the which he coordinates.
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