Rocco Bellanova

Rocco Bellanova is post-doctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). He holds a double PhD in Political & Social Sciences and in Law, which has been awarded in 2014 by the Université Saint-Louis-Bruxelles and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Between 2013 and 2016 he has worked at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). His research mainly focuses on European data-driven security practices and the role played by data protection in their governance. His work sits at the intersection of politics, law and science & technology studies.

Rocco Bellanova is post-doctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). He holds a double PhD in Political & Social Sciences and in Law, which has been awarded in 2014 by the Université Saint-Louis-Bruxelles and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Between 2013 and 2016 he has worked at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). His research mainly focuses on European data-driven security practices and the role played by data protection in their governance. His work sits at the intersection of politics, law and science & technology studies.

He has notably carried out research on border security and intelligence-led policing practices, focusing on the processing of passenger data and traffic and location data, and on the introduction of body scanners and ‘system-of-systems’ security programs [EUROSUR]. He is member of the Executive Committee of the International Studies Association Section Science, Technology and Arts in International Relations [STAIR], as well as of the Scientific Committee of the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conferences [CPDP]. Since 2012, he has been co-organizing an annual Privacy Camp [PC] in Brussels where researchers and activists meet and discuss digital rights-related issues. His research has contributed to foster the interest of international political sociology towards science and technology studies.