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Jacopo Anderlini

Jacopo Anderlini

Postdoctoral Researcher in Sociology of Migrations

Jacopo Anderlini (PhD) is a Research Fellow at the University of Parma since 2023, where he works on the PRIN-MIUR project “Mobilities, solidarities and imaginaries across the borders (MOBS)”. Previously, he was a Research Fellow in Migration Studies at the University of Genoa (2020-2023) at the Visual Sociology Laboratory, where he remains an active member. He is co-founder and co-coordinator of the Legal-Sociological Clinic at the University of Parma, which introduces students to multidisciplinary analysis of migration processes, and co-founder and vice-coordinator of the University Committee ParTeR – Participatory Teaching and Research (parter.unipr.it). His main research interests revolve around border studies, refugee studies, migration, critical theory on technologies, social and political philosophy. He investigates the transformations of the government of mobility, its infrastructures and logistics, at the southern borders of Europe. He is part of the research group on the analysis of digital technologies CIRCE and of several self-organised collectives that support the right to move.

Research Interests

  • • Border Studies
  • • Refugee Studies
  • • Ethnography
  • • Migration
  • • Critical theory on technologies
  • • Social and political philosophy

Education

PhD in Social Sciences

University of Genoa (2019)

MSc in Sociology and Social Research

University of Trento (2014)

BSc in Sociology

University of Bologna (2009)

Recent

Book
I limiti dell'ospitalità
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Books Migration Borders Border Studies Migration Hospitality Hotspot Asylum Italy Europe
Session
Rethinking Multi-sited Ethnography: Contemporary Methodological Challenges and Innovations
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Session Organization Methodology Multi-Sited Ethnography Methodology ISA Transnational Research
11th Social Science Methodology Conference, ISA RC33
University of Naples 'Federico II', Italy
22 September 2025 - 25 September 2025
Conference
Performing the Unspoken: Theatre of the Oppressed as Research Methodology with Young Tunisians Exploring Migration Imaginaries
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Conference Presentations Academic Presentations Theatre of the Oppressed Migration Imaginaries Tunisia Research Methodology Performance
VII Escapes Conference 2025 Memorie e luoghi dell'esilio. Tracce, solidarietà, violazione
Milan, Italy
11 September 2025 - 12 September 2025
Conference
"Saving Lives", Securing Borders. Anti-trafficking Narratives and Border Practices in Southern Italy
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Conference Presentations Academic Presentations Border Studies Anti-Trafficking Southern Italy Humanitarian Borders Ethnography
10th International Ethnography and Qualitative Research Conference (ERQ 2025)
University of Trento, Italy
9 July 2025 - 12 July 2025
Journal Article
De-presentify the border: social imaginaries and mobility justice
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Migration Borders Theory Border Studies Migration Social Imaginaries Mobility Justice Futures