Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu
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Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu
@fabriziol.bsky.social
Currently at Dublin City University.
Research on security, development, migration and diasporas, everyday politics.
Photography enthusiast, occasional runner.
He/him
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New podcast episode: Carmel Nolan talks to Dr Alejandra Ramos (TCD) about research on intimate partner violence, survivor support & empowerment.
Listen here: www.podbean.com/media/share/...
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Episode 3 - Alejandra Ramos
In this episode of ASHA: Crossing Borders, Breaking Silences, we speak with Dr Alejandra Ramos, Assistant Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin. Dr Ramos discusses her research on intimate ...
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October 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of talking with Shamim about some very timely issues on migration and media. First time podcasting as you can probably tell!
September 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Call for paper for conference on DSGBV and Migration organised by @arpitac.bsky.social and @fabriziol.bsky.social at the @dcu-irgs.bsky.social to take place on 27 February 2026 at Dublin City University.
Send your abstract by the 30th o November! www.dcu.ie/institute-re...
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August 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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🎙️ Our first episode out now!
ASHA: Crossing Borders, Breaking Silences explores gender, migration & sexuality as part of @arpitac.bsky.social’s project on South Asian communities in Ireland.
Ep.1 w/ Dr Caroline West is live: www.dcu.ie/institute-re...

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Pathway Project | IRGS
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July 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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CfP: “They Are Here Too” – DSGBV & Migrants in Europe
27 Feb 2026
Seeking papers on migrant experiences of gender-based violence across Europe.
CFP attached – pls share + submit!
#CfP #DSGBV #Migration #DCU
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July 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Thanks @survstudiesnet.bsky.social for the chance to discuss my work and for the shout out! Check out my latest discussion with them on vernacular security, surveillance and the work of Tunisian imams
📢 Our latest blog post is live:

'Contesting Surveillance: What Tunisian Imams Taught Me' by @fabriziol.bsky.social - a discussion of #surveillance, #security, violent extremism, and radicalisation.

Find this great contribution (and check out all of our others!) here: medium.com/surveillance...
Contesting Surveillance: What Tunisian Imams Taught Me
In this post, Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu reflects on his article ‘Vernacular Security and Religion in Tunisia: The Role of Local Imams in the…
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June 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Honoured to join MECAM & German Africa Foundation in Berlin on June 27 to talk Maghreb–Sahel, migration & security.
June 19, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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We are at BISA! check out our panel "Connections and Disconnections between Migration and Violence" tomorrow at 1.15PM in the Madrid Room
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June 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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We join voices around the world calling upon the UK Govt to intervene for the immediate release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah from prison in #Egypt. We are concerned for the health and freedoms of both Alaa and his mother, Prof Laila Soueif at this critical moment.
June 4, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Just published by Dr @arpitac.bsky.social and Dr Niamh Gaynor: Race, gender, and the immigrant student: Aspiring decolonisation in Irish universities, building a conversation around decoloniality in Irish academia. Check it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #Decolonisation #HigherEducation
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June 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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The photojournalist Sebastião Salgado, who passed away last week, at the age of 81, documented some of the greatest human horrors of the past century, but he said, “I never. . . photograph the misery.”
Sebastião Salgado’s View of Humanity
The photojournalist documented some of the greatest human horrors of the past century, but he said, “I never, I never, photograph the misery.”
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May 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
May 29, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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As part of our project, we are interested in interviewing anyone who has migrated to Ireland from South Asia and used the domestic violence support services here. If you, or someone you know has this experience, please consider getting in touch with Dr Arpita Chakraborty: arpita.chakraborty@dcu.ie
May 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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The first issue of Surveillance & Society of 2025 is out, including 6 original articles, a dialogue section on “Authoritarian Surveillance,” an editorial on Trump’s second presidency & 4 book reviews. #surveillance #authoritarianism #data #privacy

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Vol. 23 No. 1 (2025): Open Issue | Surveillance & Society
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March 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
My latest article is out in Surveillance & Society. It explores vernacular security and the role of religious leaders in international PVE programs, highlighting the power dynamics shaping these interventions.

Read it here: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...

#SecurityStudies #menasky #polisky
Vernacular Security and Religion in Tunisia: The Role of Local Imams in the Implementation of Preventing Violent Extremism Measures | Surveillance & Society
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March 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
In July 2015, I traveled to Tunisia for a language course. Ten years later, after a PhD and years of research, my book will be out with Routledge in August 2025. Can’t wait to share it!
#Polisky #Menasky

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Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in a Postcolonial Context: Security, Democracy, and Religion in Tunisia
This book examines how global policies designed to prevent extremism have shaped religious and security governance in Tunisia in recent years, focusing on local programs for training imams. By tracing...
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March 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Some photos from Connemara for the weekend feed

#photography #landscape #ireland #connemara
February 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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💸 We are now accepting applications for EISA Dissertation Fieldwork Support Grants!

✅ Designed to cover travel and accommodation for PhD candidates, especially those who face different forms of precarity and structural inequality/discrimination

🔗 Learn more here: https://buff.ly/41mA5Zi
February 19, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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IRGS @dcuresearch.bsky.social feminist writing retreat starting today at Kylemore Abbey. Can you believe this view?
February 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Trump's vision for Gaza bolsters Netanyahu politically, normalises ethnic cleansing, and emboldens Israel to derail the ceasefire and return to war.

Here's how 🔗 www.newarab.com/analysis/why...
February 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
One week left to apply for our workshop!

#intsec #polisky
📣 EWIS 2025 WORKSHOPS 📣

✅ (WS S) The Empire Within: Postcolonial Reflections on European Governance, Borders, and Population Management
February 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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"Such an inversion of the values proclaimed by Western societies, such a political dereliction, such an intellectual collapse demands examination."

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Gaza’s Destruction Has Discredited the US-Led Global Order
Western states have not merely supported Israel’s devastating attack on Gaza as if it were a just war of self-defense. They have also sought to repress those demonstrating for the right of Palestinian...
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January 29, 2025 at 7:29 AM