Wouter Van Rossem

Wouter Van Rossem

Wouter Van Rossem is a researcher on the intersection between social science and computer science. He previously worked on the European Research Council (ERC) funded project, Processing Citizenship, where he investigated how data infrastructures for population processing co-produce citizens, Europe, and territory. He completed his PhD at the University of Twente in the Netherlands and is still working on publications stemming from these impactful projects. In addition to his academic pursuits as a PhD at the University of Twente in the Netherlands, he brings a diverse background as a software engineer, having worked in various companies and at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Italy. His diverse background, spanning both theoretical and hands-on knowledge, reflects his keen interest in exploring the intricate interconnections between technology and society.
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Bridging silos or adding friction? The data work behind re-identification across interoperable data infrastructures

This paper investigates the technopolitics of identification across interoperable systems, with a particular focus on the identification of third-country nationals. In doing so, it …

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Manifesto on the Datafication of Mobility Across Borders

We present the *Manifesto on the Datafication of Mobility Across Borders*. Datafication is expanding the potential to produce and circulate information about people at …

Annalisa pelizza
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PhD Defence Wouter van Rossem | Finding blind spots: Investigating identity data matching in transnational commercialized security infrastructures and beyond

The PhD defence of Wouter van Rossem took place in the Waaier building of the University of Twente and could be followed by a live stream.

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Scripts of alterity: mapping assumptions and limitations of the border security apparatus through classification schemas

This article empirically maps and compares types of knowledge produced about people on the move by the European border security apparatus. Exploring two complementary analytical …

Annalisa pelizza
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Presentation at STS Italia 2023: 'An analysis of identity management system interfaces using data matching software'

Presentation at STS Italia in Bologna in Panel 12 'The interfaces that inform security knowledge and practice'.

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Panel 'Management of identities in transnational, supranational, and commercial reconfigurations'

For the end of the ERC Processing Citizenship project, we organised a conference in Bologna to share the results of our endeavours during two days of presentations, debates, …

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The biography of an identification software system

Systems and infrastructures for identifying and registering mobile populations have many facets and long development histories, and the researchers' partial perspectives will shape …

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ERC Roundtable at 'Migration Data Governance'

Presented the Processing Citizenship project together with Dr. Chiara Loschi in 'Panel II - ERC Roundtable' at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa.

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EASST 2022 presentation: Configuring data matching: Coping with uncertain data in migration and security

Presentation at EASST 2022 in Madrid, Spain in Panel 45 Practices and politics of digitalization work and organization in STS.

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SICSS lecture on digital method

Delivered a lecture together with Prof. Annalisa Pelizza at a summer school bringing together graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and beginning faculty interested in …

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