Curriculum

Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Institute for Sociology and Cultural Organizations (ISKO) and at the Center for Digital Cultures (CDC), Leuphana University of Lüneburg. 

Since September 2021, I am part of the “Automating the Logistical City: Space, Algorithms, Speculation” project, led by Prof. Dr. Armin Beverungen. 

In 2020, I was awarded a six month fellowship from the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) of Bochum, during which I worked on urban testbeds for 5G and IoT technologies.

For my PhD project, based at the Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University, and completed in 2020, I investigated the processes of urban digitalisation in New Town Kolkata and Cape Town. I have a MA in political philosophy from the University of Bologna, Italy. 

Research interests

My research interests intersect urban studies, STS, and political theory. I am particularly curious about the ways in which digital infrastructures and urban spaces shape each other.  

Recent publications include:

• Antenucci, I. (2021). Infrastructures of Extraction in the Smart City. Zones, Finance and Platforms in New Town Kolkata. Special Issue: Infrastructure in Asia. (R. Hoying Ed.). International Journal of Communication 1 (17), https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/13973/3464.

 • Antenucci, I. (2021). Smart cities, smart borders. Sensing networks and security in the urban space. In Witjes, N., Pöchhacker, N. & Bowker, G. (Eds.) Sensing Security: Sensors and the Making of Transnational Security Infrastructures. Mattering Press https://www.matteringpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Sensing-Insecurity-ePDF-v2.pdf.

• Antenucci, I. (2019). The Making of Urban Computing Environments: Borders, Security, and Governance. Synoptique, 8(1), 54-64. https://synoptique.ca/8-1-becoming-environmental-media-logistics-and-ecological-change/ .