Didier Bigo

Didier Bigo is emeritus research professor of International Political Sociology at Sciences-Po Paris-CERI, France.

He is also part time professor at King’s College London, department of War studies.

His areas of interests are:

  • International Political Sociology: transversal lines, reframing the study of International Relations
  • Epistemology and modalities of observation of field of practices
  • Sociogenesis of academic institutions and forms of knowledge
  • Transdisciplinary Approaches to (in)security studies: topics
  • Democratic boundaries and Data Politics
  • Freedom, Mobility, Prevention and Surveillance in the Digital Age
  • Sociology of Border controls, Biometrics identifiers and Databases interoperability
  • Human Rights and Antiterrorist policies: exploring suspicion and exception
  • Travelers, Migrants and Refugees: transversal biographies