Rocco Bellanova

Rocco Bellanova

Research Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Rocco Bellanova is a Research Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (interdisciplinary research group Law, Science, Technology & Society-LSTS). He is the PI of the ERC Starting Grant project DATAUNION - The European Data Union: European Security Integration through Database Interoperability. He is a co-editor of Big Data & Society and a member of the Editorial Board of Tecnoscienza-Italian Journal of Science & Technology StudiesHis work sits at the intersection of politics, law, and science and technology studies. He studies how digital data become pivotal elements in the governing of societies. His research focuses on European security practices and the role of data protection therein.