Activities
2026
Columbia UniversityCristiano, F. (Visiting lecturer)
Jan 2026 → May 2026
2025
Public Lecture - Cyberwarfare and Disinformation in the Russia-Ukraine conflictCristiano, F. (Keynote speaker)
16 Dec 2025
The Palestine Lab: Future Workshop with Oxfam and a Palestinian delegationCristiano, F. (Organiser)
28 Nov 2025
Autumn School - 'Law and the Challenges of the digital (R)evolution' at the Institute of Criminology in LjubljanaCristiano, F. (Invited speaker)
20 Nov 2025 → 21 Nov 2025
The Palestine Lab: Generative AI and Violence in GazaCristiano, F. (Organiser)
17 Nov 2025
Examining the ‘public’ nature of public universities in tumultuous timesCristiano, F. (Participant)
31 Oct 2025
Workshop - AWRL Strategic MeetingCristiano, F. (Invited speaker)
27 Oct 2025
, Bread&Net Conference 2025The Palestine Lab: Governmental ComplicityCristiano, F. (Organiser)
30 Sept 2025
Roundtable - The Future in and of CybersecurityCristiano, F. (Keynote speaker)
29 Aug 2025
, EISA PEC 2025Panel - (Dis)information, Algorithms, and Platform HegemoniesCristiano, F. (Invited speaker)
29 Aug 2025
, EISA PEC 2025Roundtable - Big Tech Companies in International PoliticsCristiano, F. (Keynote speaker)
28 Aug 2025
, EISA PEC 2025Panel - Algorithmic Militarism and the Politics of Human-Machine IntegrationCristiano, F. (Speaker)
28 Aug 2025
, EISA PEC 2025Panel - Norms, Narratives, and Governance of Emerging AI TechnologiesCristiano, F. (Presenter)
27 Aug 2025
, EISA PEC 2025Panel - Cybersecurity and the Politics of Repair: Infrastructures, Maintenance, and MaterialitiesCristiano, F. (Invited speaker)
27 Aug 2025
, EISA PEC 2025Senior discussant for the Early Career Workshop 'Geopolitics of AI Governance: Actors, Norms and Trends'Cristiano, F. (Invited speaker)
25 Aug 2025 → 26 Aug 2025
, EISA PEC 2025Section - The Global Politics of Emerging Technology at EISA PEC 2025Cristiano, F. (Chair)
25 Aug 2025 → 29 Aug 2025
The Palestine Lab: Corporate ComplicityCristiano, F. (Organiser)
30 Jun 2025
Workshop - SWANA Perspectives on AI in Warfare & Surveillance', Arab Reform InitiativeCristiano, F. (Speaker)
25 Jun 2025
, Arab Reform Inititative's Workshop 'SWANA Perspectives on AI in Warfare & Surveillance'The Palestine Lab: Academic ComplicityCristiano, F. (Organiser)
24 Jun 2025
Panel - Cyber Surveillance and Data Violence in Palestine: Protection, Practice, and LegalityCristiano, F. (Speaker)
22 May 2025
, CPDP-ai 2025 'The world is watching', 18th International ConferencePanel - The Future of Telecommunication in Gaza – Between Destruction and RebuildingCristiano, F. (Keynote speaker)
20 May 2025
, PDAF - Palestine Digital Activism Forum 2025Public Lecture - Cyber Conflict and Data Violence in GazaCristiano, F. (Keynote speaker)
15 May 2025
Panel - From cyberconflicts to digital diplomacy: managing power competition in the digital eraCristiano, F. (Keynote speaker)
30 Apr 2025
, XLVI edition of the International Relations Colloquia on 'Emerging Technologies and Future Generations: Rethinking Power, Security, and Sustainability', organised by The Center of Studies of the Course of International Relations (CECRI) at the University of MinhoContesting Academia: Collaborative RewritingCristiano, F. (Organiser)
11 Apr 2025
, Contesting Academia: Collaborative RewritingRoundtable - Digital oppression and cyber surveillance in PalestineCristiano, F. (Speaker)
26 Feb 2025
, RightsCon 2025Public event - A conversation with Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesCristiano, F. (Speaker)
14 Feb 2025
, Conference 25 years of Conflict Studies Concerning Conflict, War and Peace: 25 Years Conflict Studies. International Conference. Utrecht University. Cristiano, F. (Organiser)
13 Feb 2025 → 14 Feb 2025
25 Years of Conflict Studies in UtrechtCristiano, F. (Chair)
13 Feb 2025 → 14 Feb 2025
2024
Contesting Academia: A Long TableCristiano, F. (Chair)
6 Dec 2024
, Contesting Academia: A Long TablePublic talk - The Harm of Disinformation between Manipulation and Complex Sociotechnical AssemblagesCristiano, F. (Keynote speaker)
24 Oct 2024
, Digital Democracy WorkshopPublic talk - Rethinking internet access and digital rights after Gaza: from infrastructural harm to data violenceCristiano, F. (Keynote speaker)
3 Aug 2024
, Rethinking International Law After GazaPanel - The future in and of cybersecurityCristiano, F. (Invited speaker)
19 Jun 2024
, CEEISA-ISA Joint International Conference 2024, RijekaPublic Lecture – The war on Gaza in context: past and future beyond exceptionalismCristiano, F. (Keynote speaker)
12 Jun 2024
Panel - Offensive Cyber Operations in the Age of WarCristiano, F. (Invited speaker)
6 Apr 2024
, ISA 2024 Annual Convention in San FranciscoPanel - Ontological (In-)security in Cyberspace between Conflict and RelationalityCristiano, F. (Invited speaker)
4 Apr 2024
, ISA 2024 Annual Convention in San FranciscoRoundtable - Cybersecurity in and for International RelationsCristiano, F. (Invited speaker)
3 Apr 2024
, ISA 2024 Annual Convention in San FranciscoWorkshop - Ontological Security Seeking and Global OrdersCristiano, F. (Invited speaker)
2 Apr 2024
, ISA 2024 Annual Convention in San FranciscoPublic Lecture - What's next for Conflict Studies? 'Back to the Future': Emerging technology and the return of total warCristiano, F. (Keynote speaker)
15 Feb 2024
, Ubuntu/Utrecht UniversityPublic Roundtable - Cyber Security and Military Action: A Threat for The Free and Open Society?Cristiano, F. (Keynote speaker)
14 Feb 2024
, IOS Security in Open Societies, Utrecht UniversityPublic Panel - Perspectives on the future of cybersecurityCristiano, F. (Invited speaker)
8 Feb 2024
, Centre for Military Studies, University of Copenhagen2023
Workshop - Digital Rights in Palestine and the War on GazaCristiano, F. (Invited speaker)
8 Nov 2023
, Department of Applied Information Technology, University of GothenburgPublic Lecture - Rethinking the Violence of Cyber Conflict: New Perspectives from Gaza and UkraineCristiano, F. (Keynote speaker)
6 Nov 2023
, School of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences at Örebro UniversityPublic Seminar - Ethics of AI: What impacts on Geopolitics and Security?Cristiano, F. (Keynote speaker)
19 Oct 2023
, CODAM Coding College in AmsterdamRoundtable - Resisting Criminalisation: Tactics of Repression, Tactics of StruggleCristiano, F. (Invited speaker)
9 Sept 2023
, EISA 2023 Pan-European Conference in PotsdamPanel - Cybersecurity in and for World PoliticsCristiano, F. (Invited speaker)
9 Sept 2023
, EISA 2023 Pan-European Conference in PotsdamPanel - Ontologizing New Normals in Moral Agency and Technology in Global PoliticsCristiano, F. (Invited speaker)
8 Sept 2023
, EISA 2023 Pan-European Conference in PotsdamPanel - AI, Machine Learning, and New Security PracticesCristiano, F. (Invited speaker)
7 Sept 2023
, EISA 2023 Pan-European Conference in PotsdamPanel - Governance of TechnologiesCristiano, F. (Invited speaker)
8 Jun 2023
, GTGC 2024 Conference at Leiden University Public Panel - Militarising Digital Spaces in Palestine and GloballyCristiano, F. (Keynote speaker)
24 May 2023
, PDAF 2023 - Palestinian Digital Activist Forum2022
Public Workshop - Investigating Digital Rights in PalestineCristiano, F. (Keynote speaker)
23 Nov 2022
, Birzeit University, PalestineRoundtable - Computational Design and Making in World PoliticsCristiano, F. (Invited speaker)
2 Sept 2022
, EISA 2022 Pan-European Conference in AthensWorkshop - Critical cybersecurity studies: Perspectives, positionalities, and pathwaysCristiano, F. (Invited speaker)
6 Jul 2022 → 9 Jul 2022
, EWIS 2022 in Thessaloniki