Lior Volinz
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category
senior researcher
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research group
Crime & Society
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keywords
security & policingpolitics & policysmart cities & ICT & data
Dr. Lior Volinz is a post-doctoral researcher at the Crime and Society (CRiS) research group, and a guest professor at the Department of Criminology at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
His research interest includes surveillance and policing technologies, digital urban governance, the privatization and pluralization of security provision, and the governance of security in Israel/Palestine. Lior holds a PhD from the University of Amsterdam (2019), where he defended his dissertation titled ‘The Modular Security Toolbox – Assembling State and Citizenship in Jerusalem’ at the department of Human Geography, Urban Planning and International Development. Lior holds a Joint MA degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Ljubljana and Stockholm University (2013, cum laude). He earned his BA in Media and History from Tel Aviv University (2010). Asides from his academic and professional work, Lior is continuously engaged with several organizations and campaigns to promote the political and social rights of Palestinians and Israelis alike.