Flavia Lucenti, PhD

It’s been such a great honor to work with Sinikukka Saari on this piece. We explore how #Russia promotes #cyber #norms across multilateral arenas, comparing strategies within the #CollectiveSecurityTreatyOrganization and the #UnitedNations

It will be part of the forthcoming special issue "The Geopolitics of Strategic Technology Governance: Conceptual Foundations, Key Actors and Structuring Processes" developed in the context of the #EUHorizon project #REMIT

Russia’s Multilateral Cyber Norm Promotion: The Duality of Great Power Projection and Digital Authoritarianism Since the 2010s, the Russian Federation has devoted significant resources to promoting its own interpretation of cyber norms. To this end, Russia has engaged in various cyber dialogues in different...

🚀 New article out!

Very happy to share that our article “Russia’s Multilateral Cyber Norm Promotion: The Duality of Great Power Projection and Digital Authoritarianism” is online in @geopoliticsjournal.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/4XR7R...

Online Book Talk with me, Jonas Fritzler & Carmen Wunderlich on the edited volume: Contestation in Prism. The Evolution of Norms and Norm Clusters in Contemporary Global Politics, Springer

22 January 2026 | 12:15–13:15

Please register here: www.dvpw.de/gliederung/t...

5. The ‘China Threat’: Stereotypical Representations in the US Competition with China (online in 2024, printed in 2025) link.springer.com/article/10.1...

3. Contestation in Prism. Norm Research in International Relations, link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
4. Chinese Perceptions of the European Union in the 2020s: From Hope to Hostility? www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

1. Russia’s Multilateral Cyber Norm Promotion: The Duality of Great Power Projection and Networked Authoritarianism, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
2. Visualising the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Tropes: An Autoethnographic and Critical Perspective, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

It's the end holiday season, during which I've had a bit of time to play around with #ChatGPT. Among other things, I designed a visual snapshot highlighting some of publications that came out in 2025. Feedback (on the publications or the image!) is very welcome. Happy New Year to you all!

During the session, you’ll hear from Professor Kristina Stoeckl, Programme Coordinator, alongside members of the Academic Board, the PhD Office, and the PhD Tutor (that's me!). They will walk you through the programme and answer your questions live.
👉 All details here: phd.luiss.it/politics/vir...

Thinking about applying to the #PhD Programme in #Politics at Luiss University (Rome, Italy)? Join us for our Virtual Open Day and discover everything Luiss has to offer from academic opportunities to life in Rome, while meeting potential supervisors.

🗓 24 November
⏰ 2:00 p.m. (CET)
💻 Online event

Believe in your research, challenge the boundaries of established knowledge, and above all, take your time. Good research takes time. 8/

The release of this article marks the longest and most difficult research experiences of my career. But, it is the most rewarding. I’d like to share my experience with anyone navigating the ups and downs of academia, encourage you not to give up. Failure and success can often go hand in hand. 7/

Sincere thanks to the editors of the CRIA for supporting even unorthodox and cross-disciplinary approaches, even when they do not align with the “sexy” topics of the moment. 6/

From there began a long 'academic battle', involving tough reviews and critical feedback that particularly challenged the validity of autoethnography in IR. But I was fortunate to have supportive colleagues, who also offered me key feedback. 5/

Then, about a year ago, I reopened the file and finally found the way to express what I had been trying to say all along. In this process, the concept of “visual trope” became central to this work. For this, I owe a debt of gratitude to @giuliasciorati.bsky.social , who introduced me to it. 4/

By the end of my postdoc, I left this article sitting on my laptop. I couldn’t see where it could go or how to make it work. Looking back, I realize how also important null results are in academic research, a topic I hope to write about soon. 3/

The story behind this publication is a long one. Everything started almost four years ago, when I began my first postdoc at University of Bologna on #COVID19 governance. At that time, the pandemic was still so close, emotionally and temporally, that working on it was deeply distressing.2/

Visualising the COVID-19 pandemic through tropes: an autoethnographic and critical perspective The article explores how the COVID-19 pandemic has intensified a narrative of uncertainty, perpetuating existing social hierarchies related to gender and racial discrimination. Using a critical vis...

My article “Visualising the COVID-19 Pandemic through Tropes: An Autoethnographic and Critical Perspective” is finally out in the @cambridgecria.bsky.social
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Banner for Review of International Studies featuring an image of Earth from space, celebrating 25 years of the United Nations Women, Peace and Security agenda.

25 years of the United Nations Women, Peace and Security agenda - a new collection from @risjnl.bsky.social complied by Katrina Lee Koo.

Browse the collection here - https://cup.org/4oAmXZq

Today we presented at #EISAPEC25 our volume “Contestation in Prism” in a wonderful all-woman power! So proud 💪 have a look here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

I look forward to joining @simonetholens.bsky.social and @diegobadell.bsky.social, who are both authors of a chapter in the volume, as well as Lorraine Klimowich from @springernature.com.
Looking forward to the conversations ahead and to meeting many of you there!

I’m also especially excited to take part in the roundtable where we will present our recently published volume "Contestation in Prism". Huge thanks to @andreaknapp.bsky.social, also a chapter’s author, for putting the event together

Almost time to join friends and colleagues in Bologna for the #EISAPEC2025  – without hiding that this is truly my favorite conference of the year!

I’ll be presenting some of my work on visual tropes in the narratives of #COVID19 and on #Russia’s promotion of #cyber norms.

Telling Stories of International Relations Abstract. This is a lightly edited version of the presidential address I delivered at the sixty-fifth annual convention of the International Studies Associ

Just found out - via an email from a colleague 🙃 - that my 2024 ISA presidential address has finally been published in @isq-jrnl.bsky.social. It brings together many strands of enquiry and reflections spanning nearly two decades of my career. Oh, and it's open access academic.oup.com/isq/article/...

Our project for #ENGAGE.EU will explore the impact of #digital technologies on the propagation of #gendered stereotypes in the EU — an important step toward fostering inclusion and equality in the digital age.

This was unexpected but very much appreciated!

I’m truly glad to be part of LUISS University and grateful to the team who joined me in this effort.

Excited for the journey ahead! 🚀

Rising Star Award European Consortium for Political Research

🗳️Nominations for the 2025 🌟 Rising Star Award are still open #ECPRPrizes

Honour PhD students & early career researchers excelling in the field of #PoliSky & #IR

We offer the winner opportunities to grow their network & skills with our support

➡️ Nominate

Re-upping my short article last year on when or why AI-assisted targeting would be desirable for a military operation. foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/02/i...

Some highlights of my last hectic days on Seoul. An invitation to the Italian embassy at #ROK, a roundtable at the @hankukuniv.bsky.social on EU-ASIA economic security nexus and a great panel at #IPSA2025 on “Navigating the Impact of Strategic Technology in International Relations”.

Truly meaningful day visiting the #UnitedNations Memorial Cemetery and the special exhibition on the indipendente movement and Beomeosa Temple at the #Busan Museum of History. Both powerful reminder of key moments in Korean history. #ROK