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Francesca Musiani



Francesca Musiani (1984) is an italian author and scholar of internet governance. She is research director at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), where she also holds the position of the director of the Internet and Society Center[1]. She holds a PhD in socio-economics of innovation, her dissertation research focused on features and implications of alternative peer-to-peer technologies, which has been awarded by the French national regulatory body CNIL. After her dissertation, Musiani was a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University from 2012 - 2014.

Next to her appointment at CNRS, Musiani is currently associate researcher at the Center for the sociology of innovation at the interdisciplinary innovation institute (i3) at MINES ParisTech and a Global Fellow at the Internet Governance Lab, American University in Washington, DC. Musiani has worked closely together with well known internet governance scholars such as Laura DeNardis. She served on the board of Giganet and is in the international council of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)[2]

Musiani's research focuses on the relation between internet infrastructure, geopolitics, digital sovereignty, encryption, and the rights of internet users.

Selected Academic Publications

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Musiani, Francesca. 2022. “Infrastructuring Digital Sovereignty: A Research Agenda for an Infrastructure-Based Sociology of Digital Self-Determination Practices.” Information, Communication & Society, Special Issue AoIR 2021, “Independence,” 25 (6): 785–800 [3]

Musiani, Francesca. 2016. “Alternative Technologies as Alternative Institutions: The Case of the Domain Name System.” In The Turn to Infrastructure in Internet Governance, edited by Francesca Musiani, Derrick L. Cogburn, Laura DeNardis, and Nanette S. Levinson, 73–86. Springer [4]

Musiani, Francesca. 2013. “Governance by Algorithms.” Internet Policy Review 2 (3) [5]

Books

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Carey Libbrecht, Liz, Paco Libbrecht, Francoise Dauce, Benjamin Loveluck, Francesca Musiani. 2025. Digital Authoritarianism in the Making: Repression and Resistance on the Russian Internet. MIT Press.[6]

Perarnaud, Clément, Julien Rossi, Francesca Musiani, and Lucien Castex. 2024. L'avenir d'Internet: unité ou fragmentation. Bordeaux. Eds Le Bord de l'Eau.[7]

Daucé, Françoise, Benjamin Loveluck, and Francesca Musiani. 2023. Genèse d’un autoritarisme numérique. Répression et résistance sur Internet en Russie, 2012-2022. Presses des Mines.

Ermoshina, Ksenia, and Francesca Musiani. 2022. Concealing for Freedom. Mattering Press [8]

Musiani, Francesca, Camille Paloque-Bergès, Valérie Schafer, and Benjamin G. Thierry. 2019. Qu’est-ce qu’une archive du web ? Qu’est-ce qu’une archive du web ? Encyclopédie numérique. Marseille: OpenEdition Press [9]

Musiani, Francesca, Derrick L. Cogburn, Laura DeNardis, and Nanette S. Levinson, eds. 2016. The Turn to Infrastructure in Internet Governance. New York: Palgrave Macmillan [10]

Non Academic Contributions

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Research report for European Parliament - Perarnaud, Clément, Julien Rossi, Francesca Musiani, and Lucien Castex. 2022. “‘Splinternets’: Addressing the Renewed Debate on Internet Fragmentation.” PE 729.530. Panel for the Future of Science and Technology, Scientific Foresight Unit (STOA). Brussels: European Parliamentary Research Service [11]

Awards

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  • 2023 : Cyber ​​Researcher Award - French Cybersecurity Women's Circle[12]
  • 2023 : Winner, Social Sciences Foundation Prize, Class of 2023-2024 “A world at war?”[13]
  • 2013 : French national regulatory body CNIL awarded Musiani with the 'Data Processing and Liberties' Thesis Prize for her research on P2P architectures [14]
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Google Scholar profile

Profile on Institutional website

References

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  1. ^ "Home". Center for Internet and Society. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
  2. ^ "Members of the International Council | IAMCR". iamcr.org. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
  3. ^ Musiani, Francesca (2022-04-26). "Infrastructuring digital sovereignty: a research agenda for an infrastructure-based sociology of digital self-determination practices". Information, Communication & Society. 25 (6): 785–800. doi:10.1080/1369118X.2022.2049850. ISSN 1369-118X.
  4. ^ Musiani, Francesca (2016), Musiani, Francesca; Cogburn, Derrick L.; DeNardis, Laura; Levinson, Nanette S. (eds.), "Alternative Technologies as Alternative Institutions: The Case of the Domain Name System", The Turn to Infrastructure in Internet Governance, New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, pp. 73–86, doi:10.1057/9781137483591_4, ISBN 978-1-137-48359-1, retrieved 2025-05-12
  5. ^ Musiani (Francesca) (2013-08-09). "Governance by algorithms". Internet Policy Review. 2 (3). doi:10.14763/2013.3.188. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
  6. ^ "Digital Authoritarianism in the Making". MIT Press. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  7. ^ "Nos choix de livres scientifiques : Charles Darwin, première cuite, géométrie…" (in French). 2024-10-06. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  8. ^ DeNardis), Ksenia Ermoshina Francesca Musiani (Foreword by Laura (2022-04-19). Concealing for Freedom: The Making of Encryption, Secure Messaging and Digital Liberties. Mattering Press. ISBN 978-1-912729-22-7.
  9. ^ Musiani, Francesca; Paloque-Bergès, Camille; Schafer, Valérie; G. Thierry, Benjamin (2019). Qu'est-ce qu'une archive du web ?. Encyclopédie numérique (in French). Marseille: OpenEdition Press. ISBN 979-10-365-0470-9.
  10. ^ Musiani, Francesca; Cogburn, Derrick L.; DeNardis, Laura; Levinson, Nanette S., eds. (2016). "The Turn to Infrastructure in Internet Governance". SpringerLink. doi:10.1057/9781137483591. ISBN 978-1-349-57846-7.
  11. ^ European Parliament (11-07-2022). "'Splinternets': Addressing the renewed debate on internet fragmentation". {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ VILMANT, Véronique. "Cyberwomenday Edition 2023 - Edition 2023". Cyberwomenday Edition 2023 (in French). Retrieved 2025-05-12.
  13. ^ Sociales, Fondation des Sciences (2024-01-17). "Découvrez les interventions des lauréats 2023 -2024 en vidéo !". Fondation des Sciences Sociales (in French). Retrieved 2025-05-12.
  14. ^ "Francesca Musiani has been awarded the CNIL "Data Processing and Liberties" Thesis Prize for her research on P2P architectures". Retrieved 2025-05-12.