Eduardo Albrecht

Associate Dean, Assoc. Professor, SSBS, School of Social and Beh

School of Social and Behavioral Sciences

The recurring theme throughout my work has been the study of international protest movements. I have investigated political subjectivity among social activists from a phenomenological perspective, and conducted fieldwork among anti-globalization protesters in Southern Italy and North Korean defectors in South Korea. Recent work uses artificial intelligence to look at protest movements in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and elsewhere. I have been experimenting with specifically designed computer programs to correlate patterns in protestors’ online behavior with real-world events. This situates my research at the crossroads of political anthropology, digital humanities, and international studies. The work engages anthropology with big data analytics, while providing relevant policy recommendations for the wider business/government community.

Education

SOAS, University of London 2010

Ph.D. Department of Anthropology and Sociology

SOAS, University of London 2001

M.A. Department of Anthropology and Sociology

John Cabot University, Rome 1999

B.A. Department of International Affairs

CV

Associate Professor
Pukyong National University
2009 - 2015
Research Director
Ethnographic Edge
2013 - Present
Visiting Fellow
International Peace Institute
Jul 2012 - Aug 2012
Visiting Scholar
European Institute fo Asian Studies
Jul 2011 - Aug 2011
Project Coordinator
Rising South Civil Rights Association
2002 - 2008

Articles

2019 The Relationship Between Influential Actors’ Language and Violence: A Kenyan Case Study Using Artificial Intelligence Background Paper, LSE-Oxford Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development

2017 The Case of a Social Movement that Does Not Move: Alter-globalization in Southern Europe Mediterranean Review 9, no. 3 40-68

2015 Embodying Progress: Aesthetic Surgery and Socioeconomic Change in Korea East Asian Science, Technology and Society, Duke University Press 9, no 3. 29-49

2014 Democratization and Good Governance in Myanmar/Burma, with Amit Arora Journal of Corruption Studies 19, no. 1 211-234

2014 A Review of the Social, Cultural, Political and Economic Dimensions of the Senkaku/Diaoyu Island Dispute, with Better Chemier Journal of Northeast Asian Cultures 39, no. 1 491-514

2014 A Review of the Chinese, Russian, US and EU Strategies in the Korean Peninsula from 2006-2012 Journal of Northeast Asian Studies 71, no. 1 323-346

2013 North Korea & the UN Security Council: Action, Reaction, Trust and Mistrust Policy Paper, International Peace Institute

2013 Is North Korea Ripe for Another Round of Provocation and Mistrust? History Provides a Clue The Futurist

2013 Antonio Gramsci's Political Philosophy and European Integration: A Review of Competing Perspectives in Contemporary Italy Mediterranean Review 6, no. 2 91-113

2012 Italian Labor Market Reform: An Appraisal for the 2003 Biagi Law Mediterranean Review 5, no. 1 21-44

2012 North Korea in the East Asian Puzzle: Anthropological Perspectives for EU Policy Developments Briefing Paper, European Institute for Asian Studies

2011 Experiences of State, Family and Body amongst North Korean Defectors Living in Seoul Journal of Northeast Asian Cultures 26, no. 1 579-600

2011 Aesthetic Surgery and Social Change in South Korea Korean Cultural Anthropology 44, no. 2 359-389

2011 A Study in Anthropology: The Anti-Globalization Movement and the City of Naples Journal of Mediterranean Studies 13, no. 1 121-155

2009 The Future of Europe: Reform or Decline, by A. Alesina and F. Giavazzi Mediterranean Review 2, no. 2 111-113

2009 Networking Futures: The Movements against Corporate Globalization, by J. Juris Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 15, no. 3 649-650

Books

2017 Alter-globalization in Southern Europe: Anatomy of a Social Movement Palgrave Macmillan

Professional Accomplishments

Grants

UK Foreign Commonwealth Office Research Grant, Grant Received in 2020, $250,000
LSE-Oxford Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development Research Grant, Grant Received in 2018, $10,000
Mercy College Faculty Fellow Grant for Pedagogical Innovation, Grant Received in 2016, $5,000
Mercy College Faculty Development Grant, Grants Received from 2015-2019, $3,000 per year
Pukyong National University Korean National Research Foundation, Grants Received from 2010-2014, $9,000 per year
Rising South Civil Rights Organization Italian Cultural Association, Grants Received from 2003-2008, $5,000 per year

Presentations

October, 2019 Artificial Intelligence Conflict Prevention Capacity in Development Context, The Hague

June, 2019 The Relationship Between Influential Actors’ Language and Violence, Barcelona

June, 2019 The Relationship Between Influential Actors’ Language and Violence, Paris

March, 2019 Third Generation Pre-Cognitive AI and Early Warning Political Violence Forecasting, Washington DC

November, 2017 Social Movements in Southern Europe, Washington DC

November, 2017 The Anatomy of Social Movements, Philadelphia

September, 2017 Alter-globalization in Southern Europe. Democracy in Times of Change , Urbino, Italy

July, 2017 Artificial Intelligence and Poverty Prediction, New York

May, 2017 Forecasting Civil Unrest Using Ethnography and Artificial Intelligence, New York

December, 2016 The Rise of Alter-globalization in the West: A Critical Analysis, Busan, South Korea

February, 2015 Big Data in International Studies: Can Web Intelligence Technologies be used to Predict Diplomatic Crises in Asia?, New Orleans

January, 2015 Using Open Source Intelligence and Ethnography to Predict Diplomatic Crises in Southeast Asia, Singapore

October, 2014 Integrating Ethnography with Artificial Intelligence, Newseum, Washington DC

September, 2014 Social Risk Analysis: Using Data Analytics and Ethnography to Predict Diplomatic Crises in Southeast Asia, Chiang Mai

August, 2014 The Posthuman Anthropologist: Integrating Ethnography with Artificial Intelligence, Tallinn

May, 2014 Social Risk Analysis: Using Data Analytics and Ethnography to Predict Diplomatic Crises in East Asia, Seoul

June, 2013 Regional Integration in Europe and ASEAN, Bangkok

November, 2012 Anthropological Research Methods, San Francisco

November, 2012 The Body, Ideology and Socioeconomic Change in South Korea, Pohang

February, 2012 Stories from North Korea, Rome

June, 2011 Gramscian Perspectives on Regional Integration, Ho Chi Minh City

May, 2011 The EU, North Korea and Human Rights, Seoul

May, 2010 Subcultures in North East Asia, Kyoto

September, 2007 Human Rights in the Tibet Autonomous Region , Rome

January, 2006 West African Immigrants in Southern Italy , Rome

November, 2008 Labor Rights for Unemployed Youth, Naples

Contact Information

MaH 209

555 Broadway

Dobbs Ferry

10522

914-674-3025

ealbrecht@mercy.edu

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