Antonio De Lauri holds a PhD in "Human Sciences: Anthropology of the Contemporary" (2010) from the University of Milan-Bicocca. At CMI, he has coordinated the research group on humanitarianism (2017-2020) and served as an elected member of CMI Board (2019-2022). Prior to joining CMI in 2017, he worked in Italy, France, Germany and the US in different positions as researcher, lecturer, postdoc and visiting scholar. He has conducted ethnographic research in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Europe and has published on issues related to war and post-war, soldiers, humanitarianism, human rights, injustice, judicial practice, and borders. Antonio's research has been supported by national and international grants and fellowships from the European Research Council (ERC Consolidator Grant), the Research Council of Norway, the Forum Transregionale Studien, and the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme among others.

Antonio is currently the President of the International Humanitarian Studies Association (IHSA). He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal Public Anthropologist. In 2018, he also created Public Anthropologist blog.

He is the founding General Editor of Berghahn Books' series Humanitarianism and Security.

Between 2021 and 2023, Antonio was the Director of the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies. He is a co-founder of the Anthropology of Humanitarianism Network (AHN) of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) and a contributor of the Costs of War project of the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University.

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Most recent publications

Popular Dissemination | Nov 2023

Fun in War

Antonio De Lauri

Blog post | Oct 2023

The Courage of Historical Truths

Antonio De Lauri

Project Dissemination | Sep 2023

WARFUN Diaries - Volume 2 - 2023

Antonio De Lauri,Iva Jelusic,Heidi Mogstad,Eva Johais

Conference Paper / Presentation | Aug 2023

ROUNDTABLE: Women on the Bench

Elin Skaar

Journal Article | May 2023

The Humanitarian Theater in the Mediterranean and the Threat of Violence in the Balkans

De Lauri, Antonio and Brkovic, Carna

Journal of Borderlands Studies

CMI Report | May 2023

Examining poverty and food insecurity in the context of long-term social-ecological changes in Kabul, Afghanistan

Yograj Gautam, Anwesha Dutta, Patrick Jantz, Alark Saxena, Antonio De Lauri

Report in External Series | Mar 2023

Is there legal pluralism in Afghanistan? Notes on injustice and access to justice

Antonio De Lauri

Edited Book | Feb 2023

CONTINENTAL ENCAMPMENT: Genealogies of Humanitarian Containment in the Middle East and Europe

Are John Knudsen & Kjersti G. Berg (Eds.)

Book Chapter | Feb 2023

Humanitarian Lampedusa and the Theatralisation of Crisis

Antonio De Lauri

Continental Encampment: Genealogies of Humanitarian Containment in the Middle East and Europe

Project Dissemination | 2022

L’expérience de la guerre: Le projet WARFUN

Antonio De Lauri

Project Dissemination | 2022

WARFUN DIARIES Vol. 1

Antonio De Lauri

Project Dissemination | 2022

Опыт войны: проект “WARFUN”

Antonio De Lauri

Antonio De Lauri

Elected new President of The International Humanitarian Studies Association

Bergen Anthropology Day 2023

Fun in War

The Courage of Historical Truths

WARFUN Diaries - Volume 2 - 2023

ROUNDTABLE: Women on the Bench

NCHS Humanitarian Futures Conference

The Humanitarian Theater in the Mediterranean and the Threat of Violence in the Balkans

Examining poverty and food insecurity in the context of long-term social-ecological changes in Kabul, Afghanistan

Is there legal pluralism in Afghanistan? Notes on injustice and access to justice

CONTINENTAL ENCAMPMENT: Genealogies of Humanitarian Containment in the Middle East and Europe

Humanitarian Lampedusa and the Theatralisation of Crisis

L’expérience de la guerre: Le projet WARFUN

WARFUN DIARIES Vol. 1

Опыт войны: проект “WARFUN”

War and Emotions Conference and Exhibition

Perspectives on the war in Ukraine: Refugees and beyond

What is at stake in the Taliban talks

Conflict Enclosures

War and Fun: Reconceptualizing Warfare and Its Experience (WARFUN)

Prioritizing the Displacement-Environment Nexus: Refugee and IDP settlements as social-ecological systems

Research Network on Humanitarian Efforts

SuperCamp: Genealogies of Humanitarian Containment in the Middle East

Humanitarian Diplomacy

Women on the Bench: The Role of Female Judges in Fragile States

The Humanitarian Theater in the Mediterranean and the Threat of Violence in the Balkans

Uno sguardo al ruolo delle donne giudici nella magistratura afghana tra passato e presente

Grassroots Responses to Mass Migration in Europe: Introduction

Armed governance: the case of the CIA-supported Afghan militias

A Critique of the Humanitarian (B)order of Things

The Taliban and the humanitarian soldier: Configurations of freedom and humanity in Afghanistan

Humanitarian Militarism and the Production of Humanity

Public Anthropology in Changing Times

The Absence of Freedom

Gli hazara dell'Afghanistan tra asservimento, guerra ed emancipazione

Between Law and Customs: Normative Interconnections in Kabul’s Tribunals

Land, Property Rules and Disputes in Kabul

Boredom and Crisis in the Humanitarian Realm

Law as an Anti-Value. Justice, Violence and Suffering in the Logic of Becoming

Terre, normes de propriété et litiges à Kaboul

Law in Afghanistan: A Critique of Post-2001 Recontruction

Corruption, Legal Modernisation and Judicial Practice in Afghanistan

Entre loi et coutumes. L'interconnexion normative dans les cours de justice de Kaboul

Access to Justice and Human Rights in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Corruption and Injustice in the Judicial System

Legal Reconstruction in Afghanistan. Rule of law, Injustice, and Judicial Mediation

Politiche della ricostruzione in Afghanistan: modernizzazione e rule of law

CONTINENTAL ENCAMPMENT: Genealogies of Humanitarian Containment in the Middle East and Europe

Special Issue: Grassroots Responses to Mass Migration in Europe

Humanitarianism: Keywords

The Politics of Humanitarianism. Power, Ideology and Aid

War

Antropologia giuridica. Temi e prospettive di ricerca

Afghanistan. Ricostruzione, ingiustizia, diritti umani

Giustizia

Pratiche e politiche dell'etnografia

Poesie afghane contemporanee. Un percorso tra le vie della conoscenza

Humanitarian Lampedusa and the Theatralisation of Crisis

Public Anthropology in the Digital Era

Diplomacy

Civil society

Education

Independence

Humanitarian Theatre: Normality and the Carnivalesque in Afghanistan

Antropologia giuridica. Un'introduzione storico-tematica

Per introdurre una riflessione sull'etnografia

Is there legal pluralism in Afghanistan? Notes on injustice and access to justice

The UK and Afghanistan

The “CIA’s Army”: A Threat to Human Rights and an Obstacle to Peace in Afghanistan

The “CIA’s Army”: A Threat to Human Rights and an Obstacle to Peace in Afghanistan

“Debtor Forever.” Debt and Bondage in Afghan and Pakistani Brick Kilns

Examining poverty and food insecurity in the context of long-term social-ecological changes in Kabul, Afghanistan

Protection of Civilians – Norway in the Security Council

Гуманитарная дипломатия

La diplomazia umanitaria

La diplomatie humanitaire

Humanitarian Diplomacy: A New Research Agenda

Humanitarian borders: The merging of rescue with security and control

قضات زن در افغانستان: مصاحبه ای با انیسه رسولی – Women Judges in Afghanistan: An Interview with Anisa Rasooli