Birkbeck, University of London
Dr Silvia Posocco is a social anthropologist based in the Department of Psychosocial Studies, Birkbeck, University of London, and joins SHaME as an Associate Fellow. Dr Posocco’s research focuses on situated experiences of violence, conflict and genocide and their complex aftermaths. Most recently, Dr Posocco has tackled the collection, processing and storage of forensic bioinformation in the aftermath of human rights violations and in the context of global transformations in data infrastructures. The Wellcome Trust-funded collaboration with Dr Gonzalez-Polledo explored the history of an important forensic archive and forensic science provision in England and Wales.