Dr Chiara Poletti

Lecturer in Criminology

Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy

chiara.poletti@swansea.ac.uk

Office - 328
Third Floor
Keir Hardie Building
Singleton Campus

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4402-1137

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About

I hold a PhD in Sociology from Cardiff University and specialise in digital sociology, research methods, criminology, media studies, and critical data studies. My research examines the interplay between technology and society, focusing particularly on the governance of digital technologies, citizenship, and surveillance practices.

I am interested in participatory methodologies and innovative approaches to exploring and facilitating societal engagement with socio-technical controversies.

My international collaborations include the ESRC-funded ORA consortium project Shaping AI: Controversy and Closure in Research, Media and Policy and ongoing partnerships with the Data Justice Lab at Cardiff University. My research network spans Europe and North America, notably Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Canada, and the United States.

Areas Of Expertise

Digital Sociology
Surveillance Practices
Governance of Technology
Participatory Methodologies
AI Controversies
Research Methods

Taught Modules

ASC106 Victims and Victimology

This module explores a range of concepts, theories and perspectives within the field of victimology. Drawing upon research, policy and practice, students will be offered a critical appreciation of the needs of victims, their role in the criminal justice system and the multiple effects of victimisation. This critical appreciation will consider historical changes in perspectives and attitudes to victims over time as well as the emerging victimological discourses. The module complements and supports the learning delivered in ASC113 ¿ Study Skills ¿ and explores a range of concepts, theories and perspectives within the field of victimology.
ASC324 Dissertation

This module will equip students with the skills needed to produce a dissertation of between 8,000 and 10,000 words. A series of 3 compulsory meetings with an allocated dissertation supervisors assists the students to complete this task. The completion of a dissertation is an independent learning activity. This means that there isn¿t a taught aspect to it. However, each student will be allocated a supervisor. Supervision meetings will take the form of four compulsory individual face-to-face meetings between the student and supervisor. Supervisors will also review drafts of elements of the dissertation to a maximum of 4,000 words, which are to be submitted to supervisors at specific points in the academic year. Supervisors will only provide feedback on drafts that are submitted on time. Staff will provide feedback to students within seven working days.
PPS221 Citizenship and Surveillance

This module explores key themes in sociology and criminology through the lens of citizenship and surveillance in contemporary society. Citizenship is offered as a framework for making sense of connections between institutions such as the law, education and public health, as well as the construction of identities and different kinds of selves. Through the concept of surveillance, students are invited to interrogate mechanisms of power inherent in the construction of particular types of subjects and expectations of the good citizen. The module begins by exploring theoretical debates about the nature of personhood and its role in changing constructions of the citizen as well as the contested nature of the relationship between citizens and the state, before moving to applications of these frameworks to a number of key case studies including the gendered separation of the public and private sphere. It then introduces the role of surveillance as a significant feature of contemporary society. Examples will be drawn from both criminology and sociology, considering how surveillance plays a part in crime prevention strategies and social order policies as well as in migration, public health and social media. These examples will enable students to examine the implications of surveillance technologies for shaping identities and creating new forms of social inclusion/exclusion.
SPC109 Foundations in Social Science Research

This module is intended to give students a foundation in research methods that are relevant to the social sciences. Teaching will focus on current issues in criminology and sociology, and, through the module, students will be encouraged to gather and assess a wide range of information from a variety of sources, including books, journal articles, the Internet and the media in order to understand important t themes in the social sciences and the different ways they are presented. The module is intended to be challenging and thought-provoking, providing an opportunity for students to broaden perspectives, deepen understanding of contemporary criminal justice issues and to consolidate and apply research-related skills that they have thus far learnt during their studies.

Dr Chiara Poletti

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Areas Of Expertise

Taught Modules

ASC106 Victims and Victimology

ASC324 Dissertation

PPS221 Citizenship and Surveillance

SPC109 Foundations in Social Science Research