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Irene Moretti is a PhD Candidate and Lecturer at Leiden University's Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences). Her research focuses on the morality of car liability insurance in Italy, part of the ERC-funded 'Moralising Misfortune' project. She holds MAs from Leiden University and the Catholic University of Milan.
Research Interests: Irene's work bridges cultural anthropology, insurance studies, and migration politics. She investigates how insurance policies shape moral discourses around responsibility, kinship, and citizenship. Her recent projects include ethnographic studies of black box technologies in Italian auto insurance and identity negotiations among migrants in the Netherlands.
Publications & Media: Irene has authored blogs analyzing pandemic responses, migration categorizations, and fieldwork challenges. Her documentary The Black Box in Bologna explores insurance technology's societal impacts. She collaborates with filmmakers and regularly publishes interdisciplinary research.
- PhD Supervisors: Erik Bähre (Associate Professor), Cristina Grasseni
- ERC Project: 'Moralising Misfortune: A Comparative Anthropology of Commercial Insurance' (Grant No. 682467)
