Cosimo Simoncini is a doctoral candidate and research associate at the Innovation, Society and Public Policy (ISPP) Chair of the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology (STS Department). He holds an M.A. in Science and Technology Studies (TUM) and a B.A. in Sociology and Technology Studies with a minors in Statistics and Econometrics (TU Berlin).
His doctoral research examines how paradigmatic shifts around dual-use innovation, spanning drone technologies, AI systems, and satellite infrastructures, are made culturally and institutionally plausible across two European industrial regions: Emilia-Romagna and Bavaria. Drawing on the concept of innovation cultures and the politics of technological sovereignty, the project tracks how processes of militarization and securitization are perceived at the regional level in Northern Italy and Southern Germany.
His broader research interests include EU science and innovation policy, the epistemology of risk and hazard models, and the dynamics of AI adoption and refusal in SMEs and regional industrial contexts.
- Regional innovation cultures and the sociotechnical dynamics of industrial transformation in Europe
- Militarization, securitization, and dual-use technologies (drones, AI systems, satellite infrastructure)
- Epistemology of statistical and computational models for risk and hazard assessment
- EU science, technology, and innovation policy; sovereignty and rearmament discourse
- Adoption and refusal of AI technologies in SMBs/SMEs and small regional contexts