Didier Bigo (born 31 August 1956) is a French academic from

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and Professor of International Relations at

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and at Sciences Po, Paris. He has authored two books, ''Polices en réseaux. L'expérience européenne'' (1996) and ''Pouvoir et obéissance en Centrafrique'' (1988) and has been the editor for many others. He co-founded, with R. B. J. Walker, the

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, '' International Political Sociology'' and is the director of the French journal, '' Cultures et Conflits''. He is considered one of the leading academics within the Paris School of security studies, and a founding figure of the International Political Sociology research programme.

Boundaries, Limits, Securities

Bigo's work has profoundly impacted the study of borders and boundaries, especially where discussions of the 'field of security' and the security 'ban-opticon' are concerned. Speaking broadly, his work considers the functional and de-localized dimensions of state borders as they are practiced and enforced within and beyond the territorial jurisdictions of states. In assessing the link between security and borders, one author commends Bigo's work for "exploring the increasing intertwinement between internal and external security through an analysis of policing. Whereas formerly the realms of the police and the military had very little in common, Bigo points to the ways in which it is increasingly difficult to differentiate between the two. This does not lead to an erasure of the inside/outside distinction, however, but rather to its reworking."Nick Vaughan-Williams. (2009) ''Border Politics: The Limits of Sovereign Power'' (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press), 57.

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External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bigo, Didier 1956 births Living people Security studies Academics of King's College London Paris School (security)