Research & Expertise

Architecture, Borders, Biometrics, Surveillance, Sovereignty

Borders & Biometrics

Research and publications on Borders, Biometrics, Surveillance and security for more than a decade. Including articles and single authored book. Also collaborator with Can Mutlu on SSHRC Project led by Dr. Philippe Frowd on "Securing the Border with Data: Canada's expanding Digital Frontier (2022-2025). See also with P. Frowd and C. Mutlu, The Rise of the Border Apps, International Migration, 61(5), 2023; Benjamin J. Muller (2004) (Dis)qualified bodies: securitization, citizenship and ‘identity management’, Citizenship Studies, 8:3, 279-294; Benjamin J. Muller (2010) Unsafe at any speed? Borders, mobility and ‘safe citizenship’, Citizenship Studies, 14:1, 75-88

Ferocious Architecture

Part of a longstanding interest in architecture and design, this speaks to a series of projects, including a SSHRRC funded project "Designing Border Security," (2019-2023) Co-PI with Can Mutlu, Acadia University).
Benjamin Muller, Thomas N. Cooke, Miguel de Larrinaga, Philippe M. Frowd, Deljana Iossifova, Daniela Johannes, Can E. Mutlu, Adam Nowek, Collective Discussion: Ferocious Architecture: Sovereign Spaces/Places by Design, International Political Sociology, Volume 10, Issue 1, March 2016, Pages 75–96,

Hizballah & International Law

Research with Dr. Samer Abboud, Villanova University, including monograph Rethinking Hizballah. See also: Abboud SN, Muller BJ. Geopolitics, insecurity and neocolonial exceptionalism: A critical appraisal of the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Security Dialogue. 2013;44(5-6):467-484.

Expertise & Consulting

Invited expertise for Canadian Parliamentary Committees, NATO, INTERPOL, World Customs Organization (WCO), See also Experts on EUCANet