Lorenzo Piccoli

Lorenzo Piccoli is a Part-Time Assistant Professor at the Florence School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute (EUI). He coordinates the teaching and training activities of the Migration Policy Centre and focuses on the governance of migrant populations, their social rights inclusion, and pandemic-era migration policies.

• Education: PhD in Social and Political Sciences from EUI (2018).
• Previous Roles: Scientific Coordinator at the Swiss National Center of Competence in Research for Migration and Mobility Studies (2019–2021), Research Associate at the Global Citizenship Observatory (2018–2021).

His research spans comparative policy analysis, migrant healthcare, travel restrictions, and migration communication campaigns. Recent publications analyze pandemic impacts on migrant mortality, essential travel policies, and civil society roles in migrant healthcare. He contributes to open datasets on migration research institutions and communication campaigns.

His work emphasizes migration governance, pandemic citizenship, and humanitarian-equity dilemmas. While no specific scientific awards are listed, his research is widely published and cited, focusing on EU integration, migrant rights, and policy diffusion.