Biography

Lorenzo Piccoli leads the work of the Migration Policy Centre on teaching and training together with the School of Transnational Governance.

He holds a PhD degree in Social and Political Sciences from the European University Institute (2018) and has previously worked as Scientific Coordinator of the Swiss National Center of Competence in Research for Migration and Mobility Studies (2019 - 2021) and as Research Associate at the Global Citizenship Observatory (2018 - 2021).

His research focuses on the politics of inclusion and exclusion of international migrants from basic rights, such as healthcare, voting, and welfare. His research has been featured in several international media, including Radio France International, Radio Svizzera Italiana, The Guardian, and The Washington Post.

Recent research output

• PICCOLI, Lorenzo; DZANKIC, Jelena; RUEDIN, Didier; JACOB-OWENS, Timothy Craig (2022), Restricting human movement during the COVID-19 pandemic : new research avenues in the study of mobility, migration, and citizenship, Article
• PICCOLI, Lorenzo; RUEDIN, Didier (2022), Local-to-local electoral connections for migrants : the association between voting rights in the place of origin and the propensity to vote in the place of residence, Article
• PICCOLI, Lorenzo; WANNER, Philippe (2022), The political determinants of the health of undocumented immigrants : a comparative analysis of mortality patterns in Switzerland, Article
• PICCOLI, Lorenzo (2022), Multilevel strategies of political inclusion : the contestation of voting rights for foreign residents by regional assemblies in Europe, Article
• PICCOLI, Lorenzo; DZANKIC, Jelena; RUEDIN, Didier (2021), Citizenship, migration and mobility in a pandemic (CMMP) : a global dataset of COVID-19 restrictions on human movement, Article
• PICCOLI, Lorenzo; DZANKIC, Jelena; JACOB-OWENS, Timothy Craig; RUEDIN, Didier (2021), Pandemic-era travel has been restricted worldwide, but not everyone has been affected equally, Other