Biography

Lorenzo Piccoli coordinates the teaching and training activities of the Migration Policy Centre together with the School of Transnational Governance.

His research focuses on the governance of migrant populations and their inclusion in social rights. He has published in twelve international peer-reviewed journals and regularly appears on international media. He is currently writing a book on the dilemmas faced by volunteers providing social services to migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in Mediterranean countries.

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

Research projects, clusters and working groups

Completed

• Citizenship, migration and mobility in a pandemic: a global study of COVID-19 restrictions on human movement

Fields of expertise

Recent research output

• WANNER, Philippe; PICCOLI, Lorenzo (2025), The migrant mortality penalty in a pandemic : disparities in COVID-19 mortality among foreign residents in Switzerland, 2020 , Article
• PICCOLI, Lorenzo (2025), Directory of migration research institutions , Dataset
• PICCOLI, Lorenzo; PERNA, Roberta (2024), Civil society organisations and the healthcare of irregular migrants : the humanitarianism-equity dilemma , Article
• DENNISON, James; PICCOLI, Lorenzo; DA SILVA CARMO DUARTE, Mariana (2024), Migration communication campaigns : towards a research agenda and open database , Article
• PICCOLI, Lorenzo; DENNISON, James; DA SILVA CARMO DUARTE, Mariana (2024), Migration Communication Campaigns Database , Dataset
• DENNISON, James; PICCOLI, Lorenzo; DA SILVA CARMO DUARTE, Mariana (2024), Migration communication campaigns : the state of the practice and an open database , Technical Report