Simone Marinai is the Module Holder of the Jean Monnet Module MAC-EUPACT. He is Associate Professor of European Union Law at the Department of Law, University of Pisa, where he also teaches Immigration Law. […]
He holds the National Scientific Qualification for Full Professor in EU Law (2018) and in International Law (2023).
His research covers various areas of EU and international law, with a particular focus on citizenship, EU migration and asylum policy. On these topics, he has published extensively, including monographs, textbooks, and articles in international journals and edited volumes.
He coordinates the “Immigration, Borders and Asylum” Forum of AISDUE (Italian Association of European Union Law Scholars), and serves as an expert in International Protection and Human Rights, appointed by UNHCR to the Territorial Commission for the Recognition of International Protection in Florence, Livorno Section.
Since 2024, he has been the Scientific Coordinator and Teaching Staff Focal Point for the University of Pisa in the UNICORE 6.0 Project (University Corridors for Refugee Students, promoted by UNHCR). As of June 10, 2025, he also serves as the University of Pisa’s representative for the “Manifesto for an Inclusive University” promoted by UNHCR.
Miguel Ángel Acosta Sánchez is Full Professor of Public International Law and International Relations at the University of Cádiz. […]
He is Jean Monnet Chair on Immigration and Maritime Security Strategies in the Western Mediterranean and he has been legal advisor at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Author of numerous publications on peacekeeping and international security, asylum and refugee law, human rights, the EU’s external borders, European foreign policy, and the European Security and Defence Policy.
Claudia Cinelli is Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Pisa. […]
She earned her PhD in International Law and International Relations from the University of Seville and has been a Marie Curie Fellow and Visiting Researcher in Tromsø at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. From 2022 to 2023 she was principal investigator of the international project “Advancing Responsible State Behavior in Outer Space”, grant awarded under Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Università di Pisa Seed Fund. She is currently Module-Holder of the Jean Monnet Project ”EU Space Policy, International Law, and Sustainability” (EUSPIL). Her expertise lies in international law of the sea, outer space law, and EU external relations.
Simona Demková is an Assistant Professor in European law at the Europa Institute of Leiden University. […]
She is leading a collaborative research project on the ‘EU’s human-centred digital transformation’ funded by a Leiden University starter grant. Her research expertise covers a broad range of European law, including European administrative and constitutional law, protecting fundamental rights and the digitalisation and regulation of novel technologies.
Marcello Di Filippo is Full Professor of International Law at the University of Pisa where he teaches ‘International and European Migration Law’ and ‘International Protection of Human Rights’. […]
He held in 2015-2018 a Jean Monnet Module on “EU Migration Law, Human Rights and Democratic Principles”, and currently serves as coordinator of the Observatory on European Migration Law at the University of Pisa. He is a member of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law and of the Italian Council for Refugees. On behalf of UNHCR, he serves as an independent expert in the Territorial Commission for Refugee Status Determination (Livorno Section). His research interests include human rights, international organizations, asylum and migration law, jurisdictional immunities, and terrorism. Author of monographs and textbooks on international law, EU law, and migration law, as well as numerous articles and essays published in leading international legal journals and in prestigious edited volumes.
Gianluca Famiglietti is Associate Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Pisa where he also teaches Regional Law and Immigration Law. […]
He is the author of numerous publications in the fields of constitutional justice, fundamental rights, migration law, including a monograph on protection mechanisms for international protection applicants. He is the Director of the First-Level Master’s Programme in “Business Law and Public Manager” at the University of Pisa and Co-Scientific Director of the Advanced Training Course in “Constitutional Justice and the Judicial Protection of Rights“ organized by the Department of Law, University of Pisa. He currently serves as Deputy Director of the same Department.
Chiara Favilli is Full Professor of EU Law at the University of Florence. […]
She is the Editor in Chief of the legal journal “Diritto, immigrazione e cittadinanza”‘. She is the author of numerous publications on various topics of European Union Law: the common thread of her research is the development of the European integration process, the impact of EU law at the national level, and the role of national governments in shaping EU policies. She has followed the evolution of European immigration and asylum policies from their inception and collaborates with various NGOs, lawyers, judges, and public institutions in training courses on European immigration, asylum, and non-discrimination policies. She has also provided extensive consultancy services to both private and public entities in the same fields. She provides legal representation before the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Ivan Ingravallo is Full Professor of International Law at the University of Bari Aldo Moro, where he also teaches International Institutional Law and International Law and Political Relations in the Euro-Mediterranean Region. […]
He also taught EU Law, International Protection of Human Rights, International Trade Law, International Environmental Law, International Law of the Sea. Editor-in-chief of the academic periodicals “La Comunità Internazionale” and “Studi sull’integrazione europea”, Co-director of the Observatory on the activities of international and supranational, universal and regional organizations, managed by the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Italian Society for International Organization (SIOI, Rome). Author of publications in various areas of International and European Union law, including topics related to the legal reasoning of the Court of Justice and different aspects of immigration law, such as the respect for fundamental rights in Frontex’s operations.
Violeta Moreno-Lax is the inaugural Wübben Foundation Professor of International Law and the Director of the Hertie School’s Centre for Fundamental Rights. […]
She is also Professor of Law at Queen Mary University of London (on special leave), where she serves as founding Director of the (B)OrderS Centre for the Legal Study of Borders, Migration, and Displacement. Previously, she held the ICREA Research Professorship in International and European Law at the University of Barcelona. She has published extensively in international and EU law at the intersection with border violence, global security, migration, and human rights. As a world-leading expert in these fields, she regularly consults for UN agencies, the EU institutions, and other organisations. She is also a Visiting Professor of the College of Europe and a legal adviser and founding member of the de:border / / migration justice collective, focusing on strategic litigation.
Salvatore Fabio Nicolosi is an Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair in European Law and Migration Policies at Utrecht University Law School, where he assumes various leadership positions. […]
In particular, he founded and co-leads the Migration Law (MiLa) Research Platform, leads the Building block on Citizenship and Migration within the Utrecht Centre for Regulation and Enforcement in Europe (RENFORCE) and coordinates the LL.M. programme in European Law. He holds a PhD in International Legal Order and Human Rights from Sapienza University of Rome and has published widely on international refugee and human rights law and the Common European Asylum System. He is involved in Jean Monnet research activities on migration and integration.
Sara Poli is Full Professor of European Union Law at the University of Pisa, Department of Political Science, where she teaches EU law and the Law of EU external relations. […]
She has been visiting professor at LUISS and at the European University Institute, Law department. She has received a Jean Monnet Chair in 2013 and partecipated in 2 Jean Monnet networks on different topics of EU law in 2020-2024. As of 2025 she holds Jean Monnet Chair on EU Enlargement and the Rule of law (ENROL). She has edited a book on the external dimension of the area of freedom, security and justice in 2011, including a chapter on institutional aspects of the AFSJ and has published on the external dimension of immigration law for European papers and DPCE online in 2020. In her last co-edited book with Simone Marinai, dedicated to the EU on the international arena and its the internal and external challenges and transformations, two of the chapters concern immigration law.
Fabio Spitaleri is Associate Professor of European Union Law at the University of Trieste. […]
He was a former référendaire at the Court of Justice of the European Union and an expert for the European Committee of the Regions of the European Union. He is a member of the Executive Board of the Italian Association of Scholars of European Union Law (AISDUE) within which he also serves as Deputy Coordinator of the Forum on Immigration, Borders, and Asylum (Forum IFA). He is the author of monographs, textbooks, and numerous articles covering various areas of European Union law, particularly migration and refugee law, non-discrimination, and effective judicial protection.
Gabriele Tomei is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Pisa. […]
His research covers sociology of development, migration and co-development, and social program evaluation. He has been a Visiting Fellow at the International Migration Institute of the University of Oxford and a Visiting Professor at several institutions, including the MIT Media Lab, the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Facultad de Trabajo Social), the University of Agder (Faculty of Health and Sport), and the University of Alcalá de Henares (Intituto de Estudios Latino Americanos). He is scientific director of the UBIQUAL and VOIS research teams and co-founder of the University spin-off VoisLab.
