Biography

Leila Giannetto is Research Fellow at the Migration Policy Centre of the European University Institute, where she works on the Protecting Irregular Migrants in Europe (PRIME) project. She previously worked on the H2020 project 'Exploring the Integration of Post-2014 Migrants in Small and Medium Sized Towns and Rural Areas from a Whole of Community Perspective (WHOLECOMM)'. She has also worked with Fieri and Euricse as a research fellow and with IOM, CPMR and CIDOB as a consultant and integration expert. She obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Trento in 2018 with a thesis titled 'More than consultation. Civil society organisations mainstreaming fundamental rights in EU border management policies: the case of Frontex and its Consultative Forum'. Her research interests are on Frontex and fundamental rights, on civil society organisations’ role in the governance of EU border management and asylum, and on the reception and integration of refugees and asylum seekers in EU member states and in remote areas.

Recent research output

• BOLZONI, Magda; DONATIELLO, Davide; GIANNETTO, Leila (2024), Sfide e tradimenti : accoglienze e territori nelle trasformazioni del diritto di asilo, Article
• GIANNETTO, Leila; VAN DER MAAREL, Shirley (2024), Invisibility and (dis)integration : examining the meaning of migrant inclusion in everyday lived experience in rural areas, Article
• BOLZONI, Magda; DONATIELLO, Davide; GIANNETTO, Leila (2023), The dark side of solidarity : ambivalences and double standards in the Ukrainian refugee crisis in Italy, Article
• GALERA, Giulia; GIANNETTO, Leila (2023), Migrants and refugees, Contribution to book
• BOLZONI, Magda; DONATIELLO, Davide; GIANNETTO, Leila (2022), Sailing against the law tides : implications of the 2018 refugee reception reform in small-medium towns and rural areas in Italy, Article
• PONZO, Irene; GIANNETTO, Leila; ROMAN, Emanuela (2022), The variance in multilevel governance of asylum seekers’ reception in Italy : the key roles of policy legacy, politics and civil society, Contribution to book