Lorenzo Piccoli
@lorenzopiccoli.bsky.social
Part-time Assistant Professor at @mpc-eui.bsky.social and @eui-stg.bsky.social European University Institute. Migration studies, asylum, citizenship.
Tuscan duel: hiking vs road bike. Today, Team Bikes concedes defeat.
November 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Tuscan duel: hiking vs road bike. Today, Team Bikes concedes defeat.
A letter from @andrewpgeddes.bsky.social on the Times to criticise simplistic framing of politicians as "pro" or "anti" migration.
November 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A letter from @andrewpgeddes.bsky.social on the Times to criticise simplistic framing of politicians as "pro" or "anti" migration.
Giorgia Meloni’s government has lasted three years.
As of yesterday, it is now the third longest in Italy’s notoriously unstable republic.
This is possible because of her pragmatism, the discipline within her government coalition, and a weak opposition lacking a clear political programme.
As of yesterday, it is now the third longest in Italy’s notoriously unstable republic.
This is possible because of her pragmatism, the discipline within her government coalition, and a weak opposition lacking a clear political programme.
October 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Giorgia Meloni’s government has lasted three years.
As of yesterday, it is now the third longest in Italy’s notoriously unstable republic.
This is possible because of her pragmatism, the discipline within her government coalition, and a weak opposition lacking a clear political programme.
As of yesterday, it is now the third longest in Italy’s notoriously unstable republic.
This is possible because of her pragmatism, the discipline within her government coalition, and a weak opposition lacking a clear political programme.
Sunday ride in Panzano, Chianti.
October 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Sunday ride in Panzano, Chianti.
Every morning on my way to work, I dodge tripods and wedding gowns.
Apparently, the latest trend among wealthy Chinese couples is to fly here to Florence just for pre-wedding photos.
Apparently, the latest trend among wealthy Chinese couples is to fly here to Florence just for pre-wedding photos.
October 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Every morning on my way to work, I dodge tripods and wedding gowns.
Apparently, the latest trend among wealthy Chinese couples is to fly here to Florence just for pre-wedding photos.
Apparently, the latest trend among wealthy Chinese couples is to fly here to Florence just for pre-wedding photos.
It feels good to kick-off the Effective Migration Governance training with 22 participants from government agencies, international organisations, NGOs, and the private sector.
This year’s focus: migration policy trade-offs.
A joint initiative @mpc-eui.bsky.social and @eui-stg.bsky.social.
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This year’s focus: migration policy trade-offs.
A joint initiative @mpc-eui.bsky.social and @eui-stg.bsky.social.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
It feels good to kick-off the Effective Migration Governance training with 22 participants from government agencies, international organisations, NGOs, and the private sector.
This year’s focus: migration policy trade-offs.
A joint initiative @mpc-eui.bsky.social and @eui-stg.bsky.social.
.
This year’s focus: migration policy trade-offs.
A joint initiative @mpc-eui.bsky.social and @eui-stg.bsky.social.
.
At least 142 people faced trial in the EU for helping migrants in 2024, mainly in Bulgaria, Greece, France, Italy, and Poland.
Read the full report by @picumofficial.bsky.social.
picum.org/wp-content/u...
Read the full report by @picumofficial.bsky.social.
picum.org/wp-content/u...
October 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
At least 142 people faced trial in the EU for helping migrants in 2024, mainly in Bulgaria, Greece, France, Italy, and Poland.
Read the full report by @picumofficial.bsky.social.
picum.org/wp-content/u...
Read the full report by @picumofficial.bsky.social.
picum.org/wp-content/u...
Refugees and migrants are too often scapegoated and falsely portrayed as threats.
This week, the @mpc-eui.bsky.social starts the academic year with @danghez.bsky.social, who will share practical tips on how to spot and counter false claims.
4 September, 11:00–12:00 CEST
Hybrid
loom.ly/ZlmPp0Y
This week, the @mpc-eui.bsky.social starts the academic year with @danghez.bsky.social, who will share practical tips on how to spot and counter false claims.
4 September, 11:00–12:00 CEST
Hybrid
loom.ly/ZlmPp0Y
September 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Refugees and migrants are too often scapegoated and falsely portrayed as threats.
This week, the @mpc-eui.bsky.social starts the academic year with @danghez.bsky.social, who will share practical tips on how to spot and counter false claims.
4 September, 11:00–12:00 CEST
Hybrid
loom.ly/ZlmPp0Y
This week, the @mpc-eui.bsky.social starts the academic year with @danghez.bsky.social, who will share practical tips on how to spot and counter false claims.
4 September, 11:00–12:00 CEST
Hybrid
loom.ly/ZlmPp0Y
My favorite photos from the #MPCSummerSchool on #migration at the European University Institute.
Sixty hours of lectures, group work, and even a little bit of dancing.
To be informed about future events: migrationpolicycentre.eu/subscribe/
Sixty hours of lectures, group work, and even a little bit of dancing.
To be informed about future events: migrationpolicycentre.eu/subscribe/
June 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
My favorite photos from the #MPCSummerSchool on #migration at the European University Institute.
Sixty hours of lectures, group work, and even a little bit of dancing.
To be informed about future events: migrationpolicycentre.eu/subscribe/
Sixty hours of lectures, group work, and even a little bit of dancing.
To be informed about future events: migrationpolicycentre.eu/subscribe/
Great session with Mary Setrana on Free Movement and Regional Integration in West Africa using songs and videos to bring home the key learning goals.
#MPCsummerschool
#MPCsummerschool
June 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Great session with Mary Setrana on Free Movement and Regional Integration in West Africa using songs and videos to bring home the key learning goals.
#MPCsummerschool
#MPCsummerschool
Very good article by @politico.eu on the steady and problematic rise of exceptional border checks within Schengen.
www.politico.eu/article/eu-s...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-s...
June 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Very good article by @politico.eu on the steady and problematic rise of exceptional border checks within Schengen.
www.politico.eu/article/eu-s...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-s...
Personally, I find this rhetoric of left-wing parties self-defeating. 30% turnout is bad (see image below) and, in any case, it is wrong to assume that all those who voted are left-wing voters.
Another interesting graph by @youtrend.bsky.social shows turnout data for this and other referenda.
Another interesting graph by @youtrend.bsky.social shows turnout data for this and other referenda.
June 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Personally, I find this rhetoric of left-wing parties self-defeating. 30% turnout is bad (see image below) and, in any case, it is wrong to assume that all those who voted are left-wing voters.
Another interesting graph by @youtrend.bsky.social shows turnout data for this and other referenda.
Another interesting graph by @youtrend.bsky.social shows turnout data for this and other referenda.
The referendum had five questions: the four labor reforms questions got 86% approval, while the question on citizenship only 65%.
This is likely because the Five Star Movement backed only the labor questions.
Graph: @ilpost.it
This is likely because the Five Star Movement backed only the labor questions.
Graph: @ilpost.it
June 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The referendum had five questions: the four labor reforms questions got 86% approval, while the question on citizenship only 65%.
This is likely because the Five Star Movement backed only the labor questions.
Graph: @ilpost.it
This is likely because the Five Star Movement backed only the labor questions.
Graph: @ilpost.it
Turnout for the Italian referendum to reduce the residency requirement for #citizenship from 10 to 5 years was 30%, falling short of the 50% threshold needed for validity.
A breakout of the results based on earlier discussions with @maartenpvink.bsky.social .and @yajnagovind.bsky.social.
A breakout of the results based on earlier discussions with @maartenpvink.bsky.social .and @yajnagovind.bsky.social.
June 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Turnout for the Italian referendum to reduce the residency requirement for #citizenship from 10 to 5 years was 30%, falling short of the 50% threshold needed for validity.
A breakout of the results based on earlier discussions with @maartenpvink.bsky.social .and @yajnagovind.bsky.social.
A breakout of the results based on earlier discussions with @maartenpvink.bsky.social .and @yajnagovind.bsky.social.
What are the legal rights of irregular migrants, and how do they vary across European countries?
A new, important publication by the PRIME project at @mpc-eui.bsky.social
migrationpolicycentre.eu/irregular-mi...
A new, important publication by the PRIME project at @mpc-eui.bsky.social
migrationpolicycentre.eu/irregular-mi...
June 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
What are the legal rights of irregular migrants, and how do they vary across European countries?
A new, important publication by the PRIME project at @mpc-eui.bsky.social
migrationpolicycentre.eu/irregular-mi...
A new, important publication by the PRIME project at @mpc-eui.bsky.social
migrationpolicycentre.eu/irregular-mi...
How do policy-makers and practitioners see "academic writing"?
Thanks to Stephanie Acker, who was leading this session on the Migration Research to Policy Co-Lab for one of one of our trainings at @mpc-eui.bsky.social & @eui-stg.bsky.social.
Find out more: migrationpolicycentre.eu/training/
Thanks to Stephanie Acker, who was leading this session on the Migration Research to Policy Co-Lab for one of one of our trainings at @mpc-eui.bsky.social & @eui-stg.bsky.social.
Find out more: migrationpolicycentre.eu/training/
May 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
How do policy-makers and practitioners see "academic writing"?
Thanks to Stephanie Acker, who was leading this session on the Migration Research to Policy Co-Lab for one of one of our trainings at @mpc-eui.bsky.social & @eui-stg.bsky.social.
Find out more: migrationpolicycentre.eu/training/
Thanks to Stephanie Acker, who was leading this session on the Migration Research to Policy Co-Lab for one of one of our trainings at @mpc-eui.bsky.social & @eui-stg.bsky.social.
Find out more: migrationpolicycentre.eu/training/
Finally, you can use a new function of the dataset to quickly see the fairly uneven distribution of migration research institutes globally.
April 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Finally, you can use a new function of the dataset to quickly see the fairly uneven distribution of migration research institutes globally.
You can also use the Database to explore specific aspects of institutions that conduct research on migration, including the gender of their directors in 2024.
I believe this is important to track. Anecdotally, 75% of the people who attend our events are women. Would be good to reflect on that.
I believe this is important to track. Anecdotally, 75% of the people who attend our events are women. Would be good to reflect on that.
April 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
You can also use the Database to explore specific aspects of institutions that conduct research on migration, including the gender of their directors in 2024.
I believe this is important to track. Anecdotally, 75% of the people who attend our events are women. Would be good to reflect on that.
I believe this is important to track. Anecdotally, 75% of the people who attend our events are women. Would be good to reflect on that.
The database offers a timeline of when institutions that conduct migration-research were created.
You can see different timelines for different regions of the world.
Overall, we observe a quick rise in the number of migration-research institutions in the last 20 years driven by Europe.
You can see different timelines for different regions of the world.
Overall, we observe a quick rise in the number of migration-research institutions in the last 20 years driven by Europe.
April 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The database offers a timeline of when institutions that conduct migration-research were created.
You can see different timelines for different regions of the world.
Overall, we observe a quick rise in the number of migration-research institutions in the last 20 years driven by Europe.
You can see different timelines for different regions of the world.
Overall, we observe a quick rise in the number of migration-research institutions in the last 20 years driven by Europe.
You can use the Database to discover where institutions that conduct research on migration are.
Through the interactive visualisation, you can navigate the map, filter in/filter out institutions, based on your interests.
Through the interactive visualisation, you can navigate the map, filter in/filter out institutions, based on your interests.
April 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
You can use the Database to discover where institutions that conduct research on migration are.
Through the interactive visualisation, you can navigate the map, filter in/filter out institutions, based on your interests.
Through the interactive visualisation, you can navigate the map, filter in/filter out institutions, based on your interests.
If you are in Florence next week, join us on Wed, April 2 at Cinema Spazio Alfieri for a screening of One Day One Day, an important documentary on migrant agricultural workers in Italy.
www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
March 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM
If you are in Florence next week, join us on Wed, April 2 at Cinema Spazio Alfieri for a screening of One Day One Day, an important documentary on migrant agricultural workers in Italy.
www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
"Whenever I felt homesick, I listened to the voices of my wife and children over and over again – especially the girls who were always loud and chirpy".
Touching testimony of how migrants used to send tape cassettes to communicate with their families.
nepalitimes.com/here-now/the...
Touching testimony of how migrants used to send tape cassettes to communicate with their families.
nepalitimes.com/here-now/the...
December 6, 2024 at 5:22 PM
"Whenever I felt homesick, I listened to the voices of my wife and children over and over again – especially the girls who were always loud and chirpy".
Touching testimony of how migrants used to send tape cassettes to communicate with their families.
nepalitimes.com/here-now/the...
Touching testimony of how migrants used to send tape cassettes to communicate with their families.
nepalitimes.com/here-now/the...
"Il Secolo Mobile" is a powerful monologue based on the texts of Gabriele Del Grande's latest book and an original collection of archive photos and videos.
Currently touring theatres around Italy, you can find the cities and dates in the link.
www.zalab.org/il-secolo-e-...
Currently touring theatres around Italy, you can find the cities and dates in the link.
www.zalab.org/il-secolo-e-...
November 25, 2024 at 7:51 AM
"Il Secolo Mobile" is a powerful monologue based on the texts of Gabriele Del Grande's latest book and an original collection of archive photos and videos.
Currently touring theatres around Italy, you can find the cities and dates in the link.
www.zalab.org/il-secolo-e-...
Currently touring theatres around Italy, you can find the cities and dates in the link.
www.zalab.org/il-secolo-e-...
The @mpc-eui.bsky.social lands on Bluesky.
November 19, 2024 at 9:45 AM
The @mpc-eui.bsky.social lands on Bluesky.