Dr. Salvatore Nicolosi

Biography

Salvatore Nicolosi is an Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair in European Law at Utrecht University Law School, specializing in migration policies. He founded and co-leads the Migration Law (MiLa) Research Platform and leads the Building block Citizenship Migration at the Utrecht Centre for Regulation and Enforcement in Europe (RENFORCE). Salvatore coordinates the LL.M. programme in European Law and is a Fellow at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM). He is an active member of the Utrecht Centre for Global Challenges, particularly the MIGROBAL project focused on interdisciplinary collaboration to tackle real-world problems. Before joining Utrecht University, Salvatore was a Senior Researcher at the Human Rights Centre of Ghent University, where he worked on projects assessing compliance with international human rights standards within the Common European Asylum System. He has also served as a Senior Research Associate in the Programme on Studies on Human Rights at Ghent University, and he is listed as a legal expert for the EU Agency for Asylum (EUAA). Salvatore holds a PhD from La Sapienza University of Rome, with research interests in European law, international human rights law, and international refugee law. He frequently collaborates across institutions, teaching as an Adjunct Professor in European Law at various universities in Belgium, Italy, Japan, Finland, and Spain. Salvatore has received prestigious fellowships, including the EU Fulbright-Schuman Fellowship, for his research in Refugee and Asylum Law at the University of Michigan's Law School. He enjoys writing, drawing, photography, and is an enthusiast of table football.

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