Dr Marco Palillo PhD

Marco Palillo is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Greenwich. They have a PhD in Social Policy from the London School of Economics and have held teaching positions at Sciences Po Paris, LSE and the University of Bradford. Marco’s current and past research projects explore the relationship between masculinity, migration and race in the Mediterranean. Moreover, their interdisciplinary research portfolio includes various consultancy projects with renowned international research institutions, national governments, and international organisations. Before pursuing a PhD, Marco worked as a parliamentary assistant at the Italian Parliament, mainly focusing on human rights, minorities, and LGBTQIA+ issues. Moreover, they have been involved with several activist/advocacy organisations in Italy and at the European level. For these accomplishments, in 2014, Marco was the only Italian member invited by the German Marshall Fund of the United States to join their Transatlantic Inclusive Leaders Network, a global network of young minority leaders/advocates for inclusive governance on both sides of the Atlantic.