Leila Giannetto

Research Associate
Leila Giannetto is Research Associate at the Migration Policy Centre of the European University Institute, where she works 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)”. Previously she has worked with Fieri and Euricse as research fellow and with IOM, CPMR and CIDOB as 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.
Refereed journal articles
  • Giannetto, L. (2020), “CSOs and EU Border Management: Cooperation or Resistance? The Case of Frontex Consultative Forum”, American Behavioral Scientist, 64(4), 501–524.
  • Del Biaggio, C., Giannetto, L. and NoĂ»s, C. (eds.) (2020), “Refugees and mountains”, Journal of Alpine Research/Revue de GĂ©ographie Alpine, 108(2).
  • Giannetto, L. (2015), 'Myths of Accountability and European Agencies', Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 25 (4): 1307-1310,

    • Book chapters
  • Giannetto, L. (2019), “Lobbying EU Agencies from Within: Advocacy Groups in Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights”, in Dialer, D. and Richter, M. (eds.), Lobbying in the European Union. Strategies, Dynamics and Trends, Springer, Ch. 12, pp. 165-184.
  • Galera, G., Giannetto, L. and E. Ravazzoli (2019), “Migrants in the Italian Alps: key data and policies”, in Galera, G., Machold, I., Membretti, A. and Perlik, M. (eds.), Alpine Refugees. Immigration at the core of Europe, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Ch. 14, pp. 143-158.
  • Giannetto, L. and Galera, G. (2017), “L’accoglienza in Italia: quadro normativo, politiche nazionali e territoriali”, in Membretti, A. and Kofler, I., Per forza o per scelta. L’immigrazione straniera nelle Alpi e negli Appennini, Aracne editrice.
  • Giannetto, L. (2015), 'The Charter of Lampedusa', in Cunha A., Silva M., Frederico R. (eds.), The borders of Schengen, Brussels: P.I.E. Peter Lang, pp. 99-112.

    • Books
  • Boccagni, P., Galera, G., Giannetto, L. and S. Piovesan (2020), Il tramonto dell’accoglienza. La gestione delle dinamiche di accoglienza della Provincia Autonoma di Trento prima e dopo il Decreto Sicurezza e immigrazione, Fondazione Migrantes, Collezione Quaderni, 15.

    • Reports and working papers
  • Giannetto, L. and Pastore, F. (2021), Refugee tech in the EU. A scoping study of ICT tools for labour market integration of refugees and migrants, report prepared for the AMIF project Labour-Int 2.
  • Bolzoni, M., Donatiello, D. and L. Giannetto (2020), '(Dis)fare accoglienza. Attori e contesti alla prova dei Decreti Sicurezza', in Marchetti, C. and M. Molfetta (eds.), Il diritto d'asilo. Report 2020. Costretti a fuggire... ancora respinti, Fondazione Migrantes, pp. 165-200.
  • Giannetto, L., Boaglio, D. and Y. Kibeida (2020), National Report on the status of refugee-led community organisations in Italy, report prepared for the Eramus+ project 'Training Kit for Empowering Refugee-Led Community Organisations'.
  • Caponio, T., Giannetto, L. and Ponzo, I. (2019), ‘Comparative report on the multilevel governance of the national asylum seekers’ reception systems’, CEASEVAL research on the Common European Asylum System.
  • Giannetto, L., Ponzo, I. and E. Roman (2019), National report on the governance of the asylum reception system in Italy, CEASEVAL research on the Common European Asylum System.
  • Galera, G., Giannetto, L., Membretti, A. and Noya, A. (2018), “Integration of Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Remote Areas with Declining Populations”, OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Working Papers, No. 2018/03, OECD Publishing, Paris.
  • Galera, G., Giannetto, L. and A. Noya (2018), “The Role of Non-state Actors in the Integration of Refugees and Asylum Seekers", OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Working Papers, No. 2018/02, OECD Publishing, Paris.

    • Blogs and newspaper articles
  • Giannetto, L. (2020), ‘Frontex, Civil Society Organsations, and Human Rights at the EU Borders: A Complex Relationship’, Border Criminologies, blog post.
  • Galera, G., Luisi, D. and L. Giannetto (2018) “Creazione di valore attraverso l’accoglienza di richiedenti asilo e rifugiati in Italia: alcune esperienze in aree interne”, Urban@it, Working Papers, 2/2018. ISSN 2465-2059.
  • Giannetto, L. and G. Galera (2018), “Politiche pubbliche: genesi, potenzialitĂ  e limiti dei diversi sistemi”, in Galera, G. (ed.) ‘Focus: comunitĂ  accoglienti e sviluppo locale’, Welfare Oggi, n. 4-5: 11-16.
  • Giannetto, L. (2018), “Val Camonica: accoglienza, lavoro e sviluppo locale”, in Galera, G. (ed.) ‘Focus: comunitĂ  accoglienti e sviluppo locale’, Welfare Oggi, n. 4-5: 26-28.
  • Giannetto, L. (2015), ‘Diritti umani e politiche dell’immigrazione: un binomio possibile in Europa?’, MOST East Journal, 9: 44-62.
  • Giannetto, L. (2014), 'Frontex and fundamental rights: a love story?', Statewatch Journal, 23 (3-4): 12-16.