Calogero Giametta

I am a sociologist and lecturer in Criminology, I joined the University of Leicester in 2022. I obtained an MA in Cultural Studies from Goldsmiths College (2007) and a PhD in Sociology from London Metropolitan University (2014), as such my research profile sits well in interdisciplinarity. Since 2014 I have been teaching and doing research in universities across the UK and France at Sciences Po Paris and Aix-Marseille University. In my work, I have examined how migration control operates in Europe, and I have studied different forms of forced migration and the specific impact of anti-human trafficking policies on migrant sex workers and the right of asylum for LGBTQ+ people in France, Italy and the UK. More recently, my research focus has shifted towards understanding the links between the criminalisation of sexuality and gender identity and the sociology of migration since the 1960s. Currently I am the Principal Investigator of the Leverhulme Trust-funded project Ageing LGBTQ+ Lives in the UK and Italy: Criminalisations and Migrations (2015-2017).