Francesco Maiani is an Associate Professor of Public and European Law at the University of Lausanne and a Visiting Fellow at the European University Institute. His research interests include the Law of European Integration, International Human Rights and Refugee Law, as well as EU Migration Law and Policies. He teaches Public Law and Public Policies at the University of Lausanne, and is regularly invited to teach subjects of EU Law and Migration Law at universities abroad. Maiani holds a Degree in Law from the University of Rome La Sapienza,  an LLM in European and International Law from the Universities of Geneva and Lausanne, and finally a PhD in Law from the Universities of Lausanne and Milan. He was a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute (2007-2008), and a member of the ODYSSEUS Academic Network for Legal Studies on Immigration and Asylum in Europe.