Dr Matilde Rosina is Visiting Fellow at the European Institute. Her research focuses on the political economy of international migration, with specific reference to the European context.  

Matilde received her PhD in International Political Economy from King’s College London, having been awarded scholarships by the Luigi Einaudi Foundation and the Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe. 

Matilde won the King’s Outstanding Thesis Prize for 2021 for her doctoral thesis, and the LSE Teaching Award for 2021 for her teaching in the European Institute. She was also nominated for the LSE Award for Excellent Feedback and Communication. 

Before joining LSE, Matilde lectured at City, University of London, and at Fordham University. She previously worked at the European Commission and in the business intelligence sector. 

Publications 

Monograph

Rosina, M. (2022), The criminalisation of irregular migration in Europe: Deterrence, globalisation, and vicious cycles, Palgrave Macmillan.  

Selected academic articles

Fontana, I. &  Rosina, M. (2024) ‘The Tools of External Migration Policy in the EU Member States: The Case of Italy’. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies.

Rosina, M. (2024), ‘Migration and soft power: the EU’s visa and refugee policy response to the war in Ukraine’, Policy Studies, 45:3-4, 532-550.

Bocquillon, P., Doyle, S., James, T.S., Mason, R., Park, S. & Rosina, M. (2024), ‘The effects of wars: lessons from the war in Ukraine’, Policy Studies, 45:3-4, 261-281.

Rosina, M. (2019), ‘Globalisation and Irregular Migration: Does Deterrence Work?’, in Talani, L.S. & Roccu, R., The Dark Side of Globalisation, Palgrave Macmillan, 85-120. 

Blog posts

Rosina, M. (2024), 'Most countries do not take a fair share of refugees - here’s how we could incentivise them’, The Conversation.

Rosina, M. (2024), 'The war in Ukraine and the geopolitics of migration’, LSE EUROPP Blog

Rosina, M. & Juverdeanu, C. (2024), ‘Brexit-like rhetoric on immigration no longer works’, LSE British Politics and Policy blog, 

Rosina, M. (2023), ‘Deterrence in Italian migration policy’, Il Mulino (in Italian).

Rosina, M. & Kadhum, O. (2023), ‘Can the government’s immigration bill succeed?’, LSE British Politics and Policy blog.

LSE Review of Books (2023), Q&A with Matilde Rosina on her book 'The Criminalisation of Irregular Migration in Europe: Globalisation, Deterrence, and Vicious Cycles'

Media

Rosina, M. (2022),  ‘Why making migration a crime doesn’t work’, LSE Research Showcase (YouTube video).

More publications and updates are available here.