Andrea Pelliccia

Socio-anthropologist and researcher at the Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies of Italian National Research Council (IRPPS–CNR). His research interests include various issues relating to migratory pro¬cesses within contexts of globalization and interculturalism: transnational migration, diaspora studies, ethnicity studies, media and migration, international student mobility.
Previously he dealt with the phenomenon of drug addiction among the immigrant population in Italy, at the Institute of Clinical Physiology of the Italian National Research Council (IFC-CNR). He is author of many papers on Italian and international journals and books.