Marco Zoppi is a Research Fellow at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna (Italy). He has a PhD in Histories and Dynamics of Globalization from Roskilde University (Denmark). His main research interests include: the study of migration phenomena in the European space, with particular attention to the Balkan area and the Central Mediterranean route; the analysis of integration processes and social safety nets in the diaspora; the study of Euro-African relations, their historical development and future prospects.