- Strumia, F. (2024). The social contract between the state and the citizen-migrant: EU free movement under a cosmopolitan statist lens. European Law Open, 3(3), pp. 480–499. doi:10.1017/elo.2024.33.
- Strumia, F. (2024). Migrant Citizenship: Rethinking the Citizenship-Mobility Nexus. Nordisk socialrättslig tidskrift, (2024 38), pp. 127–150. doi:10.53292/3c7046b7.3c4dcea2.
- Strumia, F. (2024). The Citizen as Other: The Case from Within for Cosmopolitan State Duties and Freedom to Migrate. The Modern Law Review, 87(3), pp. 670–696. doi:10.1111/1468-2230.12867.
- Strumia, F. (2022). Speaking too little yet saying too much. The wrong signals about EU values: X. v Belgian State. Common Market Law Review, 59(4), pp. 1195–1218.
- Strumia, F. (2020). Supranational Citizenship's Enablers: Free Movement from the Perspective of Home Member States. European Law Review, 45(4), pp. 507–525.
- Kushnir, I., Kilkey, M. and Strumia, F. (2020). EU Integration in the (Post)-Migrant-Crisis Context: Learning New Integration Modes? European Review, 28(2), pp. 306–324. doi:10.1017/s1062798719000425.
- Strumia, F. (2019). The Family in EU Law After the SM Ruling: Variable Geometry and Conditional Deference. European Papers, 4(1), pp. 389–393.
- Strumia, F. (2018). From Alternative Triggers to Shifting Links: Social Integration and Protection of Supranational Citizenship in the Context of Brexit and Beyond. European Papers, 3(2), pp. 733–759. doi:10.15166/2499-8249/253.
- Strumia, F. and Kaushal, A. (2017). Opening the Ranks of Constitutional Subjects: Immigration, Identity, and Innovation in Italy and Canada. German Law Journal, 18(7), pp. 1657–1682. doi:10.1017/s2071832200022483.
- Strumia, F. and Hughes, M.E. (2017). A Momentary Blip or a Step Forward in Revisionist Free Movement?: Case C-308/14 European Commission v. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (14 June 2016). European Public Law, 23(4), pp. 723–737. doi:10.54648/euro2017041.
- Strumia, F. and Hughes, M.E. (2017). A Momentary Blip or a Step Forward in Revisionist Free Movement?: Case C-308/14 European Commission v. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (14 June 2016). EUROPEAN PUBLIC LAW, 23(4), pp. 723–737.
- Strumia, F. (2016). European Citizenship and EU Immigration: A Demoi-cratic Bridge between the Third Country Nationals' Right to Belong and the Member States' Power to Exclude. European Law Journal, 22(4), pp. 417–447. doi:10.1111/eulj.12197.
- Strumia, F. (2016). Divorce immediately, or leave. Rights of third country nationals and family protection in the context of EU citizens free movement: Kuldip Singh and Others. Common Market Law Review, 53(Issue 5), pp. 1373–1393. doi:10.54648/cola2016119.
- Strumia, F. (2016). Brexiting European Citizenship through the Voice of Others. German Law Journal, 17(S1), pp. 109–116. doi:10.1017/s2071832200021805.
- Strumia, F. and Fumero, E. (2015). Stranieri Integrati e Cittadini Emarginati? Profili Evolutivi di una Nozione Sociale della Cittadinanza Europea. Materiali per uno Studio della Cultura Giuridica: Rivista fondata da Giovanni Tarello, XLV, pp. 423–440. doi:10.1436/81402.
- Strumia, F. (2013). Looking for Substance at the Boundaries: European Citizenship and Mutual Recognition of Belonging. Yearbook of European Law, 32(1), pp. 432–459. doi:10.1093/yel/yet018.
- Strumia, F. (2011). Remedying the Inequalities of Economic Citizenship in Europe: Cohesion Policy and the Negative Right to Move. European Law Journal, 17(6), pp. 725–743. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0386.2011.00577.x.
- Strumia, F. (2011). European Social Citizenship: Solidarity in the Realm of Faltering Identity. Journal of European Social Law, 2, pp. 122–135.
- Strumia, F. (2010). Tensions at the Borders in the U.S. and the E.U.: the Quest for State Distinctiveness and Immigrant Inclusion. American University International Law Review, 25(5), pp. 969–1030.
- Strumia, F. (2006). Citizenship and Free Movement: European and American Features of a Judicial Formula for Increased Comity. The Columbia Journal of European Law, 12(3), pp. 713–749.
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About
Overview
Francesca Strumia joined City, University of London in August 2022. She was previously Lecturer (2014-2017) and Senior Lecturer (2017-2022) at the University of Sheffield School of Law. She teaches in the areas of Public Law, EU Law and Immigration Law.
Her research focuses on the role of citizenship beyond the national domain with particular attention to the notion of supranational citizenship, on the relation between citizenship and international migration, on the cosmopolitan role of the state, and on the regulation of skilled migration. She is interested in supervising research in all of these areas.
She is a member of the New York Bar and of the Italian Bar and has practiced corporate and commercial law in major international law firms in London and Milan prior to starting her academic career.
Qualifications
- SJD, Harvard Law School, United States
- LLM (completed and waived), Harvard Law School, United States
- PhD in Comparative Analysis of Law, Economics and Institutions, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy
- Laurea in Giurisprudenza, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), Advance HE
Employment
- Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield, Aug 2017 – Jun 2022
- Lecturer, University of Sheffield, Jun 2014 – Jul 2017
- Associate, Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton, Sep 2012 – Dec 2013
- Research Fellow, Università degli Studi di Torino, May 2012 – Apr 2014
- Associate, Kirkland and Ellis International LLP, Dec 2009 – May 2012
- Adjunct Professor of Law, New England Law Boston, Jan 2008 – May 2009
Fellowships
- Visiting Research Fellow, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Torino, Italy, Feb – Jun 2019
Memberships of professional organisations
- Talented Italians in the UK, Nov 2017 – present
- Ordine degli Avvocati di Torino, Avvocato, Mar 2010 – present
- New York State Bar, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Jun 2006 – present
Award
- Italian Chamber of Commerce in the UK (2017) Young Talented Italians Award
One of eight UK-resident Italians under 40 to receive the prize for “outstanding contributions to the relations between Italy and the UK”
Languages
English (can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review), French (can read and understand spoken), German (can read, write and speak), Italian (can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review) and Spanish; Castilian (can read, write, speak and understand spoken).
Publications
Publications by category
Books (2)
- Strumia, F. (2013). Supranational Citizenship and the Challenge of Diversity Immigrants, Citizens and Member States in the EU. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. ISBN 978-90-04-26076-4.
- Strumia, F. (2013). La duplice metamorfosi della cittadinanza in Europa da cittadinanza sedentaria a cittadinanza itinerante, da cittadinanza sociale a cittadinanza economica. ISBN 978-88-243-2251-5.
Chapters (8)
- Strumia, F. (2024). New Generation Skilled Migration Policies: Talent as Output, High Regard Guests and Citizens in Absentia. Investment Migration in Europe and the World: Current Issues Hart Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5099-5522-0.
- Kushnir, I., Kilkey, M. and Strumia, F. (2023). The EU integration project through the lens of the Balkan-route ‘migrant crisis’. Migration, EU Integration and the Balkan Route (pp. 12–33). Routledge.
- Strumia, F. (2018). Global Citizenship for the Stay-at-Homes. IMISCOE Research Series (pp. 279–284). Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-92718-3.
- Strumia, F. (2017). Individual Rights, Interstate Equality, State Autonomy: European Horizontal Citizenship and Its (Lonely) Playground from a Trans-Atlantic Perspective. EU Citizenship and Federalism (pp. 615–641). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-07270-1.
- Strumia, F. (2017). Ruiz Zambrano’s Quiet Revolution. EU Law Stories (pp. 224–244). Cambridge University Press.
- Strumia, F. (2017). Supranational Citizenship. In Shachar, A., Bauböck, R., Bloemraad, I. and Vink, M. (Eds.), (pp. 668–693). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-880585-4.
- Strumia, F. (2009). European Citizenship: Mobile Nationals, Immobile Aliens and Random Europeans. In Greve, M.S. and Zoeller, M. (Eds.), Citizenship in America and Europe - Beyond the Nation State? (pp. 45–64). Washington DC: AEI Press.
- European Citizenship and Transnational Rights: Chronicles of a Troubled Narrative. In Questioning EU Citizenship : Judges and the Limits of Free Movement and Solidarity in the EU Hart Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5099-1468-5.
Internet publications (14)
- Strumia, F. (2022). Lights Off on Supranational Citizenship for UK Nationals. Let the Reckoning Begin (Préfet du Gers, C-673/20).
- Strumia, F. (2020). When Managed Recognition Turns into Outright Denial. Where to for EU inter-court relations after the BVerfG PSPP judgment. Verfassungsblog.
- Strumia, F. (2019). Brexit and the Static Citizens: The Forgotten Side of Citizenship Loss. European Liberal Forum Blog.
- Strumia, F. (2019). Unemployment, Residence Rights, Social Benefits at Three Crossroads in the Tarola ruling. EU Law Analysis.
- Strumia, F. (2018). Global Citizenship for the Stay-at-Homes. Global Citizenship Observatory - Cloud Communities Forum.
- Strumia, F. (2017). The Rights that Trump’s Travel Ban Takes Away from Us All. The Conversation.
- Strumia, F. (2017). Brexit and the Safeguard of EU Transnational Rights - Act II The Supreme Court’s Position. EU Law Analysis.
- Strumia, F. (2017). Perchè la Sentenza della Corte Suprema Britannica sulla Brexit E’ anche un po' per Noi. Huffington Post Italia.
- Strumia, F. (2017). La Libertà di Circolazione, Spesso Fraintesa. Huffington Post Italia.
- Strumia, F. (2016). High Court y Brexit: la Protección de los Derechos Transnacionales Europeos. Hay Derecho.
- Strumia, F. (2016). In-Between the Lines of the High Court Brexit Judgment: EU Transnational Rights and their Safeguards. EU Law Analysis.
- Strumia, F. and Brown, C. (2015). The Asymmetry in the Right to Free Movement of European Union Citizens: the Case of Students. EU Law Analysis.
- Strumia, F. (2012). L’Italia ha una Legge per gli Immigrati di Talento ma Nessuno Lo Sa. Linkiesta.
- Strumia, F., Kilkey, M. and Kushnir, I. La Lezione Appresa in UE dalla Crisi dei Migranti.
Journal articles (20)
Working papers (2)
- Strumia, F. (2024). The Citizen as Other: The Case from Within for Cosmopolitan State Duties and Freedom to Migrate. London, UK: City Law School.
- Strumia, F. (2016). New-generation Skilled Migration Policies and the Changing Fabric of Membership: Talent as Output and the Headhunting State. Investment Migration Council Research Papers.
Professional activities
Collaboration (academic)
- Partner of European Narratives Project, Transnational Democracy Initiative, European University Institute, Firenze project (Sep 2021 – present)
Other partners: Prof. Kalypso Nicolaidis
Consultancy
- Embassy of Italy in the UK (Feb 2018 – present)
Member of advisory group on Brexit and citizenship
Keynote lectures/speeches (3)
- Keynote Lecture 'Citizenship: What's in it, What is it for, Where does it get you'. Annual Summer School on National Minorities in Border Regions ‘Minorities as Citizens’, European Center for Minority Issues, Oñati, Spain (2022).
- Keynote Speech 'Reframing the cosmopolitanism of EU values: the argument from within'. International conference ‘Towards an Inclusive Governance of EU Fundamental Values’, Human Rights Centre ‘Antonio Papisca’, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy (2021).
- Keynote lecture, ‘Understanding Citizenship: a Legal Historical Analysis’. Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, Brussels, Belgium (2019).