Dr Stefano Angeleri joined the UL School of Law as Assistant Professor in 2025.

Dr Angeleri previously held a Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) postdoctoral fellowship at Queen’s University Belfast and Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá (2021–2024), and visiting scientist position at the François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University (2023-2025). He earned his PhD in Law from the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the University of Galway (2019), where he also conducted research and lectured as a postdoctoral fellow until 2021. Currently, he is the General Coordinator for the Academic Network on the European Social Charter and Social Rights (ANESC/RACSE), a critical academic observers of social rights development and implementation in Europe. 

In addition to his academic career, Dr Angeleri, who has been admitted to the bar in Italy since 2013, has led and collaborated on numerous research and training projects with organisations such as the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRANET), the International Organization for Migration, the Pan-American Health Organization, the Global Campus of Human Rights, and the Italian NGO Naga.

Angeleri’s work focuses on health, migration, and social rights, examining the complexities and inconsistencies of human rights law and rights-based approaches through both doctrinal and sociolegal research. His scholarship bridges academic inquiry with intersectoral initiatives, integrating interdisciplinary perspectives and amplifying the voices of diverse actors and stakeholders. 

Stefano is author of  Irregular Migrants and the Right to Health (Cambridge University Press 2022), Derecho a la atención en salud para las personas migrantes en situación irregular en Colombia: entre estándares normativos y barreras prácticas (Dejusticia 2024), and editor of The European Social Charter. A Commentary (Brill 2022-). He has published in peer-reviewed journals such as the European Journal of Migration and Law, International Journal of Human Rights, Yale Journal of International Law, Swiss Review of International and European Law, Medical Law Review, and Health and Human Rights Journal. He has also authored various book chapters, blogs, and reports in English, Spanish, and Italian.

At UL, he is lecturer and module leader of: 

• Human Rights Law - LA4058
• Law of the European Union 1 - LA4033
• Postgraduate Human Rights Law Online - LA6222
• Law of the European Convention of Human Rights - LA6121