Gabriele Baratto, PhD

LLM (cum laude) | PhD in International Studies (cum laude)

gabriele.baratto@unitn.it | +39 0461 282374


Assistant Professor of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, University of Trento (Italy), senior researcher at the eCrime research group, and member of the Centre for Security and Crime Sciences (a collaboration between the University of Trento and the University of Verona).

At the University of Trento, courses offered include "Digital Criminology," "Transnational Organized Crime," "Urban Security: Legal and Criminological Issues," "Corporate Security and Brand Protection," and "Financial Crime and Risk Analysis." Additional responsibilities include assisting in the teaching of "Criminology" and "Applied Criminology." Academic specialist for the LL.M. in Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, and International Law, a program offered by UNICRI, UPEACE, and CSSC.

Over the last decade, research has centered on the links between crime and the digital society, organized crime, urban security, hate speech, counterfeiting and criminal markets, human trafficking, and the smuggling of migrants and asylum seekers.