Zelia Anna Gallo

Zelia Anna Gallo is Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law and Criminology at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London.

She researches the sociology of punishment, focusing on the relationship between politics, economics and penality in Western democracies, particularly Italy and the United Kingdom.

She holds a doctorate from the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she was also a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Law. She has worked with the University of Bologna for many years and has been a visiting professor at the University of Milan and at Bocconi University.

Her publications include the article ‘Concepts and Conditions of Penal Moderation: Penal Policy, Public Philosophy and Political Ideologies. Theoretical reflections from Italy (2010-2018)’ in Theoretical Criminology, and the chapter ‘Political ideologies and penal policy’ in the edited volume Research Handbook on Penal Policy (Edward Elgar).

Her monograph ‘Punishment and Politics in Contemporary Italy’ is forthcoming from Oxford University Press.