Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Basel
Adjunct Lecturer, University of Milan
Francesca is a postdoctoral researcher at the University Basel, working on the project “Just Parenthood: The Ethics and Politics of Childrearing in the 21st Century”. She is also affiliated with the University of Milan, as an Adjunct Lecturer teaching two undergraduate courses on Theories of equality and Rights and Law and Social Change. Previously, she held a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Milan (January-August 2023). Having completed her Law degree at the University of Bologna in 2017, she earned a Ph.D. in Political Studies at the University of Milan in 2022. She grew up in Chieti, a small city in Southern Italy, and she lived in Bologna, Leuven, Bruxelles, Milan, York, and Basel. When she’s not doing philosophy, she’s mostly reading novels and traveling. She also facilitated SessFem twice.
Francesca’s research interests range from political philosophy, sociology of law, bioethics, and feminist theory. Her master’s thesis explored the philosophical and legal implications of surrogacy from a feminist perspective, while her doctoral dissertation delved into the desirability and feasibility of legal recognition for polyamorous families, combining political liberalism, feminist care ethics, and queer family normativity. Her current research involves the legal implications of family transformations on family law regimes and socio-legal norms, and the normative implications of parenting and co-parenting, with a specific focus on multi-parenthood, the valorization of intentionality and care to build an ethics of just parenthood, equality between different kinds of families, and gender equality.
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List of publications
Journal Articles
Miccoli, F. (2021). Legal recognition of polyamory: Notes on its feasibility, A Transdisciplinary Journal of Queer Theories and Studies, 4, 357-380. https://doi.org/10.13131/2611-657X.whatever.v4i1.112
Miccoli, F. (2022). Should all families be treated equally by law? In support of equal dignity and legal recognition for unconventional families, Biblioteca della libertà, LVII(235), 73-104. doi/23827/BDL_2022_9
Miccoli, F. (2023). La medicina di genere è femminista? Riflessioni sul principio di autodeterminazione e sul diritto alla salute in un’ottica di genere, Notizie di Politeia, XXXIX(150), 110-114. Article here.
Miccoli, F. (2024). Libertà di donarsi? Una critica della “mistica del dono” nella gestazione per alti di tipo altruistico, Notizie di Politeia, XL(155), 114-119. Article here.
Miccoli, F. (2025) Oltre la giuridicizzazione del sesso: rapporto sessuale, consenso e “buon sesso”, Notizie di Politeia, XLI(158), 169-174. Article here.
Book Chapters
Miccoli, F. (2024). Resisting Family Diversity? European Court of Human Rights Attitudes towards Heteronormativity and Legal Pluralism in Family Regimes. In: Stępień, M., Juzaszek, A., (eds) Relationships Rights and Legal Pluralism. The Inadequacy of Marriage Laws in Europe (pp. 447-67). Routledge, New York. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003470786
Book Reviews
Miccoli, F. (2023). Palazzo, Nausica and Redding, Jeffrey A. (eds.) (2022), Queer and Religious Alliances in Family Law Politics and Beyond, London-New York, Anthem Press, pp. 224, AboutGender, 12(23), 437-442. https://doi.org/10.15167/2279-5057/AG2023.12.23.2197
Just Parenthood 