Sergio Grossi is Assistant Professor of Criminology (tenure track) in the Department of Sociology at John Jay College (City University of New York) and Associate Researcher at the Sorbonne Institute of Legal and Philosophical Sciences. 

He has conducted research at various institutions, including the University of Cambridge, Paris Nanterre, the Complutense University of Madrid, the University of São Paulo, the Federal Fluminense University of Rio de Janeiro, and the Universities of Bologna and Padua. 

He has been invited to Colombia University and UNESCO as a visiting scholar, and he has served on scientific committees and as an expert for the UNESCO Chair in Applied Research for Education in Prison and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI).

He has been awarded various highly competitive grants across different continents, including the European Union’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) grant, the Brazilian São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), and the Italian Ministry of Universities and Research (MUR), which has also awarded him for the impact of his research in advancing the defense of human rights.