Nicola Mai is a sociologist, ethnographer and filmmaker working as Professor of Sociology and Migration Studies at the University of Kingston London. His academic writing and films focus on the experiences and representations of migrants working in the globalised sex industry. He is the PI of the ERC-funded project 'Sexual Humanitarianism: Migration, Sex Work and Trafficking’, Kingston University, London (in partnership with Aix-Marseille University) 2016-2018.