University degree in law obtained in 1996 at Trento University.

University degree in interpreting in German and French, obtained in 1989 at the Faculty for Interpreting and Translating (Scuola Superiore di Lingue moderne per Interpreti e Traduttori), Trieste University.
Two semester study stay at Heidelberg University and one semester study stay at Geneva University.

Attendance of the legal translation courses organised by the Accademia Europea in Bolzano (European Academy) for four semesters (from 1993 to 1995).

Attendance in 1997 and 1998 at the Accademia Europea in Bolzano of a course on communication strategies (Neurolinguistisches Programmieren) for trainers.

Teaching experience:

Academic years 2003/2004, 2004/2005,  2005/2006, 2006/2007 (in Italian language) and 2007/2008 (in German language): Teaching at a practical seminar on the German administrative proceedings within the framework of the course on transnational administrative law at Trento University (20 hours).

September 2007: Teaching course for the staff of the administration of the Province of Trento about the new provincial law on administrative procedures (28 hours).    

Coordinator and teacher of a course on Italian/German juridical terminology, organized by the Trentino South Tyrol Region for justices of the peace and for the Region's administrative staff (2004/2005).

May-June 2003: Seminar on the decision of constitutionality within the framework of a course on public law at the Faculty of Sociology of Trento University.

November – December 2002: Lecturer on administrative law by Trento University's appointment on vices in measures and administrative law at the UPAD education and training institute in Bolzano.

1997/1998: Teaching courses for the staff of the Provincial administrative body at the Accademia Europea in Bolzano. Topics: transparency and right of access to administrative documents, law 675/96 (Italian law on privacy), liability in public administration, sources of law.

Conference papers:

"L'assicurazione contro i rischi della non autosufficienza in Germania: un bilancio a dodici anni dall'introduzione" at the international conference "Il futuro dei sistemi socio-sanitari - profili giuridici nell'ambito euroregionale", EURAC Bolzano, June 2007.

"Il problema della lingua nel processo penale altoatesino" at the international conference "Il processo di Norimberga: la nascita della traduzione simultanea", EURAC Bolzano, October 2006. 

"Ist Italien auf dem Wege zu einem föderativen Staatsaufbau", University of Munich, June 2006.

"La riforma della riforma della Costituzione italiana: mito o realtà", Rotary Club Bolzano, June 2006.

Participation as speaker in the Feder.cen.tri International congress, Bologna, with two seminars: 1) Corrispondenze e divergenze nella terminologia e nella realtà giuridica tra Germania e Italia: il procedimento amministrativo (Similarities and differences in terminology and juridical systems between Germany and Italy: the administrative proceeding) ; 2) Corrispondenze e divergenze nella terminologia e nella realtà giuridica tra Germania e Italia: la giustizia amministrativa (Similarities and differences in terminology and juridical systems between Germany and Italy: the administrative trial) (2005).

"La traduzione giuridica nell'ottica del destinatario" at the international on Italian and German law terminology entitled "Linguistica giuridica italiana e tedesca: obiettivi, approcci e risultati", organised by the Accademia Europea in Bolzano (1998).

Publications:

Books:

Monograph entitled "La giurisdizione sul silenzio e la discrezionalità amministrativa: Germania, Italia e Austria" published within the framework of a research project financed by the Italian Ministry for University, Innovation and Research (2004).

"Pflege- und Gesundheitswesen im Umbruch", editor together with Anna Gamper, Vienna 2007.

"Ordinamento processuale amministrativo tedesco - VwGO" editor together with Giandomenico Falcon, published in "Quaderni", Law Department of Trento University (2000).

Co-authoring:

"Linguistic Rights and the Use of Language", in Joseph Marko et al.(ed.), "Tolerance through Law", Leiden 2008.

"L'assicurazione contro i rischi della non autosufficienza in Germania: un bilancio a dodici anni dall'introduzione", in A. Gamper/C. Fraenkel-Haeberle  (ed.), "Gesundheits- und Pflegewesen im Umbruch", Wien 2007.

Commentary of articles 71 and 72 of "Codice dei Beni Culturali e del Paesaggio" (Code on Cultural Heritage and Landscape), edited by Prof. Maria Alessandra Sandulli, Milano 2006.

"Problematiche della traduzione giuridica in funzione del suo destinatario", in Daniela Veronesi (ed.) "Linguistica giuridica italiana e tedesca", 2000.

Articles:

"Die Untätigkeitsklage im Vergleich zwischen dem italienischen, deutschen und österreichischen Recht" in the German magazine „Die öffentliche Verwaltung" (2004).

"Unbestimmte Rechtsbegriffe, technisches Ermessen und gerichtliche Nachprüfbarkeit: Konvergenzen und Divergenzen zwischen dem deutschen, dem österreichischen und dem italienischen Recht" in the German magazine „Die öffentliche Verwaltung" (2005).

"Autorità indipendenti ante litteram, ovvero organi collegiali con un'impronta giurisdizionale nella realtà austriaca", Diritto e società, 3/2005.

Review of the habilitation work by Prof. Anna Gamper, Die Regionen mit Gesetzgebungshoheit: Eine rechtsvergleichende Untersuchung zu Föderalismus und Regionalismus in Europa,  Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al., 2004, XVIII + 534, Diritto pubblico, 2/2005.

Review of the book "Verwaltungsrechtsschutz in Italien" by Jöchen Pörtge, Lit Verlag, 2006, Diritto pubblico, 1/2006.

"L'autonomia finanziaria dell'Alto Adige tra regime di specialità e autonomia contrattata", www.federalismi.it,  2/2007.

"Prime considerazioni sulla riforma elettorale austriaca nel centenario  dall'avvento del suffragio universale (maschile)", www.federalismi.it,  17/2007.

"La secessione dei comuni: una chimera o una via percorribile?", www.federalismi.it 2/2008.

"Appalti sottosoglia e tutela giurisdizionale nell'ordinamento tedesco: nuovo trionfo dell'ortodossia nazionale?", together with Georg Gass, Il diritto dell'economia, 1/2008, forthcoming.

Review of the book "Staat und Verfassung - Einführung in die allgemeine Staatslehre", by Anna Gamper, fakultas.wuv Universitätsverlag 2007, forthcoming.

Articles in the EURAC science magazine ACADEMIA:

"Speyer: Von der historischen Kaiserstadt zur wissenschaftlichen Hochburg", August 2006.

"Die Zukunft des Gesundheits- und Pflegewesen in der Europaregion" July 2007.

Published translations:

1991: Un patto per la convivenza - 20 anni di nuova autonomia per l'Alto Adige - Gianni Faustini and Hansjörg Kucera – published by the Autonomous Province of Bolzano.

1993 I diritti fondamentali dei gruppi etnici in Europa - Felix Ermacora, Christoph Pan - Ethnos Verlag, Vienna.

1994 Problemi sociali e giuridici del pendolarismo frontaliero nelle regioni dell'Arge-Alp - Ulrich Runggaldier - published by the Press Office of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano.

1995 L'attrattiva dell'Alto Adige come sede industriale - Kaspar Speckle, Wolfgang Astecker, Udo Seibstock - published by the Autonomous Province of Bolzano.

1998 Lo Stato federale differenziato - Peter Pernthaler – published by IL MULINO, Bologna.

1998 L'Alto Adige e l'Unione Europea – Esther Happacher, Claudio Quaranta – published by the Autonomous Province of Bolzano.

"Frode, corruzione e armonizzazione giuridica in Europa", by Klaus Tiedemann, Riv. trim. dir. pen. economia, 20/2007. 

Professional experience:

Freelance activity as interpreter and translator: more than 1,000 assignments of simultaneous and consecutive interpreting on the most various topics.
Fields of specialization: administrative law, constitutional law, commercial law, European law; labour law; philosophy of law; banking; insurance; welfare and health services; librarianship; archeology; natural science.

Establishment of "Congress Service snc" in 1992, a translation and interpreting agency that actively organises seminars, congresses and other meetings (www.congresservice.it).

Since 2006, senior researcher with the Institute for Studies on Federalism and Regionalism of the Accademia Europea di Bolzano.

Memberships in associations:

Since 2005, member of the Associazione euroregionale di diritto pubblico comparato ed europeo (Euro-Regional Association for Comparative Public Law and European Union Law) (www.jus-euroregionale.org).

Since 2006, member of the Devolution Club (www.devolutionclub.it).

Since 2006, member of the editorial staff of www.federalismi.it

Since 1990, member of the Associazione degli Interpreti Simultanei della Provincia di Bolzano (South Tyrol Association of Simultaneous Interpreters) (www.aib-sdv.it).