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CURRICULUM VITAE ET STUDIORUM
PERSONAL DATA
• Born in Merano/Meran, Italy
• Researcher at the European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen – Research area Minorities and Autonomies, Institute for Studies on Federalism and Regionalism
• PhD candidate at the University of Innsbruck, Comparative Politics
• Language skills: German mother tongue, Italian excellent, English fluent, French very good, Spanish, Russian and Finnish basic knowledge.
• Board member of the NGO Association for Community Colleges
• Affiliation: Euro-regional Association for Comparative Public Law and European Union, Devolution Club, Member of the NECE Expert group "Politische Bildung"
• Computer skills: Word for Windows, Power Point, Excel, the Internet, Email packages and Dreamweaver
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Federalism and regionalism as tools for diversity management
• Comparative constitutional law
• European integration and minority rights
• Educational, social and youth policies in Europe
• European multilevel governance, citizenship and communication strategy
EDUCATION and WORK EXPERIENCE
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since 2006 |
Researcher at the European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen
Institute for Studies on Federalism and Regionalism |
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2005/2006 |
Work experience aquired at the European Union's Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in Brussels, Social Affairs, Employment and Citizenship Section (SOC)
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2005 |
Degree in International Sciences and Diplomacy, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Turin, Italy, research degree thesis in Comparative Politics: "Cultural diversity and minorities: The legal and political framework in Europe"
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2003/2004 |
Multidisciplinary course on Human Rights, Social Justice and Development, Unicef and the University of Turin, Italy
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2003 |
Visiting researcher at the European Centre for Minority Issues; main research fields: Minority Ombudsman Project and Handbook on Minority Issues
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2002-2005 |
Cooperation with various language schools and translation companies as German teacher and translator |
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2001-2002 |
German conversation teacher at the Istituto Tecnico Commerciale Carlo Levi per corrispondenti in lingue estere, Turin, Italy
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2000-2001 |
Advanced Diploma in European Studies, Jean Monnet Institute, Turku, Finland
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2000-2001 |
Erasmus student at the University of Turku, Finland
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1998 |
Degree (Maturadiplom) Linguistic High School "Beda Weber", Meran, Italy
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PUBLICATIONS
Books
Auf dem Weg zu asymmetrischem Föderalismus? editor together with F. Palermo, R. Hrbek, C. Zwilling, Nomos, Baden-Baden, 2007
Chapters in Books/Articles
"South Tyrol's institutionalized linguistic diversity - status quo and challenges", rapporteur report "Linguistic and cultural diversity within the concept of managing diversity", in: Conference Proceedings "Everday multilingualism" (Eisenstadt, 12-15 June), UNESCO/BMUKK, 2008, forthcoming
10 entries in the biografies' section of the dictionary on European Integration, in: "Dizionario dell'Integrazione Europa", Piero Craveri, Umberto Morelli and Gaetano Quagliariello (eds.), Rubbettino Editore, 2008, forthcoming
Co-author of the bilingual Glossary "Politische Bildung - Confusing Converstaion" - the 100 most useful terms in civic education, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung , Bonn, May 2008
"A challenge for European society", report on the Biennal Conference 2006 of the EESC on a living Europe, in: Periods of Reflection, Annual 2006-7 of the ACC
Cronache Convegni, "Cooperazione inter- e sovracomunale in Tirolo, Alto Adige e Trentino: il caso della pianificazione urbanistica", Dimaro (TN), 13 e 14 ottobre 2006, together with S. Parolari, in: Diritto Pubblico Comparato ed Europeo, 1/2007, Giappichelli Editore, Torino
"National Minorities in the European Union", Policy Paper in ACCent Journal, 2003
"I diritti umani nell'Europa che cambia", GE 185, Autunno 2003
Articles in EURAC science magazine ACADEMIA
"Leben in der Scheinrealität?", article/interview with D. Dedovic at the conference "13 years after Dayton - which future for BiH?" (15-18 May 2008), issue July 2008
"The Rise of the Regions", ACADEMIA, March 2007
"Very close and comfy - novel ideas for a new Europe", ACADEMIA, August 2006
Scientific translations
"South Tyrol's consociational democracy: between political claim and social reality", in: J.Woelk, F.Palermo, J.Marko, Tolerance through Law: Self Governance and Group Rights in South Tyrol, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden, 2008
Parts of "Asymmetrie in Föderalstaaten und in der Europäischen Union", in F.Palermo, R.Hrbek, C. Zwilling, E.Alber, Auf dem Weg zu asymmetrischem Föderalismus?, Nomos, Baden-Baden, 2007
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
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"Diversity management through territorial autonomies - South Tyrol and other best practices", lecturer at the Master Programme `International Conflict Mediation - Peaceworkers´, organised by the University of Bologna and the Province of Bolzano/Bozen, 5 July 2008
"Institutionalized linguistic diversity in South Tyrol", paper presented at the International Conference "Everday Multilingualism" within the forum "Multilingualism in Diverse Contexts", Rapporteur for the Workshop "Linguistic and cultural diversity within the concept of managing diversity", UNESCO/BMUKK, 12-15 June 2008, Eisenstadt, Austria
"Compared Decentralisation Processes", guest lecturer at theUniversity of Lecce, Law Faculty, Course Comparative Constitutional Law, 21 May 2008
Organisation of the International Conference "13 years after Dayton - which future for BiH?", responsible for the workshop introduction to the South Tyrolese autonomy on 15 May and the concluding conference on 17 May at EURAC;
lecturer on 15 May ("Introduction to the Autonomy of South Tyrol" for the Balkan delegations); for detailed information of all Balkan-focused activities in May 2008, please click here
Master on European Integration and Regionalism 2007/2008, Module III Federalism and Regionalism, "Recent transitions towards regionalism in Western Europe: France" and "The Committee of the Regions", 30 January 2008 and 4 February 2008, University of Graz, Austria
International Diversity Summer School, Panel discussant "Diversity in Practice" and lecturer "European Linguistic Diversity Management", University of Vienna, Translation Centre,
09-10 July 2007
"Ethnic consociational democracy - the case study of South Tyrol", lecturer at the Master Programme `International Conflict Mediation - Peaceworkers´, organised by the University of Bologna and the Province of Bolzano, 20 January 2007
"European Models of Governance", "South Tyrol and its Autonomy", "Linguistic diversity in the European Union", lecturer and workshop facilitator at the "Sport and Cultures in Dialogue" seminar in Kong, Denmark, 22 - 26 June 2006
Sprachminderheiten in der EU", lecture for the Steinmetzschule, Laas, 13 June 2006
Stakeholders' Forum "Bridging the gap: how to bring Europe and its citizens closer together", EESC/EC, Brussels, ACC representative and work shop leader for the open space method session "What is at the other end of the bridge?", 7 and 8 November 2005, EESC, Brussels
Seminar and workshop facilitator at the
"Europe of rights college II", Reggello, Toscana, Italy, Association for Community Colleges, 14 - 23 September 2004 |
WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS/CONFERENCES
June 2008
Workshop "Föderalismus im Alpenraum 'revised' "- Institut für Föderalismus (IFÖ), IBK, und EURAC-Institut für Föderalismus- und Regionalismusforschung (SFeRe), 19-20 June 2008, Vorarlberg, Austria
June 2008
International Conference "Everday Multilingualism", speaker and rapporteur, UNESCO/BMUKK, Eisenstadt, 12-15 June 2008, Austria
May 2008
Organisation of the International Conference "13 years after Dayton - which future for BiH?", the workshop "Introduction to the Autonomy of South Tyrol" and the workshop "Un nuovo discorso per l'Europa", EURAC/CIEMEN/Alexander Langer Foundation, 15 May 2008, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy
October 2007
NECE Expert-group workshop Part II "Confusing Conversation" - Über die Schwierigkeit in einer Fremdsprache über politische Bildung zu sprechen - Kloster Seeon, 04 to 06 October 2007, Germany
August/September 2007
Seminar Week "International Cooperation for Memory", 26 August to 02 September 2007, Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Fondazione Alexander Langer Stiftung/Tuzlanska Amica
February 2007
NECE Expert-group workshop "Confusing Conversation" - Über die Schwierigkeit in einer Fremdsprache über politische Bildung zu sprechen - Schloss Hofen, 15 to 18 February, Bregenz, Austria
September 2006
Biannual conference "Living Europe: a challenge for European Society", European Economic and Social Committee, 18 and 19 September, Brussels
November 2005
Stakeholders' Forum "Bridging the gap: how to bring Europe and its citizens closer together", EESC/EC, Brussels, ACC representative
November 2005
UEF/WFM Joint Conference "Federalism, peace and democracy; the experiences and contributions of the European Union and the African Union", Brussels
October 2005
High Level Conference "Sustainability of the European social model" Federal Chamber of Labour of Austria (BAK), Brussels, EESC
July 2005
Project "Cultures in dialogue", Denmark/Germany, Jarupland Højskole, Deutsche Nachschule Tingleff, Østersøen Højskolen, South Tyrolean representative, 17 to 30 July 2005, www.cid2005.org
November 2004
Seminar Week "Minority youth and participation in public life", Sinaia, Romania, Minorities of Europe (MOE)
September 2004
Project "Europe of rights college II", Reggello, Toscana, Italy, Association for Community Colleges, part of the editorial committee ACCent,
14 to 23 September 2004
August 2003
Two weeks project "Europe of rights college I", Reggello, Toscana, Italy, Association for Community Colleges, 2 - 11 August 2003
March 2003
"Turkey and the EU", 10 days study trip to Istanbul,
Turkey, University of Aarhus, Denmark
October 2002
Seminar Week "European co-operation: a way of learning about minorities", Wroclaw, Poland, Hatikvah
July 2002
Two weeks project "Youth 2002" (EU Constitution), Aabenraa, Denmark, Association for Community Colleges, South Tyrolean representative
June 1999
Two weeks "Minority course", Aabenraa, Denmark, Østersøen Højskolen, South Tyrolean representative
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