Elisabeth Alber Institute for Studies on Federalism and Regionalism Drususallee/Viale Druso, 1 39100 Bozen/Bolzano  Tel. +39 0471 055 211  Fax +39 0471 055 299  contact

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, Italian and European 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

since 2006	Researcher at the European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen  Institute for Studies on Federalism and Regionalism
2005/2006	Work experience aquired at the European Union's Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in Brussels, Social Affairs, Employment and Citizenship Section (SOC)
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"
2003/2004	Multidisciplinary course on Human Rights, Social Justice and Development, Unicef and the University of Turin, Italy
2003	Visiting researcher at the European Centre for Minority Issues; main research fields: Minority Ombudsman Project and Handbook on Minority Issues
2002-2005	Cooperation with various language schools and translation companies as German teacher and translator
2001-2002	German conversation teacher at the Istituto Tecnico Commerciale Carlo Levi per corrispondenti in lingue estere, Turin, Italy
2000-2001	Advanced Diploma in European Studies, Jean Monnet Institute, Turku, Finland
2000-2001	Erasmus student at the University of Turku, Finland
1998	Degree (Maturadiplom) Linguistic High School "Beda Weber", Meran, Italy

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

• 10 entries in the biografies' section of the dictionary on European integration, in: "Dizionario dell'Integrazione Europea", Piero Craveri, Umberto Morelli and Gaetano Quagliariello (editors), Rubbettino Editore (in print) 
• Co-author of the bilingual Glossary "Politische Bildung - Confusing Conversation" - the 100 most useful terms in civic education, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Bonn (in print) 
• "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, Association for Community Colleges
• 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

• "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

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

October 2007 August 2007 February 2007 September 2006	NECE Workshop Part II "Confusing Conversation" - Über die Schwierigkeit in einer Fremdsprache über politische Bildung zu sprechen - Kloster Seeon, 04 to 06 October 2007, Germany Seminar Week "International Cooperation for Memory", 26 August to 02 September 2007, Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Fondazione Alexander Langer Stiftung/Tuzlanska Amica NECE Workshop "Confusing Conversation" - Über die Schwierigkeit in einer Fremdsprache über politische Bildung zu sprechen - Schloss Hofen, 15 to 18 February, Bregenz, Austria 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 organisation "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