EDUCATION
2015 – 2019
University of Bologna
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Ph.D. in “Global and International Studies”
2011 – 2014
University of Bologna
Department of Political Sciences
M.A. summa cum laude in “International Relations”
2007 – 2011
University of Messina
Department of Political Sciences
B.A. in “Political Sciences and International Relations”
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2025 – ongoing
University of Bologna
Department of Cultural Heritage
Course: “La Cina Comunista e l'Area Mediterranea” (Communist China and the Mediterranean Region)
Adjunct Professor
2022 – 2024
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Department of Asian and North African Studies
Course: “La Cina e il Mondo: Prospettive Storiche e Contemporanee” (China and the World: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives)
Adjunct Professor
2020 – 2021
“Lorenzo De’ Medici” International Institute (Florence)
Course: “China’s Development and the Global Shift”
Adjunct Professor
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
- Albana, Alessandro & Fiori, Antonio. “Introduction - Taiwan: A Frontline of Democracy under Threat?”. In Taiwan: A Frontline of Democracy under Threat?, edited by Alessandro Albana & Antonio Fiori. Topical section in International Journal of Taiwan Studies 7, no. 2 (2024): 223-228.
- Albana, Alessandro & Fiori, Antonio (eds.). “Taiwan: A Frontline of Democracy under Threat?”. Topical section in International Journal of Taiwan Studies 7, no. 2 (2024): 223-320.
- Albana, Alessandro. “Pursuing Stability through Competition: India’s Reactive Strategy to China’s Rise in the Indo-Pacific”. In South Asia. State, Society and Politics, edited by Ali Asker, Md Nazmul İslam, Büşra Yengeç Ersin & Amir Ahmed Khuhro, 563-582. Ankara: Nobel Publishing Group, 2023.
- Albana, Alessandro. "Young Political Activists in the Xi Jinping Era: The Jasic Struggle and the Prospect for Social Mobilization in China". In National Identity and Millenials in Japan and China: Power and Contestations in the Digital Age, edited by Vanessa Frangville, Thierry Kellner & Frederik Ponjaert, 130-147. Abingdon & New York: Routledge, 2023.
- Proserpio, Licia, Cappi, Valentina & Albana, Alessandro. "Taking Cover before the Outbreak: Understanding Precautionary Behaviours of Chinese in Italy in the COVID-19 Scenario". Fuori Luogo Journal of Sociology of Territory, Tourism, Technology 12, no. 2 (novembre 2022): 135-152.
- Albana, Alessandro. "La Cina Maoista: dalla Nascita della Repubblica Popolare alla Rivoluzione Culturale". In Asia: Storia, Istituzioni e Relazioni Internazionali, edited by Antonio Fiori, Marco Milani & Andrea Passeri, 269-289. Milano: Le Monnier, 2022.
- Albana, Alessandro. "La Crisi della Dinastia Qing e la Nascita della Repubblica di Cina". In Asia: Storia, Istituzioni e Relazioni Internazionali, edited by Antonio Fiori, Marco Milani & Andrea Passeri, 111-130. Milano: Le Monnier, 2022.
- Albana, Alessandro. "La Quinta Generazione di Leader: la Cina di Xi Jinping". In Asia: Storia, Istituzioni e Relazioni Internazionali, edited by Antonio Fiori, Marco Milani & Andrea Passeri, 515-530. Milano: Le Monnier, 2022.
- Albana, Alessandro. "L’Impatto dell’Arrivo delle Potenze Straniere in Cina (1860-1900)". In Asia: Storia, Istituzioni e Relazioni Internazionali, edited by Antonio Fiori, Marco Milani & Andrea Passeri, 19-35. Milano: Le Monnier, 2022.
- Albana, Alessandro. "Beijing Turns to the Seas. Combining Assertive Postures with Cooperation". In Asia in World Politics: Past, Present and Future, edited by Marcin Socha & Michał Zaręba, 11-25. Lodz: Lodz University Press, 2021.
- Albana, Alessandro & Fiori, Antonio. "China and the BRI: Challenges and Opportunities for Southeast Asia". In Rebalancing Asia: The Belt and Road Initiative and Indo-Pacific Strategy, edited by Praimod Jaiswal & Deepak Prakash Bhatt, 149-159. Singapore: Springer Nature, 2021.
- Albana, Alessandro. Review of “Europe in Emerging Asia: Opportunities and Obstacles in Political and Economic Encounters”, edited by Fredrik Erixon & Krishnan Srinivasan. Ricerche di Storia Politica 2 (2018): 233-234.
ACADEMIC EXCHANGES AND FELLOWSHIPS
Mar 2019
Visiting research fellow
China Foreign Affairs University (Beijing, China)
Nov 2018
Delegation member
European Leading Think Tanks Delegation to China
Central Committee of the CPC, International Department (Beijing, China); People’s Government of Yunnan Province, Foreign Affairs Office (Yunnan province, China)
Oct 2016 – May 2017
Erasmus+ Research Mobility Program
China University of Political Science and Law (Beijing, China)
Dec 2015
MIRAI Program
Keio University; EU Studies Institute; AFS Intercultural Programs; European Federation for Intercultural Learning (Tokyo, Japan)
Jan – Jul 2010
Erasmus Exchange Program
University of Bergen (Norway)
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Dec 2022
Hong Kong as Method? Navigating China’s Political Prospects in the Wake of the National Security Law
10th East Asian Regional Conference in Alternative Geography "New Geo-Politics in East Asia"
Department of Geography, National Taiwan University (Taipei, Taiwan)
Nov 2022
Taking Cover before the Outbreak: Understanding Precautionary Behaviors of the Chinese in Italy in the COVID-19 Scenario
30th Anniversary Conference of the Founding of the ISSCO “Diasporic Futures: Sinophobia, Techno-Political Strife, and the Politics of Care”
Asian American Research Center (AARC) and Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies (AAADS) of the University of California, Berkeley (San Francisco, CA)
Nov 2022
Facing Troubled Waters? Navigating the Impact of a Changing China-Europe Relation in the Indo-Pacific
5th China-East Asia International Symposium "East Asia and China in a Time of Once-in-a-Century Global Changes"
Faculty of International Politics, School of Political Science and Public Administration – China University of Political Science and Law (online)
Nov 2020
China’s Soft Power in Italy and Its Results: Have the BRI and Mask Diplomacy Won? (con Beatrice Gallelli e Antonio Fiori)
Workshop on the “European Public Opinion on China in the Age of Covid-19” Survey
Central European Institute of Asian Studies; Palacký University (online)
Oct 2020
Chinese Investment in EU Ports: Reasons and Prospects for a Geo-Economic Shift from Central-Western Europe to the Eastern Mediterranean
International Relations Section of the German Association of Political Science (GAPS) Conference
University of Freiburg (online)
Sep 2020
China's Investment in EU Ports: Assessing Geo-Economic Implications of the BRI in Maritime Europe
Asia-Europe Sustainable Connectivity Scientific Conference
Asia-Europe Foundation; Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia; EU; Center for China & Globalization (online)
Nov 2019
Making Assertiveness Sustainable and Supporting Maritime Order: Understanding China’s Naval Strategy and its Role in Beijing’s Global Rise
Colloquium in Military History
Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support; University of Potsdam (Germany)
Sep 2019
Il Movimento del 4 Maggio nel Discorso Politico Cinese Contemporaneo (The May Fourth Movement in China’s Contemporary Political Discourse)
La Storia Contemporanea in Italia Oggi: Ricerche e Tendenze (Contemporary History in Italy Today: Researches and Trends)
Italian Society for Contemporary History Studies (Modena)
May 2019
Nationalism and Student Activism: The Divided Legacy of the May Fourth Movement in China's Political Discourse
Young Scholars’ Forum in Chinese Studies
Institute of Chinese Studies – The Chinese University of Hong Kong; CUHK – Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Asia-Pacific Centre for Chinese Studies (Hong Kong)
May 2019
Young Political Activists in the Xi Jinping Era: Assessing Prospects and Constraints of Social Mobilization in China
Workshop on National Identities and the Youth in East Asia: Popular Culture, Political Mobilisation, and Digital Spaces
Free University of Brussels (ULB) (Belgium)
Oct 2018
Territorial Disputes and the Maritime Silk Road: Assessing China’s Reasons and Limits to Cooperation in the South China Sea
XI SGRI Conference
Italian Standing Group on International Relations (SGRI) (Bologna)
Sep 2018
Pursuing Stability Through Competition: India’s Reactive Strategy to China’s Rise in the Indo-Pacific
XXXII SISP Annual Conference 2018
Società Italiana di Scienza Politica (SISP) (Turin)
Jun 2018
Beijing Turns to the Seas. Combining Assertive Postures with Cooperation
14th Lodz East Asia Meeting
Deptartment of East Asian Studies, University of Lodz (Poland)
SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS
Nov 2015 – Oct 2018
Fully Funded Ph.D. Scholarship
University of Bologna
Oct 2016 – May 2017
Erasmus+ International Mobility Grant
University of Bologna
