Research Topics:
Politics of Global Processes, Logistics, Migration, State-form, Political Spaces and Contemporary Capitalism, Politics of the Digital.
Appointments:
Member of editorial committee, Journal Scienza & Politica, Dipartimento delle Arti, Università di Bologna.
Member of editorial board, Into the Black Box, Dipartimento delle Arti, Università di Bologna.
Member of scientific committee, Processi, soggetti, poteri. Laboratorio di critica politica, Firenze University Press.
Education:
29/06/2007: Dottorato di Ricerca (PhD), University of Bologna. Title of the dissertation: The antifederalist ‘question’ and the debate on the ratification of the Constitution of the United States, 1787-1788 (La questione antifederalista e il dibattito sulla ratifica della costituzione degli Stati Uniti, 1787-1788).
19/03/2003: Laurea (BA) on Political Science, University of Bologna. Title of the dissertation: Non-liberal images of freedom in contemporary political though (Immagini non liberali della libertà nel pensiero politico contemporaneo).
Past Appointments:
2017-2021 Post-doc fellow, Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna, GLOBUS Horizon 2020 Project (Reconsidering European Union contribution to global justice http://www.globus.uio.no/ ).
2018-2019: Contract Professor in Politics of International Migration, University of Bologna, Forlì Campus.
2017-2018: Contract Professor in Critical Theories of Contemporary Capitalism, University of Bologna.
2014-2017 Research assistant, Logistics as Global Governance Project – Labour, Softwares and Infrastrctures Along the New Silk Road, University of Western Sydney, Institute for Culture and Society, (http://logisticalworlds.org/ ).
2014-2016: Post-doc Fellow Post-doc fellow, Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna (24 months).
2010-2012: Post-doc Fellow, Department of Politics, Institutions, History, University of Bologna (24 months).
2010-2012: Research team member, Mig@Net Project FP7 (Transnational Digital Networks, Migration and Gender).
2008-2010: Independent contractor, Ge.M.IC. Project FP7 (Gender, Migration and Intercultural Interaction).
2008: Post-doc Fellow, Firpo Foudation, Turin.
Fellowships:
2008: Firpo Foudation, Turin, Post-Doctoral Fellowship (12 months).
2005: University of Bologna, Marco Polo Exchange Fellowship (3 months).
2004-2006: University of Bologna, Doctoral Fellowship (36 months).
Other experiences and collaborations:
2019 (16-20 September): Hong Kong and Beijing study tour, GLOBUS Project.
2019 (11-15 February): Moscow study tour, GLOBUS Project.
2017 (12-22 March): Valparaiso Platform, Logistical Worlds Project.
2017: faculty, PhD curriculum in Economia, Società e Diritto, class on “Gli spazi globali della logistica”.
2017: faculty, workshop L’entreprise néoliberale et le défi démocratique, CNRS and Cresppa, Centre de Recherches Sociologique et Politique de Paris – Séminaire Philosophie/Politique et Société, College International de Philosophie.
2017: faculty, second cycle degree/master Global Cultures - GLOC, Deparment of History and Oriental Studies, University of Bologna (http://corsi.unibo.it/2cycle/GlobalCultures/Pages/default.aspx ).
2017: organizer, workshop The Politics of Logistics: global spaces, metropolis, labour, Deparment of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna (http://www.dsps.unibo.it/it/eventi/politiche-della-logistica-spazi-globali-metropoli-lavoro
2016: faculty, Kosmos Summer University Investigating logistics, Humboldt University, Berlin (http://www.investigatinglogistics.net/ ).
2016: faculty, master Studi del territorio – Environmental Humanities, Università Roma Tre (http://www.master-territorio-environment.it/ ).
2014: co-organizer, workshop Migration and Citizenship, University of Bologna, Faculty of Political Sciences.
2014 (27 June – 1 July): Piraeus Platform, Logistical Worlds Project.
2011 (30 August – 17 October): Visiting Fellow, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group (MCRG), Kolkata, India.
2011 (1-10 september): Kolkata Platform, Transit Labour Project (Culture in Transition: Creative Labour and Social Mobilities in the Asian Century, http://transitlabour.asia/ ).
2008-2010: tutor, course Frontier of Citizenship, prof. Sandro Mezzadra, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bologna.
2008 (1-15 december): Sixth Annual Winter School on Forced Migration, organised by the Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group (MCRG) and supported by the Government of Findland, the Brookings Institution and the UNHCR.
2008 (21 august – 15 november): Research Scholar, Barnard College in the City of New York, Department of History.
2007 and 2008: tutor E-Learning project, University of Bologna, Faculty of Political Science.
2007: tutor, third Summer School CISPEA, Bologna.
2006/2007: tutor, course History of Political Doctrines, prof. Raffaella Gherardi, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bologna.
2005 (26 february – 30 July): Visiting Scholar, Columbia University in the city of New York, Department of History.
2004/2005: tutor, course Sociology of Political Phenomenons, prof. Maurizio Ricciardi, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bologna.
Selected participation to workshops and conferences:
12 March 2024: Crises at border – REBOUND series of Guest Lectures, University of Bologna, Forlì Campus.
22 March 2023: Crises at border – REBOUND series of Guest Lectures, University of Bologna, Forlì Campus.
16 February 2023: Workshop Global Reset: scenari dal disordine planetario, Into the Black Box, Università di Bologna.
7 June 2022: workshop Global Marx. Storia e critica del movimento sociale, Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche, Università La Sapienza di Roma
27 May 2022: seminar Migration and the contested politics of Justice – Fronteras, Migraciones Y Subjectividades en el Capitalismo Contemporaneo”, Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades “Alfonso Vélez Pliego” (ICSyH) de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP).
29 April 2022: seminar Lavoro, Mobilità, Migrazioni. Un seminario a partire dal concetto di salariato imbrigliato di Yann Moulier Boutang.
16 March2022: seminar Borders and border crises – The age of complexity: coping with the expected, the probable and the unexpected in International politics. Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche Sociali, Università di Bologna, Forlì Campus.
21 December 2021: Teachers’ Workhop on Research Methodology and Syllabus Making in Migration and Forced Migration Studies, organized by Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group.
17 March2021: seminar Borders, logistification of migrations and the Covid crisis – The impact of pandemic on international politics: lessons, expectations, change. Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche Sociali, Università di Bologna, Forlì Campus.
21 February 2019: workshop Prospettive critiche sul capitalism contemporaneo, University of Bologna, Department of the Arts.
30 November 2018: conference Processi, soggetti, poteri. Per un pensiero critico della realtà, Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Università di Firenze
12 October 2018: 11th Conference of the Italian Standing Group on International Relations (SGRI), Bologna. Panel EU, Migration and Justice. Evaluating Migration Governance in the European Space (GLOBUS)
23 February 2018: Workshop Logistical Violence, Logistical Vulnerabilities: On the possibilities of supply chain struggles, organized by Goldsmiths University of London and Sonic Acts Academy (Holland) at the Goethe Institut, Amsterdam.
14 September 2017: workshop Justice and the ‘Refugee Crisis’: The EU, Migration and its Contestants, EISA Conference on International Relations, Barcelona.
1-2 July 2017: International workshop Justice on the move: evaluating migration policy in the European space, Università di Bologna – Centro Universitario di Bertinoro.
8 June 2017: XXXII Congresso Geografico Italiano L’apporto della geografia tra rivoluzioni e riforme, Roma, session S52 Panorami logistici. Nuove geografie del mondo globalizzato. Chair.
21-23 April 2017: Mine, Yours, Ours Festival, Rijeka, Croatia.
3-4 April 2017: International conference Logistics: Labour, Infrastructures, Territories, University of Padua.
31 March 2017: International workshop Logistical Workers: Studying Labour inside logistical worlds, CNRS and Cresppa, Centre de Recherches Sociologique et Politique de Paris.
30 November 2016: Conference Il lavoro appeso a un filo, i diritti dei lavoratori nell’est Europa, FISSPA, University of Padua
16 November 2016: International workshop Mutants of development: Special economic zones, economic corridors, and the changing geographies of capitalism, University of Amsterdam.
3-4 November 2016: international workshop States of Circulation: circulation, friction, and the politics of logistics, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Copenhagen.
6 June 2016: workshop Lavoro migrante e Cina nell’età globale, Università degli Studi Roma Tre.
27-30 April 2016: international conference InterAsian Connections V, workshop Logistics of Asia-Led Globalization: Infrastructure, Software, Labour, Seoul University Asia Center and Social Science Research Council, Seoul, Korea.
4-5 February 2016: conference Globalizzazione e crisi. Lavoro, migrazioni, valore, FISSPA, Università di Padova.
February-June 2016: organiser cycle of seminars Polits of logistics: global spaces, metropolis, labour, University of Bologna.
23-24 April 2015: Organising the unorganisable. Voices from the bottom up, Loughborough University, UK.
15 January 2015: Logistical Worlds // Infrastructure, Software, Labour, University of Bologna.
29-30 November 2013: Logistical Worlds: Infrastructure, Software, Labour project Athens Meeting.
25-27 June 2013: Crisis & Contingency: States of (In)stability, Council for European Studies Conference, Amsterdam. Panel on ‘Including Migrant Workers Voice, Representing Migrant Workers Rights: Between Trade Union Action and Self Organization.
18 April 2013: Transformation of the state/nation in the framework of the transatlantic history, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Bologna. Discussant.
31-31 January 2013: Migration and militant research PhD international conference, Goldsmiths College, London. Discussant (Panel on ‘ Borders as Method: Dislocating Citizenship and Autonomy’).
17 April 2012: Workshop on ‘The Border of Justice’, Department of Politics, Institutions, History, Bologna. Chair.
8-10 September 2011: Fourth Critical Studies Conference ‘Development, Logistics & Governance’, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata. Session on ‘Capitalism and State Formation’.
3-4 March 2011: Reading Michel Foucault in the Postcolonial Present: A Symposium, University of Bologna and the Finnish Academy, Bologna. Chair (Panel 3).
4 March 2010: Thinking freedom (Pensare la libertà) Doctoral School in Political Philosophy Workshop, Padua. Session on ‘Libertà e proprietà nella rivoluzione americana’ (Freedom and Propriety in the American Revolution).
20-21 May 2010: Reconceptualizing Migration: Movements and Struggles, Facing the Global Crisis, Ge.M.IC. Conference, Bologna. Discussant (Panel 3).
24-26 June 2009: Conspiracy and Consent in History and Culture, biennial Symposium of the Milan-Montpellier Group, Montpellier.
17 December 2008: Two Day Programme ‘Reading Franz Fanon in Kolkata’, Kolkata. Discussant (Session II).
20-22 September 2007: Second Critical Studies Conference on ‘Spheres of Justice’, Kolkata. Rapporteur.
24-25-26 May 2003: Workshop on ‘Figures of the Moltitude’ (Figure della Moltitudine), University of Fisciano, Salerno.
Other relevant experiences:
Oct. 2007-May 2008: research team member “Vivere sotto le due torri: come stanno I cittadini stranieri e Bologna e provincia?” (Living under the two towers: the wealth of foreign citizens in Bologna), Observatory on Immigration, Province of Bologna.
2006-2007: research team member “Venire da lontano, lavorare vicini. Lavoro e migrazioni nelle fabbriche metalmeccaniche dell’Emilia Romagna” (Coming from faraway, working close. Labour and migration in the engineering factories of Emilia Romgna), FIOM-CGIL Emilia Romagna.
Language Skills:
English (very good)
French (good)
Spanish (basic)
