EDUCATION AND ACADEMICS
2006: Lecturer in African Studies, University of Bologna
(Italy).
2005: Post-Doctoral Degree in Political Science, University of
Bologna (Italy).
2003: Doctoral Degree in History of Africa, Faculty of Political
Sciences, University of Siena (Italy).
1998: Degree in Political Sciences, Faculty of Political Sciences,
University of Bologna (Italy), (110/110, cum laude).
Teaching
Undergraduate course: “Storia e istituzioni politiche dell'Africa
contemporanea”, Faculty of Political Sciences “Roberto Ruffilli”,
Forlì Campus, University of Bologna.
Graduate Course: “Le relazioni internazionali dell'Africa
Subsahariana”, Faculty of Political Sciences “Roberto Ruffilli”,
Forlì Campus, University of Bologna.
Master Course: “International Political Analysis”, Master in
Development, Innovation and Change, Faculty of Law, University of
Bologna..
Research interests
Regional integration in Southern Africa, UE-ACP cooperation,
democratization in Tanzania.
Research Grants
(2004) Marco Polo scholarship, Università di Bologna, Italy.
(2007-2009) National research grant for the project: “Governance e
institution building: circolo virtuoso delle politiche di sviluppo
e di riduzione della povertà in Africa australe?” (coordinator Anna
Maria Gentili, University of Bologna).
(2007-2010) Research Grant of the University of Bologna for the
project “La svolta degli anni '70. Politica, cultura, economia e
relazioni internazionali nell'era dell'interdipendenza”,
(coordinator Mario del Pero, University of Bologna).
International Grants
(2009-2012) Responsible (with Mario Zamponi) of the Bologna Unit of
the project: “Community Based System in HIV Treatment (CoBaSys),
funded by the ACP Science and Technology Programme. Other members:
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy), University of
Manchester (UK), University of Helsinki (Finland), University of
Namibia (Namibia), University of Malawi (Malawi), Research for
Equity and Community Health Trust (Malawi), University of Dar es
Salaam (Tanzania), Training and Research Support Centre (Zimbabwe),
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (Mozambique), University of Botswana
(Botswana).
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Work experience
April-June 2000: Project Assistant at the United Nations Office for
Project Services, Rome.
Other activities
Book Review Editor of the Italian journal Afriche e Orienti.
Peer reviewer of Africa Spectrum (Germany).
Coordinator, with Henning Melber (Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation,
Sweden), Ian Phimister (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom)
and Mario Zamponi (Università di Bologna, Italy) of the Working
Group on “Europe and Transitions in (Southern) Africa” of the
European Association of Development Research and Training
Institutions.
Languages spoken
English: very good.
French: good.
Kishawili: learning
Membership
Member of the Centro Dipartimentale di Studi Storici e Politici su
Africa e Medio Oriente, Dipartimento di Politica, Istituzioni,
Storia, Università di Bologna, Italy.
Seminars and conferences
(2000): Seminar on “Risultati e prospettive delle relazioni
UE-ACP”, Master in Diritti Umanitari, Facoltà di Scienze Politiche,
Università di Bologna, Italy.
(2000): Lecture on “L'Europa e il Sud del mondo”, Biblioteca
Ariostea, Ferrara, Italy.
(2001): Seminar on “Dynamics of regional integration in Southern
Africa”, Master on Development, Innovation and Change, University
of Bologna, Italy.
(2002): Lecture on “La globalizzazione vista dal Sud”, Sassuolo,
Modena, Italy.
(2003): Seminar on “Good governance, NEPAD and regional integration
in Sub-Saharan Africa”, Master on Development, Innovation and
Change, University of Bologna, Italy.
(2003): Seminar on “NEPAD, conflict prevention and the crisis in
Zimbabwe”, Centre for International Development, University of
Bologna, Italy.
(2004): Seminar on “Conflict prevention and regional integration in
Sub-Saharan Africa”, Master on Development, Innovation and Change,
University of Bologna, Italy.
(2004): Seminar on “Cause e dinamiche dei conflitti contemporanei
in Africa australe”, Master in Peacekeeping Managament, Facoltà di
Scienze Politiche, Università di Torino, Italy.
(2004): Lecture on “La cooperazione politica post-apartheid in
Africa australe: sviluppo o conflitto?”, Facoltà di Scienze
Politiche, University of Milan, Italy.
(2005) Seminar on: “Le radici storiche dei conflitti contemporanei
in Africa australe: il caso dello Zimbabwe” at the Master in
Peacekeeping Managament, Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, Università
di Torino, Italy.
(2005) Discussant of the Session: “Political Reforms and
Development” of the International Workshop on: “The West and
Africa. Democracy and Nationalism from the First to the Second
Transition”, Dipartimento di Politica, Istituzioni, Storia, Facoltà
di Scienze Politiche, Università di Bologna.
(2005) “The Political Limits of Regional Conflict Prevention in
Africa: SADC and the Crisis of Zimbabwe”, paper presented at the
Working Group: “Regionalism and Development” at the 11th EADI
General Conference: “Regionalism and Insecurity”, Bonn,
Germany.
(2005) Lecture on: “Il progetto di partenariato africano: NEPAD” at
the conference: “L'africa che cambia”, Casa della Cultura, Milano,
Italy.
(2006) Lecture on: “Il ruolo del Sudafrica nel contesto regionale”,
Osservatorio Scenari Internazionali, Genova, Italy.
(2006) “L'Africa sub-sahariana e la guerra in Iraq”, paper
presented at the conference: “Iraq: radiografia del conflitto tre
anni dopo”, Forlì, Italy.
(2007) Lecture on: “I conflitti in Africa sub-sahariana”, at the
Conference: “Sterminio, stermini” organized by Regione Toscana and
Forum per i problemi della pace e della guerra, Livorno,
Italy.
(2007) “The Decentralisation of Rights: Local Government Reform and
Democracy in Tanzania” paper presented at the panel: “The Politics
of Rights” at the Canadian Association of African Studies
Conference 2007: “Rethinking Rights in Africa: The Struggle for
Meaning and the Meaning of Struggle”, Toronto, Canada.
(2007) “Local institutional reforms and resource access in rural
Tanzania” paper presented at the panel: “Decentralising power and
natural resource control: responses and perspectives” at the Second
European Conference on Africa Studies (Aegis Conference), Leiden,
Olanda.
(2007) “La questione della democrazia locale in Tanzania:
dall'Ujamaa alla decentralizzazione”, paper presented at the panel:
“Comunità rurali, sistemi di autorità e risorse naturali. Dalle
riforme coloniali ai processi di decentralizzazione nell'Africa
australe contemporanea”, at the Convegno SISSCO: “Cantieri di
storia IV”, Marsala, Italy.
(2008) “Is There Still a Role for Regional Development Cooperation
in Southern Africa? SADC and the Crisis in Zimbabwe” paper
presented at the panel: “Southern Africa: Overcoming
social-Political and Economic Disproportion” at the 11th Conference
of Africanists: “Africa's Development: Possibilities and
Constraints”, Institute for African Studies della Russian Academy
of Science, Moscow, Russia.
(2008) Seminar: “La ridefinizione della governance e il ruolo delle
organizzazioni multilaterali continentali e regionali in Africa
sub-sahariana” at the Dipartimento di Politica, Istituzioni, Storia
dell'Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
(2008) “Tra norma e realtà. Le relazioni tra Unione Europea e
Africa sub-sahariana” paper presented at the conference: “Europa
potenza civile? Contraddizioni, ostacoli e scenari alternativi”,
Forlì, Italy.
(2008) “Governance Transformation at the Periphery: SADC and
Regional Economic Restructuring in Southern Africa” paper presented
at the Working Group: “Transformation of the World System” at the
12th EADI General Conference: “Global Governance for Sustainable
Development: The need for Policy Coherence and new Partnerships”,
Geneva, Switzerland.
(2009) “Between the global and the regional: SADC and development
cooperation in Africa” paper presented at the panel: “Africa's
Interregional South-South Relations” at the Third European
Conference on Africa Studies (Aegis Conference), Leipzig,
Germany.
(2010) “Southern African Liberation Struggles and Nation Building:
The Case of Tanzania-UK Relations 1965-74”, paper presented at the
IPRI/LSE IDEAS Conference a Lisbon, Portugal.
(2010) “Decentralization and Land Reform in Tanzania”, paper
presented at VII Iberian Congress of African Studies, Lisbon,
Portugal.
(2010) “La crisi del processo di costruzione della nazione in
Tanzania: il ruolo della politica estera”, paper presented at the
“Conferenza di studi africanistici: Studi italiani sull'Africa a 50
anni dall'indipendenza”, Napoli, Italy.
(2010) “Sudafrica e Africa post-apartheid: rilancio dello sviluppo
e gestione della sicurezza” paper presented at the conference:
“Prisma Sudafrica: la nazione arcobaleno a vent'anni dalla
liberazione, 1990-2010”, Università statale di Milano, Milano,
Italy.
(2011) “Tanzania's foreign policy, Southern Africa's liberation,
and the crisis of Ujamaa (1965-1980), paper presented at the
conference: “Africa in the 1970s: Crises, Conflicts and
Transformations”, Bologna, Italy.