ISTRUZIONE
2020: Dottorato in Studi Globali e Internazionali, Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Università di Bologna
2014: Laurea magistrale in Scienze Internazionali e Diplomatiche, Università di Bologna, Campus di Forlì (cum laude)
2011: Laurea triennale in Scienze Internazionali e Diplomatiche, Università di Bologna, Campus di Forlì (cum laude)
INTERESSI DI RICERCA
Relazioni internazionali dell'Asia orientale, storia e società della Corea contemporanea, politica estera della Corea del Nord e del Sud, relazioni inter-coreane, relazioni UE-Corea del Sud, politiche di sicurezza e di difesa in Asia orientale.
POSIZIONI ATTUALI
Da settembre 2023: Docente a contratto, Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Università di Bologna (sede di Forlì)
Da luglio 2023: Ricercatrice, Area "Asia meridionale, orientale e Pacifico", IRAD, Roma
Da settembre 2022: Docente a contratto, Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Culturali Comparati, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
Da settembre 2016: Associate Research Fellow, Asia Centre, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI), Milano
INCARICHI PRECEDENTI
Ottobre 2022 - Ottobre 2023: Assegnista di ricerca, Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Università di Bologna
2021-2022: Docente a contratto di International Political Economy, Franklin University Switzerland, Lugano
2021-2022: Pan European Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Parigi e Roma
2020: Project Researcher, Centro studi per l’impresa (Cesif), Fondazione Italia Cina, Milano
2015-2016: Assistant Research Fellow, Asia Centre, Istituto per gli studi di politica internazionale (ISPI), Milano
2014-2015: Research Analyst & Korea Project Coordinator, European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS), Bruxelles
BORSE DI RICERCA E FELLOWSHIP
2023 Non-resident James A. Kelly Korea Fellow, Pacific Forum
2023 Emerging Leader Fellowship, Republic of Korea's National Institute for Unification Education (NIU)
2022 Next Generation Korea Peninsula Specialists Fellowship, National Council on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP)
2022 Next Generation Policy Experts Network, Chatham House and Korea Foundation
2021 Emerging Leader Fellowship, Republic of Korea's National Institute for Unification Education (NIU)
2016 - 2019 Borsa di dottorato, MIUR - Università di Bologna
2017 Research Grant, Taiwan Ministry for Science and Technology - Centre for East Asia Democratic Studies, National Taiwan University, Taipei
2014 Lifelong Learning Programme “Leonardo da Vinci”, European Commission (EC)
LEZIONI E INTERVENTI SU INVITO
2023:
“Countering the ‘Korea discount’ with popular culture: Causes, critiques and trajectories of Hallyu”, AKSE EPEL Lecture Series, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain, December 19;
“Security Dynamics on the Korean Peninsula,” Master in Fundamentals of Strategy and Maritime Strategy, Ca' Foscari University of Venice and Institute of Military Maritime Studies, Venice, May 2;
“The role of historical memory in Japan-South Korea security and economic relations,” Department of Arts and Philosophy, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Brescia, April 26;
“The Korean War and the Chinese Intervention,” Department of Arts and Philosophy, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, March 2;
2022:
"Il ruolo della memoria storica nelle relazioni economiche e di sicurezza tra il Giappone e la Corea del Sud," Dipartimento di Studi umanistici, Università di Torino, 16 giugno (on-line);
"A pandemic-era stress test for middle power standing: South Korea's foreign policy during COVID-19," Dipartimento di Studi sull'Asia e sull'Africa mediterranea, 17 maggio;
"Security dynamics in East Asia," Master in Fundamentals of Strategy and Maritime Strategy, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia e Istituto di Studi marittimi e militari, 2 maggio (on-line);
"La guerra di Corea e l'intervento cinese," Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 3 marzo (on-line);
"Foreign Policy Analysis and Middlepowermanship: The Case of South Korea," Department of International and Strategic Studies, University of Malaya, 13 gennaio (on-line);
2021:
"Security dynamics in East Asia," Master in Fundamentals of Strategy and Maritime Strategy, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia e Istituto di Studi marittimi e militari, 8 novembre (on-line);
"Scenari nella penisola coreana: gli obiettivi del regime di Kim Jong Un e la corsa alle presidenziali 2022 in Corea del Sud, ChinaFiles Winter and Summer School (on-line);
"Security dynamics in East Asia," Master in Fundamentals of Startegy and Maritime Strategy, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia e Istituto di Studi marittimi e militari, 9 giugno.
2020:
"The Korean Wave in the Context of Economic and Social Development,” Department of International Relations, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), 21 ottobre (on-line).
2019:
“Managing Future Global Challenges: The Role of Emerging Powers,” Wilton Park Meeting Series, UK FCO, Wilton Park - Global Canada, Steyning (UK), 13-15 febbraio.
RELAZIONI A CONVEGNI E CONFERENZE
2023:
“Converging interests behind deepening ties between Pyongyang and Moscow,” ‘The Two Koreas in the Age of Uncertainty: What’s Next?’ international conference organized by ISPI in partnership with the General Consulate of the Republic of Korea to Milan, Milan, November 23, 2023;
“South Korea’s Greater Engagement with NATO and Europe: Becoming a Reliable Security Partner Through a Thriving Defense Industry,” The World Congress for Korean Politics and Society, Yonsei University, June 30, 2023;
“By Hook or by Crook: Dimensions of ‘Moral Performance' in China and South Korea's Fight Against Covid-19,” The 8th AAS-in-Asia Conference, Kyungpook National University (KNU), June 25, 2023 (paper co-authored with Giulia Sciorati);
“New Dynamics in the EU’s Security Relation with Northeast Asia,” NASS Northeast Asia Security Symposium, Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFP) Tokyo, in collaboration with the Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies (YCAPS) and the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), April 18, 2023 (virtual);
2022:
"Korea and Italy: a New Chapter and Future Cooperation," Conferenza organizzata dall'Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) in partnership con l'Ambasciata della Repubblica di Corea, Roma, 29 settembre;
"South Korea’s Arms Sales Business: Risks and Opportunities of Contributing to Multilateralism through Defense Procurement," International Workshop on Korean Peninsula Situation and Korea-EU Relations, Department of Asian and North African Studies at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 23 settembre;
Conferenza conclusiva del progetto “Rome Foreign Policy Club: Working Group on Italy, Multilateralism and Future Challenges,” organizzato dallo European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) con il sostegno del Ministero degli Affari esteri e della Cooperazione internazionale (MAECI), Roma, 14 giugno;
“By hook or by crook: Dimensions of ‘moral performance’ in China and South Korea’s fight against Covid-19,” Conference on Resilience in the Post-COVID-19 World Disorder, Dipartimento di Sociologia e di Ricerca sociale, Università di Trento, 9 giugno (con G. Sciorati);
“South Korea’s public diplomacy during COVID-19: A litmus test for middle power standing,” Conference on Post-Pandemic Socio-Political Trajectories in Asia, Dipartimento di Scienze politiche e sociali, Università di Pavia, 25 maggio;
"Reframing the role of corporations in South Korea’s foreign relations: A public diplomacy perspectives,” 2022 IKSU Annual International Conference, University of Central Lancashire, 7 gennaio (con Y. Kim) (on-line).
2021:
“Assessing the climate-related security risks and stresses for Korea-Europe missions and operations,” Korea-Europe Policy Dialogue, KF-VUB Korea Chair & Sejong Institute, Bruxelles, 4-5 novembre.
2020:
“Northeast Asian security cooperation amid deteriorating threat environment: The interplay between the Korean Peninsula and regional developments,” Virtual Conference on the Como Process and Beyond: Towards a New Horizon on the Korean Peninsula," LUISS University, 13 novembre (on-line);
“The environmental dimension of South Korea’s pathway towards sustainable development,” Conference on social challenges and developments in South Korea," Università di Bologna con il sostegno del Consolato generale della Repubblica di Corea, Bologna, 23 settembre.
2019:
“Prospects for participation in South Korea’s foreign policy,” ISA-IDSS Conference on Regionalist Perspectives on World Order: Challenges and Responses," Seoul, 4 luglio;
“Moon Jae-in's 'Diplomacy with the People': Reconnecting with the domestic public to break the middle power impasse,” XXIX Conference of the Association for Korean Studies in Europe (AKSE), Roma, 11 aprile.
2018:
"South Korea’s foreign policy stuck on the ‘emerging’ middle power puzzle," XI Conference of the Italian Standing Group on International Relations (SGRI), Bologna, 13 ottobre;
"Traces of developmentalism in South Korea’s foreign policy: The influence of the seonjinguk discourse on middle power diplomacy," XV Korean Studies Graduate Students Conference in Europe, Università La Sapienza, Roma, 29 settembre;
"The degree of agency in the Asia-Pacific through the lens of South Korea’s middle power activism," VI Korea University Graduate Students Conference, Korea University, Seoul, 25 maggio.
