Education
Sept. 2023: enrolled at the PhD on Internationalisation of Higher Education at the CHEI: Centre for Higher Education Internationalisation, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Milan
- 2006 – 2014 (part – time student) Master Degree in European Studies
Thesis on EU Decisional Processes: “European Programmes for Higher Education: The “Trojan Horse” of the EC for a new policy space”
University of Bologna – Forlì Campus – Forlì – IT
- March 2010 HUMANE Winter School for Senior Higher Education Officers
ESMU – HUMANE: Network of directors of higher education institutions in Europe Network
- September 2001 – March 2002 Master in European Project “Europrogettazione”
International University Centre – Firenze and Kiosco srl Firenze
- February – March 2001 Training Course “Operatore Comunitario” Corso di alta formazione
- September 1995 – July 2000 Master Degree in Political Science
University of Bologna – Bologna – IT - Erasmus Student in Louvain la Neuve (BE) in 1998-99
Professional Experiences
2004 - ongoing: University of Bologna, International Relations Division
2001 - 2004: PIXEL Associazione: European project Manager
2001: European Training Foundation - Stagiaire
International Assignments
Evaluator of European Projects and Results for the EACEA and IT Erasmus NA (2008 – onward)
ERASMUS+ Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees (2023 EACEA)
ERASMUS+ European Charter for Higher Education (2013 - 2022 EACEA)
LLP Erasmus Programme (2012-2017 EACEA) - Multilateral projects and Accompanying Measures
ERASMUS+ KA2 - Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education (2014 – Italian NA)
Erasmus Intensive Programmes (2008 – Italian NA)
Erasmus Consortia (2011 – Italian NA)
External expert for the development of the online course on E+ commissioned by the DG EAC to ECORYS (UK) (2017 – ongoing)
President of the Utrecht Network (2016 - 2018) (www.utrecht-network.org )
Member of the Steering Committee of the Utrecht Network (2013 – ongoing)
Member of the Steering Group of the Erasmus Mundus Quality Assurance (EMQA) project appointed by the DG EAC (www.emqa.eu ) (2012 – 2013)
External expert and counsellor on Joint Programmes for the EM Action 3 project “JDAZ” coordinated by NUFFIC (http://www.nuffic.nl/en/expertise/jdaz ) (2013 – 2015)
International Teaching Experiences
2015-2019 (September), SPHERE training course on Joint degrees in Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Almaty, Kazakistan
2018 (May), Trainer in the course for South African Universities on “How to develop Summer Schools”, Cape Town, South Africa
2015 (October) SPHERE training course on Joint degrees in
2014 (May) Organiser/trainer workshop: “Synergies between E+ and HORIZON2020” in Krakow, Poland
2014 (January) Organiser and trainer of the International Staff Week “Joint Programmes” in Leipzig, Germany
2013: Trainer at course for Albanian IRO on “EU Programmes for Education” in Tirana, Albania
2013: Organiser and trainer of the workshop “Joint Programmes in a Nutshell”, in Bergen, Norway
2013: Organiser and trainer of the workshop “Joint Programmes”, in Stellenbosh, South Africa
