CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
2020 – Present: Ph.D. student – University of Bologna, IT
2021 – Present: Ph.D. student representative at the Department Council – University of Bologna, IT
EDUCATION
2016 – 2018: University of Tirana – Master of Science in Business Administration
2013 – 2016: University of Tirana – Laurea Degree in Finance
TRAINING
2022 – 2022: International Ph.D. course: University of Southern Denmark (SDU) – Sustainable Development Goals and Global Production Systems: Exploring New Research Opportunities, Denmark.
2021 – 2021: Summer school: MIT Sloan School of Management – TOM Computational Organization Science, USA.
2019 – 2019: Workshop: University of Vienna – ''Professional management of doctoral studies'', Vienna, AU.
2018 – 2018: Summer school: University of Tirana – “Educational Leadership”, Sarandë, AL.
2015 – 2015: Summer school: University of Tirana – “Academy of Innovation”, Sarandë, AL.
WORK EXPERIENCE (Outside Academia)
2019 – 2020: Project manager (NGO) – Young Shapers of Albania Hub, Tirana, AL
2018 – 2019: Project specialist (University project office) – Metropolitan Tirana University, Tirana, Albania.
GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, and AWARDS
2020 – Present: Doctoral scholarship – financed by European Commission through the BioPlastic Europe project
2019: Grant - Winner of the IPA funded project “Metropolitan Innovation Center” written by Ornela Lina as the project officer of Metropolitan Tirana University (contact person: Erida Elmazi, email: eelmazi@umt.edu.al)
2019: Grant - Winner of the project 'Promotion of reading in Tirana's high schools' funded by Albanian Ministry of Culture (contact person: Erida Elmazi, email: eelmazi@umt.edu.al)
2018: First place on the student conference - ''Economic globalization and youth challenges'', with the study ''Economic/trade relations between Western Balkan countries'', held on 29 March 2018, Tirana, Albania
2018: Third place on the national student conference - ''XVI National Student Conference'' with the study ''Causes of volunteer migration of medical staff: the case of 4 Albanian cities'', held on 30 March- 1 April 2018, Croatia
2017: Second place on the national student conference - ''XV National Student Conference'' with the study ''Direct Foreign Investment and its antecedants, the case of Albania'', held on 7 April- 9 April 2017, Lefkada, Greece.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
2019 – 2019: Team member – Project: Consumers’ perception of the banking system in Albania – with G. Alimehmeti, University of Tirana
2019 – 2019: Team member – Project: Needs assessment of school principals in Albania – with G. Alimehmeti, University of Tirana
2018 – 2018: Team member – Project: Public security in Albania – with G. Alimehmeti, University of Tirana
2018 – 2018: Team member – Project: After-school pilot program, municipality of Tirana – with G. Alimehmeti
2018 – 2018: Team member – Project: Global Social Entrepreneurship Intention, implemented in 15 countries – with G. Alimehmeti
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2018: Passalacqua, D., Lina, O., 2018. A new TVET Schools Business Model in Kosovo: a possible path towards qualitative and financial sustainability. Presented at the Leadership and Social Development, Tirana, Albania.
2018: Skendaj, A., Alimehmeti, G., Lina, O., 2018. Universities Social Responsibility. Presented at the conference “Leadership and Management in Education”, Pogradec, AL.
2018: Lina, O., Matohitaj, S., Muja, E., Qosja, S., 2018. Causes of volunteer migration of medical staff: the case of 4 Albanian cities. Presented at the XVI National Student Conference “Economic optimization, entrepreneurship, and stimulus,’” Dubrovnik, Cr.
2018: Lina, O., Makaj, F., 2018. Economic/trade relations between Western Balkan countries. Presented at the Student Conference on Economic globalization and youth challenges, Tirana, AL.
2017: Bejkollari, E., Ornela, L., 2017. Direct Foreign Investment and the factors that affect them, the case of Albania. Presented at the XV National Student Conference: for a new stimulus of economic growth. Lefkada, Gr.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Undergraduate
2019 – 2020: Didactic Tutor – Principles of management – University of Tirana, AL
2018 – 2018: Didactic Tutor – Introduction to Econometrics – Metropolitan Tirana University, AL
Master
2019 – 2020: Didactic Tutor – Corporate Governance – University of Tirana, AL
