Andrea Carlà - CV Senior Researcher Institute for Minority Rights European Academy Bozen/Bolzano (EURAC) Viale Druso 1, 39100 Bolzano, Italy Tel.: +39 0471 055 222 EMAIL: andrea.carla@eurac.edu WEBSITE: http://www.eurac.edu//en/aboutus/people/pages/staffdetails.aspx?persid=2 3503 MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH Comparative politics, ethnic politics and conflicts, protection of minorities, migration policy, security studies ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL CAREER 2014-present, Senior researcher, European Academy of Bozen/Bolzano (EURAC) - Institute for Minority Rights, Bolzano, Italy 2013, Visiting Fellow, Fondazione Bruno Kessler Research Center on International Politics and Conflict Resolution (Fbk-CeRPIC), Trento, Italy 2011-2013, Researcher for project ALIAS, European Academy of Bozen/Bolzano (EURAC) - Institute for Minority Rights, Bolzano, Italy 2003-2012, PhD, The New School for Social Research, Department of Politics, New York, NY, USA: 2010, Visiting scholar, American Political Science Association - Centennial Center For Political Science & Public Affairs, Washington, DC, USA 2009, Visiting scholar, Roskilde University, Graduate School of International Development Studies Roskilde, Denmark 2009, Visiting scholar, Pompeu Fabra University, Department of Political and Social Sciences Barcelona, Spain as guest of prof. Ricard Zapata-Barrero 2005-2008, Research Assistant, The New School for Social Research, New York, NY, USA 1
2004, Post-graduate summer school, Trans-Regional Center for Democratic Studies, Democracy and Diversity Graduate Summer Institute, New School for Social Research, Krakow, Poland 2002-2003, Course of High Formation for the Preparation to Diplomatic and International Careers, University of Bologna, Italy 1994-2000, Laurea in Political Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCES 2014, Teaching assistant, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, School of Economics and Management, Bolzano, Italy Course: Political Science 1 2011-2013, Adjunct Instructor, University of Dayton, Department of Political Science, Dayton, OH, USA Courses: Global Politics and Nationalism and Ethno-Politics 2008, Teaching assistant, The New School, New York, NY, USA Course: Militarized Vision 2006, Teaching Fellow, Eugene Lang College - The New School for Liberal Arts, New York, NY, USA Course: Introduction to Comparative Politics COLLABORATIONS IN FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS 2013, Fondazione Bruno Kessler Research Center on International Politics and Conflict Resolution (Fbk-CeRPIC), Trento, Italy Project: Solutions and Failures in Identity-based Conflicts: the Autonomy of Trentino - South Tyrol in Comparative Perspective Project Leader: Filippo Andreatta (University of Bologna) Founded by: Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto 2011-2013, European Academy of Bolzano (EURAC) - Institute for Minority Rights, Bolzano, Italy Project: ALIAS Autonomy, Labor and Integration in South Tyrol Project leader: Roberta Medda-Windischer Founded by: Fondo Sociale Europeo 2
PUBLICATIONS Edited volumes Roberta Medda-Windischer and Andrea Carlà (eds.), Migration in Autonomous Territories. The Case of South Tyrol and Catalonia (Brill, 2015). Roberta Medda-Windischer and Andrea Carlà (eds.), Politiche Migratorie e Autonomie Territoriali. Nuove Minoranze, Identità e Cittadinanza - Migrationspolitik und Territoriale Autonomie. Neue Minderheiten, Identität und Staatsbürgerschaft in Südtirol und Katalonien (Accademia Europea di Bolzano/Bozen - EURAC, 2013). Book chapters Andrea Carlà, How Secessionist Parties Approach Migration: South Tyrolean Nationalism and the Weight of History, in R. Medda-Windischer and P. Popelier (Eds.), Pro-independence Movements and Immigration: Discourse, Policy and Practice (Leiden:Koninklijke Brill, 2016) Andrea Carlà, Tensions and Challenges between New and Old Minorities: Political Party Discourses on Migration in South Tyrol, in Roberta Medda-Windischer and Andrea Carlà (Eds.), Migration in Autonomous Territories. The Case of South Tyrol and Catalonia (Brill, 2015). Andrea Carlà, La provincia di Bolzano e lo sviluppo di una politica di migrazione per territori abitati da minoranze tradizionali, in Roberta Medda-Windischer and Andrea Carlà (Eds.), Politiche Migratorie e Autonomie Territoriali. Nuove Minoranze, Identità e Cittadinanza - Migrationspolitik und Territoriale Autonomie. Neue Minderheiten, Identität und Staatsbürgerschaft in Südtirol und Katalonien (Accademia Europea di Bolzano/Bozen - EURAC, 2013): 71-114. Articles in international peer reviewed journals Andrea Carlà, South Tyrolean Solutions to Ethnic Conflicts from a Security Studies Perspective, Ethnopolitics Papers, 41 (April 2016) Andrea Carlà, Societal Security in South Tyrol a model to deal with ethnic conflicts, European Yearbook of Minority Issues, Vol. 12 (2016). Andrea Carlà, Institutions, Ethno-nationalism, and Sense of Belonging: Comparing separatist tendencies in Catalonia and South Tyrol, European Yearbook of Minority Issues, Vol. 11 (2012): 91-121. Andrea Carlà, The Incoming Anniversary of 9/11: Al-Qaeda and Migration Politics in the United States and Spain," PS: Political Science and Politics vol. 43, issue 3 (July 2010): pp 608-609. Andrea Carlà, Living Apart in the Same Room. Analysis of the Management of Linguistic Diversity in Bolzano, Ethnopolitics, vol. 6, no. 2 (June 2007): 285-313. 3
Andrea Carlà, Community Security: Letters from Bosnia - A theoretical analysis and its application to the case of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Peace, Conflict and Development: An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 7, (July 2005), available online at: http://www.bradford.ac.uk/ssis/peace-conflict-and-development/issue-7/communitysecurity.pdf PhD dissertation: Andrea Carlà, Victim or Threat? Terrorists and Migrants in the USA and Spain. Analysis and Comparison of the impact of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and March 11, 2004 on US and Spanish migration politics (New School for Social Research, 2012) Consultancy Reports and policy documents Roberta Medda-Windischer and Andrea Carlà, Migrazione e convivenza in provincia di Bolzano. Raccomandazioni per una cittadinanza civica in Alto Adige (Bolzano, Accademia Europea di Bolzano/Bozen - EURAC, 2013) available also in english and german New and Old Minorities: Migration Politics in South Tyrol, Progetto ALIAS - Autonomia, Lavoro e Integrazione in Alto Adige-Südtirol, (Autonomy, Labour and Integration in South Tyrol), European Academy of Bozen/Bolzano, 2012. Book Review Andrea Carlà and Geeti Das, Review of In the Shadow of Race: Jews, Latinos and Immigrant Politics in the United States, by Victoria Hattam, Ethnopolitics vol. 7, no. 4 (November 2008): 484-486. Newspaper, Newsletter article/editorials, Blog contributions (selection) Proposte e riflessioni per un nuovo Statuto d'autonomia 29/02/2016, blog/website of the Convenzione sull Autonomia, http://www.convenzione.bz.it/de/content/proposte-eriflessioni-un-nuovo-statuto-dautonomia I toponimi? Le criticità sono altre, Alto Adige (October 5, 2016): 1 E se chiudessimo la scuola italiana?, Alto Adige (May 29, 2016): 1 Una SVP che cerca nuove vie, Alto Adige (July 9, 2015): 1 Lo statuto riparta da Nicolodi, Alto Adige (April 18, 2015): 1 Bolzano, città vicina all Italia, Alto Adige (5 settembre 2014): 1 Le priorità della piena autonomia, Alto Adige (May 22, 2014): 1 4
Quei privilegi che umiliano i disoccupati, Alto Adige (March 3, 2014): 1 I bambini e quelle vite parallele, Alto Adige (January 25, 2014): 1 Vespa e Klotz. L autonomia sotto accusa, Alto Adige (January 18, 2014): 1 Le possibili alternative a Herr Benko, Alto Adige (November 30, 2013): 1 Eva Klotz e i confini evaporati, Alto Adige (October 19, 2013): 1 Economy and self-determination. A complex relationship, Newsletter Institute for Minority Rights EURAC, 2 (2013) Essere migrante in Alto Adige, Alto Adige (August 24, 2013): 1 Il commercio e i non luoghi a Bolzano, Alto Adige (July 10, 2013): 1 Friends or Foes? Historical and Migrant Minorities and the Development of a Migration Policy in South Tyrol and Catalonia, Newsletter Institute for Minority Rights EURAC, 1 (2013) La legge sui toponimi è stata un autogol, Alto Adige (September 27, 2012): 1 CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS (selection) Migration policies at the local level: developments, contradictions and conflicts in South Tyrol, XXX Convegno of the Società Italiana di Scienza Politica (15-17 September 2016), Milano, Italy South Tyrol: an autonomy for all?, 66 th Annual International Conference of the Political Studies Association (PSA) (21 23 March 2016), Brighton, UK Invited speaker at the Roundtable debate - Autonomy: theory and practice organized by the Dr. György Bernády Cultural Fundation (17-18 September, 2015), Tirgu Mures, Romania Ethnic tensions and security: a comprehensive theoretical framework, 25 th Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN) (21-23 April 2015), London, UK. Minority Nationalism and Migration Politics: comparing Catalonia and South Tyrol, Workshop on: Pro-independence Movements and Migration: Discourse, Policy and Practice, European Academy Bolzano/ Bozen (October 2014), Bolzano, Italy. Invited speaker at EURAC science cafè on Finché crisi non ci separi. Economia al collasso e movimenti indipendentisti (June 2013), Bolzano, Italy. 5
Moderator in round-table on Political leaders - part of the International Summer School on Human Rights, Minorities and Diversity Management. Special Focus: Self determination organized by European Academy Bolzano/ Bozen (June 2013), Bolzano, Italy. New and Old Minorities: Tensions and Challenges in South Tyrol, International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention (April 2013), San Francisco, USA. Tensions and Challenges between New and Old Minorities: the Case of South Tyrol Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) Annual Convention (2012), Columbia University, NY, USA. Al-Qaeda s Terrorist Attacks and the Politics of Events XXIV Convegno Società Italiana di Scienza Politica (2010), Venice, Italy. Victim or Threat? Terrorists, Borders and Migrants in the USA and Spain International Studies Association Northeast Conference (2008), Baltimore, MD, USA. Countless Representation: the Tyranny of the Majority in Proportional Electoral System American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (2006), Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Living Separated in the Same Home: Analysis of the Management of Linguistic Diversity in Bolzano Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) Annual Convention (2006), Columbia University, NY, USA. Ingredient of the Same Cake: Individual Rights vs. Group Rights UPSS Annual Conference (2005), New School for Social Research, New York, NY, USA. Community Security: Letters from Srebrenica Annual Conference of the Regional Peace Studies Consortium (2004), Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse, NY, USA. FELLOWSHIP AND ACADEMIC AWARDS 2010 American Political Science Association Presidency Research Fund Fellowship 2008-2009 Provincia di Bolzano - Borsa di studio per la formazione post-laurea 2008 Program for Cultural Cooperation Between Spain s Ministry of Culture and United States Universities Grant 2008 New School for Social Research Dissertation Fellowship 2008 New School for Social Research Travel Fund Grant 2007 Received Honors in American Politics field exam 2006 New School for Social Research August Heckscher Scholarship 2006 New School for Social Research University Fellowship 2003 New School for Social Research Tuition Scholarship 2003 Fulbright Scholarship 2002 Provincia di Bolzano - Borsa di studio per la formazione post-laurea 6
MEMBERSHIPS IN ACADEMIC ORGANISATIONS South Tyrol Political Science Association (member 2016) Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (member 2015) Association for the Study of Nationalities (member 2014) International Studies Association (member 2014) OTHER RESEARCH AND WORK EXPERIENCES 2005-2008 The New School for Social Research, New York, NY, USA Research Assistant Provided research and teaching support to Prof. Victoria Hattam and collaborated in the writing of her book In the Shadow of Race, including the preparation of the tables of the book containing demographic data on the migrant population in the USA. Conference Assistant: Aristide Zolberg Celebration 2005-2006 Charney Research, New York, NY, USA Consultancy firm for market research and public opinion polling Research Assistant Collaborated in conducting focus groups 2001 Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, USA Research Intern Provided research support to Joseph Montville, director of the Preventive Diplomacy Program in the project Reviving the Memory of Muslim Spain, which aimed at preventing religious conflicts and clashes of civilization by emphasizing historical peaceful cohabitation among religious groups. 2001 America s Development Foundation, Alexandria, VA, USA NGO for the strengthening of civic society, democratic governance and economic development Research Intern Provided programmatic and research support to the vice-president of programs for grant proposals in non-governmental institutional (NGO) development, civic education, and human rights advocacy education. 2001-2002 Bolzano Association for Immigrants Reception, Italy NGO dealing with the first reception of migrants Civil Service Officer Supported integration of migrant children in school; provided linguistic integration and cultural-professional training; gave information on rights and responsibilities; assisted in the use of public services 7
LANGUAGE SKILLS Native Italian Fluent in English German (Goethe Institute certificate B2, equivalent to South Tyrolean Patentino B) Spanish (reading and speaking) Basic French (reading) 8