CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL INFORMATION Name: Cristina Pace Institutional Address: Institute for Philosophy of Language (IFL-FCSH-UNL). Av. de Berna, 26-4º piso 1069-061 Lisbon, Portugal Telephone: (+351) 968550555 E-mail: pace.cristina@hotmail.it Nationality: Italian Webpage: http://www.ifl.pt/index.php?id1=2&id2=89 EDUCATION AND TRAINING 2012-ongoing: PhD Research Fellow (scholarship awarded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). UNL New University of Lisbon, Portugal. Phd Project: Cosmopolitan EU? Minority Rights and the Management of Cultural Diversity. 2009 2010: "European Master's Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation" awarded by the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC), Venice, Italy. E.MA thesis: Roma: a scapegoat for wider societal ills? 2006: Master in European Studies, Community Advisor and Project Consultant, European desk of the Belgian-Italian Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with the Institute of European Studies of the ULB, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. 2004-2006: Master of Arts in Teaching (Philosophy and History), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy. 1998-2003: Bachelor in Philosophy, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. WORK EXPERIENCE Since October 2012 PhD Research Fellow in Philosophy at the Institute for Philosophy of Language (IFL), Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of the New University of Lisbon (UNL), Lisbon, Portugal. October 2011 October 2012: Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Institute for 1
International Law and International Relations, Karl Franzens University, Graz, Austria. ("SPBUILD: Sustainable Peace Building": http://www.humanitariannet.deusto.es/spbuild/). September 2010 September 2011: Junior Research Fellow at the Institute for Philosophy of Language (IFL), Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of the New University of Lisbon (UNL), Lisbon, Portugal. December 2008 September 2009: Contractual Agent at the European Commission DG External Trade, Brussels, Belgium. September - November 2008: Stagiaire at the European Parliament, assistance to MEP Marco Cappato (ALDE), Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affair, Brussels, Belgium. March July 2008: Blue Book Trainee at the European Commission - DG Education and Culture, Brussels, Belgium. MAIN RESEARCH AREAS European and International Human Rights Law, Philosophy and Political Theory (including international relations theory), being particularly interested in philosophical approaches that focus on the role the idea of human right plays in contemporary political practice, fundamental rights theories and theoretical foundations; issues related with European integration and citizenship, inter-cultural dialogue and minorities rights. SCIENTIFIC BOARDS AND REVISIONS 2012 co-edited Human Security Perspectives - Issue 1/2012: Special Focus: Human Security in the Information Society, with BENEDEK, Wolfgang / KETTEMANN, Matthias C. / MONTAG, Heike / SANTOS PEREIRA, Pascoal, http://www.etcgraz.at/typo3/index.php?id=1176#c2859 RESEARCH PROJECTS 2011: Post-national Sovereignty: The European Union path towards a political identity, (Institute for Philosophy of Language (IFL); financed through the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, FCT: PTDC/FIL-ETI/108287/2008). 2012: The Landscape and Isobars of European Values in Relation to Science and New Technology(Value Isobars), DINÂMIA ISCTE, financed through the 7th Framework Programme (European Commission) Refª SiS-CT-2009-230557. AWARDS 2011 - Marie Curie Early Stage Research Fellowship, Marie Curie Actions of the Seventh Framework Programme/People (European Commission). 2
2012 - PhD Fellowship, FCT (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology). PUBLICATIONS Thesis: PACE, Cristina (2010), Roma: a scapegoat for wider societal ills?, E.MA, European Master s Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation, Venice, Academic Year 2009/2010, http://postnationaleu.squarespace.com/papers/. Articles in peer review journals: PACE, Cristina (2012), Robert Alexy s A Theory of Constitutional Rights critical review: key jurisprudential and political questions, DINÂMIA CET, WP no 2012/01, http://dinamiacet.iscte-iul.pt/working-papers/ PACE, Cristina (2012), Article Balancing Rights in the Information Society: Human Rights and the Protection of Public Security in Human Security Perspectives - Issue 1/2012: Special Focus: Human Security in the Information Society, http://www.etcgraz.at/typo3/index.php?id=1176#c2859 Book Chapters: PACE, Cristina (2013), Behind the Charter: the EU Ethical-Legal Identity in an International Order in: Astrid Boening, Jan Frederik Kremer and Aukje van Loon (eds.), Global Power Europe Vol. 1, Theoretical and Institutional Approaches to the EU s External Relations. Springer Publishing. Working Papers: PACE, Cristina (2011), Article The Witch Hunts: the Impact of Media and Public Opinion on Minority Protection, Ethnic Discrimination and Racism. The case of Roma in Europe, http://postnationaleu.squarespace.com/papers/ PARTICIPATION IN ACADEMIC CONFERENCES 2013: International workshop Meine Geschichte fu r Europa, Shaping the European Civil Society, 2nd 16th July, 2013, Institut fu r Deutschland forschung der Ruhr- Universität, Bochum, Germany. 2013 - Europe at the Edge of Pluralism, Legal Aspects of Diversity in Europe, Presentation of the paper Multiculturalism and Human Rights: an Anthropology of Law s Perspective, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland, 13-14 June, http://www.helsinki.fi/law-and-other/events/europe/index.html 2013 - International Conference - Challenges to Participation in Democracy, Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, 16-17 May, http://cpd2013lisbon.wordpress.com/. 3
2013-54th ISA Annual Convention, The Politics of International Diffusion: Regional and Global Dimensions, Presentation of the paper Behind the Charter: the EU Ethical-Legal Identity in an International Order, Hilton san Francisco Union Square and Parc 55 Wyndham, San Francisco, California, USA, 3-6 April, http://www.isanet.org/conferences/sanfrancisco2013.aspx 2012 - Interdisciplinary and Comparative Approaches to Ethnic Conflict: An International Symposium, Presentation of the paper Avoiding Ethnocentrism s Trap: Intercultural Dialogue as an Instrument of Social Conflict Prevention, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey, 5-6 May, http://fass.sabanciuniv.edu/eng/ 2012-5th Graz Workshop on the Future of Security, Sustainable Peace Building: Human Security in the Information Society: Regulating Risks Empowering People, member of the organizing and editorial committee and Presentation of the paper Balancing rights in the Information Society: human rights and the protection of public security, Institute of International Law and International Relations, University of Graz, Austria, 16 March. 2011 - Workshop on Sustainable Peace: Old and New Approaches, Presentation of the paper The witch hunts: the impact of media and public opinion on minority protection, ethnic discrimination and racism. The case of Roma in Europe, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain, 1-2 December, http://www.humanitariannet.deusto.es/spbuild/workshop2011.asp 2011 - Conference: Being-In-Human: The Critical Theory and Law of Human Rights, participation, Birkbeck, University of London, UK, 17-19 November, http://www.bbk.ac.uk/law/events/being-in-human-the-critical-theory-and-law-ofhuman-rights/ 2010 - Workshop Debateando a Carta Aspectos jurídicos e politicos na Carta dos Direitos Fundamentais da União Europeia, Presentation of the paper Behind the Charter: Transparency, Legal Security, Political Participation. The Charter s added value?, FD- UNL, Faculty of Law of the New University of Lisbon, Portugal, 17 December, http://postnationaleu.squarespace.com/papers/ COMPLEMENTARY SKILLS 2013: Information Literacy Course, Nova Doctoral School, UNL, New University of Lisbon, 13-15 May, Lisbon, Portugal. 2013: Science Communication Course, Nova Doctoral School, UNL, New University of Lisbon, 20-22 March, Lisbon, Portugal. 2013: Research Ethics Course, Nova Doctoral School, UNL, New University of Lisbon, 6-7 March, Lisbon, Portugal. 2013: Abstract Writing, Nova Doctoral School, UNL, New University of Lisbon, 4-6 February, Lisbon, Portugal. 4
2012 Summer School in Democracy and Transitional Justice, Sousse, Tunisia, 3-13 August. 2012 - Total Law Summer Course on Advanced European Union Legal Practice, CEU Summer University, Budapest, Hungary, 2-14 July. April September 2012, Academic Writing Workshop, Prof. Stefan Halikowski Smith, Graz, University of Graz, Austria. November 2011 - Workshop: Exploring the Doctoral Process, Sarah Mercer, Ph.D., Fach didaktik zentrum der Geisteswissenschaftlichen Fakultät, University of Graz, Austria. OTHER PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS/ACTIVITIES Since 2012, Member of the International Studies Association (ISA) Since 2012, Associate Member of IFL, Institute for Philosophy of Language, New University of Lisbon (FCSH/UNL) Since 2010, Member of the E.MAlumni Association 5