Ph.D. Alumni in International Studies

Name / Nationality		Dissertation Title / Supervisor / Final Exam Date	Jobs after the PhD
2023
	Michele Mazzetti Italian	Poverty Everywhere Endangers Prosperity Everywhere: Trade Agreements and Labour Rights Protection Prof. Matteo Borzaga 10 July 2023	Research Fellow at the Department of Legal Sciences of the University of Florence
	Giulia Daga Italian	(Re)presenting Oman: A Discourse-Historical Analysis of Sultan Qaboos bin Said's (non)alignments (1970-2020) Prof. Pejman Abdolmohammadi 25 July 2023	Research Fellow at the Italian Institute of the International Affairs (IAI)
	Ruben David Italian	Evolving norms in the UN Climate Regime: the EU’s and China’s contentious interpretations of the principles regulating mitigation commitments over the course of the climate negotiations (1992 – 2020) Prof. Louisa Rosemary Parks 27 April 2023	Research Assistant, ISPI, Milan, Italy
	Aleksandar Damjanovski Macedonian	The ‘Institutional effect’ over EU defence cooperation initiative: The case of preferential patterns of behaviour in the Permanent Structured Cooperation Prof. Stefano Benati 12 April 2023	Unicollege SSML, Florence, Italy
	Claudio Christopher Maria Passalacqua Italian	Power Shifts in International Standardization: Explaining a Leading Standard Setter in Telecommunication Prof. Arlo Poletti 31 October 2023	Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Department of International Relations of the University of Bologna
	Andrei Tarasov Russian	Secessionism on the Rise: Frames, Media Bias, and Strategies of Political Parties in Catalonia (2010-2014) and Scotland (2012-2016) Prof. Emanuele Massetti 15 May 2023	Research Fellow at Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals
	Vanessa Ugolini Italian	“(Un-)Making” Data To “Make” Security: A Discursive And Visual Inquiry Into The Production, Circulation And Use Of Data Across The Pan-European Information Infrastructure Prof. Alessandra Russo Dr. Georgios Glouftsios 1 March 2023	Researcher at Vrijie Universiteit Brussel
2022
	Jessica Cuel Italian	Help that Hinders? The impact of donors on local communities' participation in environmental projects. Prof. Louisa Parks 13 December 2022	Research Support Office at the University of Trento
	Micaela Musacchio Strigone Italian	Far-right party-movement interactions in times of crises (2009-2019): The cases of Lega-CasaPound Italia in Italy and UKIP-EDL in the United Kingdom Prof. Emanuele Massetti 3 October 2022	Consultant at Cronos Europe for Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy of European Commission
	Amandine Le Bellec French	The European Union and the politicization of gender and sexuality in the reforms of the Common European Asylum System (1999-2020) Prof. Carlo RUZZA - UNITN Prof. Réjane Sénac - SciencesPo (France) 20 September 2022	Sciences Po Paris, France
	Mattia Zeba Italian	Language rights for ‘new minorities’: an inclusive perspective on linguistic diversity in Europe Prof. Jens Woelk 17 Febraury 2022	Researcher at EURAC Research, Italy
2021
	Jean Paul Moinet Italian	The legal relevance of the doctrine of non-recognition: The preservation of the international legal order and the settlement of intractable conflicts Prof. Marco Pertile 12 November 2021
	Gian Marco Longoni Italian	How civil conflicts end: Fragmented and competitive armed oppositions and the outcomes of civil conflicts (1989-2017) Prof. Paolo Rosa 2 September 2021	Senior Research Executive at Verian Group Brussels, Belgium
	Adriana Cuppuleri Italian	Russia in the contested neighbourhood: a neoclassical realist approach to regional primacy Prof. Paolo Rosa 6 July 2021	ISPI, Milan, Italy
	Bleta Brovina Kosovar	International multi-ethnic state-building through power-sharing arrangements: a comparative study of Kosovo and Macedonia Prof. Jens Woelk 26 April 2021	Lawyer. Phristina, Kosovo
2020
	Maria Cecilia del Barrio Arleo Argentine-Italian	Accommodating diversity in the EU Banking Union: The Single Supervisory Mechanism and the quest for supervisory consistency Prof. Luisa Antoniolli 29 April 2020	ECB Graduate Programme Participant (DG Secretariat Official)
	Isabella Oldani Italian	Exchanging and Protecting Personal Data across Borders: GDPR Restrictions on International Data Transfer Prof. Antonio Alì 20 July 2020	Data protection lawyer, 42 LawFirm, LT42 - The Legal Tech Company
	Vincenzo Tudisco Italian	Postwar Pacifism in a Changing Context: Constitutional Bans on War in Japan, Italy, and Germany Prof. Jens Woelk 19 August 2020	Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Faculty of Law, University of Trento
	Giulia Sciorati Italian	"Rooting out Resistance in Uyghur Society”: The Making of China’s Counterterrorism Policy in Xinjiang (1996-2017) Prof. Paolo Rosa 3 September 2020	Researcher, Asia Centre, ISPI, Milan, Italy
	Iotam Andrea Lerer Italian	Providing Arms and Weapons to Parties Involved in Civil Wars: The Legal Framework for EU Member States Prof. Marco Pertile 4 September 2020	Head of Cooperation at EU Delegation to Timor Este

2019
	Antoniazzi Chiara Tea Italian	Promoting the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights: The (Potential) Role of National Human Rights Institutions Prof. Giuseppe Nesi 14 June 2019	Postdoctoral Researcher at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies (Pisa, Italy)
	Baratto Gabriele Italian	The role of social media in the illegal online trade of medicines Prof. Andrea Di Nicola 18 October 2019	Research fellow at the Department "Faculty of Law", University of Trento. Member of the eCrime research group, and of the Institute of Safety and Security Sciences of the University of Trento
	Bredikova Hana Slovak	Are third-party interventions in civil wars desirable? Multi-method approach to ending intrastate conflicts. Prof. Filippo Andreatta 23 October 2019	Data analyst for a leading polling agency, manager at GSG
	Dacrema Eugenio Italian	Modelling Contentious Politics: The case of civil strife and radicalization in the Middle East and North Africa. Prof. Stefano Benati 30 September 2019	Economic risk analyst in the Analysis and Early Warning Unit of the World Food Programme
	Frosecchi Giulia Italian	Constitutional Balancing and Fundamental Labour Rights: an Analytical Approach to the Italian and Spanish Case Law on Post-Crisis Reforms Prof. Matteo Borzaga 10 June 2019	Researcher at the University of Florence
	Mitrotta Emma Italian	Decentralised International Cooperation: Enhancing Conservation and Sustainable Management of Transboundary Natural Resources Prof. Louisa Rosemary Parks 7 June 2019	EUSALP Policy Officer at the Autonomous Province of Trento and Independent Researcher in environmental law and policy
	Parisi Piergiuseppe Italian	Socialisation by Inquiry. A Study of the Effectiveness and Impact of Human Rights Council-Mandated Commissions of Inquiry in Israel and Palestine. Prof. Emanuela Fronza (University of Bologna), Prof. Marco Pertile (UniTn) 24 October 2019	Research Associate at the Centre for Applied Human Rights, University of York, UK Associate Lecturer at the York Law School, University of York, UK
	Pejovic Milica Serbian	Contesting the European Union in times of crisis: an analysis of Facebook interactions Prof. Carlo Ruzza 28 May 2019	Project coordinator of the School of Innovation at the University of Trento
	Sciandra Elena Italian	The Social Organisation of the Illicit Trafficking in Antiquities: The Cases of Bulgaria and Italy Prof. Andrea Di Nicola 18 October 2019	Analyst for Europol
2018
	Baldarelli Margherita Italian	Large-Scale Land Acquisitions and Legal Pluralism in Africa: The Case of Zambia and Ghana Prof. Luisa Antoniolli 7 March 2018	Legal Assistant at the European Commission, Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO)
	Denti Davide Italian	The European Union and Member State Building in Bosnia and Herzegovina Prof. Simona Piattoni 20 April 2018	Policy Officer at the European Commission, Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR)
	Fiorentini Enrico Italian	Avoiding non-proliferation atrophy: The effectiveness of multilateral cooperation, regime dynamics and the case of nuclear non-proliferation Prof. Paolo Foradori 19 September 2018	Consultant at the Office for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
	Galvis Martínez Manuel Andrés Colombian	Allegiance in International Armed Conflicts. The Role of the Duty of Fidelity in International Humanitarian Law Prof. Marco Pertile 12 July 2018	Legal Assistant for the Defence - United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
	Giannetto Leila Italian	More than consultation Civil society organisations mainstreaming fundamental rights in EU border management policies: the case of Frontex and its Consultative Forum Prof. Carlo Ruzza 7 June 2018	Researcher at FIERI and Euricse
	Guzzo Falci Paula Brasilian	Illiberal Secularism: A Critical Approach to the Study of Social and Religious Governance in Liberal Democracies Prof. Michele Nicoletti 27 November 2018	Post-doctoral Researcher at Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München
	Roberti di Sarsina Jacopo Italian	Is International Law a Building or Stumbling Block to States' Response to a Legacy of Massive Atrocities? Reassessing the Obligations to Investigate and Prosecute Prof. Giuseppe Nesi 21 May 2018	Lawyer, Bologna, Italy
	Romaniuk Scott N. Canadian	Under Siege: Counter-Terrorism Policy and Civil Society in Hungary Prof. Paolo Foradori 15 June 2018	Research fellow at the Corvinus Centre for Contemporary Asia Studies, Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies, Corvinus University of Budapest
2017
	Cittadino Federica Italian	Indigenous Rights and the Protection of Biodiversity: A Study of Conflict and Reconciliation in International Law Prof. Marco Pertile 19 January 2017	Senior Researcher, Institute for Studies on Federalism and Regionalism, EURAC (Bolzano)
	Nicoli Francesco Italian	Integration in times of crisis. Testing Neofunctional hypotheses: a political economy investigation of crisis-led integration. Prof. Luigi Bonatti 17 February 2017	Postdoctoral Fellow at the Access Research Centre, University of Amsterdam
2016
	Akchurina Viktoria Kyrgyzstani	The state as social practice: sources, resources, and forces in Central Asia Prof. Vincent Della Sala 28 January 2016	Postdoctoral Researcher at the GLOBAL CONTEST project/CERAL, University of Paris-13, Paris
	Bobić Marinko Canadian	Minor Powers Confronting Major Powers: A Comparative Examination of the Conditions Facilitating Decisions to go to War Prof. Filippo Andreatta 28 April 2016	Lecturer for Leiden University, The Netherlands
	Sahakyan Davit Armenian	Reassessing North-South Relations: An Examination of North-South Preferential Trade Agreements for Developing and Emerging Economies Prof. Vincent Della Sala 26 February 2016	Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics at Pace University and the New York Institute of Technology
	Selenica Ervjola Albanian and Italian	New states challenged: education, peacebuilding and state-building in post-conflict Kosovo and East Timor Prof. Roberto Belloni 4 July 2016	Visiting research fellow, Centre for International Education, University of Sussex
2015
	Costantini Irene Italian	Statebuilding versus state formation: the political economy of transition in Iraq and Libya Prof. Roberto Belloni 27 April 2015	Post Doctoral Researcher at the University of Naples 'L'Orientale'
	Erforth Benedikt German	A Reflectivist Approach to France's Security Policy-Making in Sub-Saharian Africa Prof. Vincent Della Sala 22 May 2015	Lecturer in International Relations, Political Science, and Comparative Constitutional Law, SciencesPo, Paris
	Katzarova Elitza Bulgarian	The World Is Broken: The Social Construction of a Global Corruption Problem Prof. Vincent Della Sala 30 April 2015	Lecturer and researcher at the Chair of International Relations at the University of Brunswick - Institute of Technology, Germany
	Kustova Irina Italian	The Conflict-Cooperation Nexus: Politicization, Security and Domestic Institutions in EU-Russia Energy Relations Prof. Paolo Rosa 16 April 2015	Researcher Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) Brussels
2014
	Bernini Michele Italian	Essays on financial factors and firm export behaviour Prof. Stefano Schiavo 31 January 2014	Bank of England, London
	Dalla Gasperina Giada Italian	Illegal Waste Traffic and Legitimate Market Players: Legislative opportunities in Italy 1 April 2014 Prof. Andrea Di Nicola	Lawyer, International Law Firm, Milan, Italy
	Gadler Alice Italian	Principles Matter: Humanitarian Assistance to Civilians under IHL Prof. Marco Pertile 30 January 2014	Delegate for the ICRC
	Giuffré Mariagiulia Italian	Seeking Protection in Europe: Refugees, Human Rights, and Bilateral Agreements Linked to Readmission Prof. Antonino Alì 8 May 2014	Lecturer in Law, Department of Law and Criminology, Edge Hill University, UK
	Lavorgna Anita Italian	Transit crimes in the Internet age: How new online criminal opportunities affect the organization of offline transit crimes Prof. Andrea Di Nicola 1 April 2014	Associate Professor at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna
	Vaona Stefano Italian	Procedural Incentives in Private Damages Actions for Infringement of Competition Law: EU and U.S. perspectives - The EU, Italy, England and Wales, and the U.S - Prof. Antonino Alì 27 February 2014	Legal Advisor in matters concerning competition law and regulated network industries (Gas and Electricity) with the European Institutions
2013
	Ciambra Andrea Italian	The Politicisation of EU Energy Policy Instances of instrumental re-framing by the European Commission Prof. Vincent Della Sala 11 April 2013	Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain
	Fourie Elsje Elizabeth South African	New Maps for Africa? Contextualising the 'Chinese' model within Ethiopian and Kenyan paradigms of development Prof. Peter Wagner 21 February 2013	Assistant Professor of Globalisation and Development Studies, The University of Maastricht, the Netherlands
	Memo Sara Italian	The Legal Status of Roma in Europe: between national minority and transnational people Prof. Jens Woelk 19 April 2013	Consultant for the development and management of EU co-funded projects in the area of socio-economic inclusion
	Ruzza Alice Italian	Indirect Expropriation in International Investment Law Prof. Marco Pertile 16 April 2013	Regional Senior Legal Counsel and Spokesperson for EMEA Antitrust:
	Shisheva Mariya Bulgarian	The Impact of European Union's Asylum Policy on Domestic Asylum Policy in Britain and Germany: 1990 – 2007 Prof. Simona Piattoni 8 May 2013	Protection Associate with UNHCR
	Zabyelina Yuliya Ukrainian	The State and Transnational Organized Crime: A Case Study Analysis of Criminal Opportunities in the Russian Federation and the United States Prof. Andrea Di Nicola 7 November 2013	Assistant Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, United State
2012
	Babayan Nelli Armenian	Wandering in Twilight? Democracy Promotion by the EU and the USA and Democratization in Armenia Prof. Sergio Fabbrini 19 March 2012	Senior Researcher within TRANSWORLD project at the Otto-Suhr Institute of Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin
	Betti Andrea Italian	Legitimate and Contested: How States Respond to International Norms Prof. Roberto Belloni 16 March 2012	Assistant Professor Theory of International Relations Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid
	Di Bari Michele Italian	he Legal Recognition of same-sex unions in the EU: can the charter of fundamental rights of the European Union make the difference? 20 April 2012 Prof. Roberto Toniatti	External professor of comparative public law, Department of Political Science, University of Padua, Italy
	Haiduk Kyril Belarusian	Essays on Economic Growth and Development in Post-Socialist Countries Prof. Luigi Bonatti 17 April 2012	Country Economist of the World Bank Office in Belarus
	Hossain Jakir Bangladeshi	Economic Security for the working poor? Trade-linked labour standards, workers' rights, and the politics of representation of Bangladesh's garment workers Prof. Giorgio Fodor 24 April 2012	Associate Professor, Institute of Bangladesh Studies, University of Rajshahi, and Chairman, Development Synergy Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh
	Kaeb Caroline German	A Story of Law and Incentives: A Comparative Legal Understanding of Corporate Risk and Incentives in Relation to Human Rights Liability Prof. Luisa Antoniolli 8 June 2012	Assistant Professor of Business Law and Human Rights, University of Connecticut, U.S.A.
	Lamberti Sara Italian	Helsinki disentangled (1973-75): West Germany, the Netherlands, the EPC and the principle of the protection of human rights Prof. Mark F. Gilbert 13 February 2012	Conference officer, Office of the Secretary-General, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
	Pisani Beatrice Italian	The System of the International Criminal Court: Complementarity in International Criminal Justice Prof. Emanuela Fronza 15 March 2012
	Zanon Flavia Italian	The High Representative for the CFSP and EU security culture: from mediation to policy entrepreneurship Prof. Sergio Fabbrini 16 March 2012	Fondazione Edmund Mach (FEM), San Michele all'Adige, Trento, Italy
2011
	Ahmed Sophia Pakistani	Essays on spatial inequalities evidence from Pakistan Prof. Christopher Gilbert 26 September 2011	Research Economist at the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) in Islamabad, Pakistan
	Altay Serdar Turkish	Hegemony, private actors, and international institutions: transnational corporations as the agents of transformation of the trade regime from GATT to the WTO Prof. Vincent Della Sala 17 May 2011	Program Officer for the General Marshall Fund of the United States, Washington D.C.
	Cajvaneanu Doina Romanian	A Genealogy of Government. On Governance, Transparency and Partnership in the European Union Prof. Vincent Della Sala 8 March 2011	EU Affairs Advisor in EU Policies and Strategies, Directorate of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
	Demukaj Bislimi Venera Kosovan	Aid Effectiveness in Post-Conflict Countries 21 June 2011 Prof. Richard Pomfret	Assistant Professor, RIT Kosovo (A.U.K)
	Gozen Ercan Mine Pinar Turkish	Undertaking the Responsibility: International Community, States, R2P and Humanitarian Intervention Prof. Michele Nicoletti 27 July 2011	Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
	Quer Giovanni Matte Italian	Beyond Territorial Protection: Millet and Personal Autonomy as instruments for (New) Minorities in Europe? Prof. Jens Woelk 14 June 2011	Visiting Researcher, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
2010
	De Carolis Daniele Italian	The process of harmonisation of the law of international commercial arbitration: drafting and diffusion of uniform norms 2 March 2010 Prof. Luisa Antoniolli	Italian Revenue Agency, Milan, Italy
	Sahin Sevgi Turkish	The Internationalization of the Turkish State, 1980-2006 Prof. Vincent Della Sala 26 February 2010	Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations, Çağ University, Turkey
	Venneri Giulio Italian	From International to EU-Driven Statebuilding: the Reorganization of Sovereignty in Post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina Prof. Sergio Fabbrini 29 June 2010	Team leader for the rule of law and democracy in the Directorate General for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels
	Vovchok Zoryana Ukrainian	The Role of the United Nations Security Council in the Strengthening of the Withdrawal Clause of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Prof. Paolo Cotta Ramusino, University of Milan 14 April 2010	Director of the Department of Legal Affairs at the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
2009
	Beqiraj Julinda Albanian	Developments in the international legal regime of protection of migrant workers’ rights: the impact of globalisation Prof. Alessandro Fodella 8 April 2009	Research Fellow, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London
	Galera Giulia Italian	The Impact of Social Enterprises onSocio-Economic Development in Transition Countries: The Cases of Poland and Ukraine Prof. Carlo Borzaga 1 July 2009	Research coordinator, European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises (Euricse), Trento, Italy
	Guri Gert Albanian	Transition and Failing States: Albania in the 1990s Prof. Vincent Della Sala 7 April 2009	Research Fellow, Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Trento
	Yossef El Sayed Mohammed Amr Egyptian	The Fallacy of Democratic Victory: Decision-Making and Arab-Israeli Wars, 1967-2006 Prof. Sergio Fabbrini 30 April 2009
2008
	Moschella Manuela Italian	Ideas and Policy Change The International Monetary Fund from Orderly to Properly Sequenced Liberalization Prof. Sergio Fabbrini 20 June 2008	Associate Professor in International Political Economy, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy
	Nones Alberto Italian	Possible Patriotisms: Refracting the Political through Multiculturalism, Postnationalism, and Terrorism Prof. Gianfranco Poggi 11 January 2008	University of the Italian Switzerland