2002 Diploma of higher education at Mustafa Qemal Ataturq School, Vlore Albania

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1 Ervjola Selenica Birth: Vlorë (Albania), 1 December 1983 Citizenship: Albanian and Italian Legal residence: Mail address: Via Malvolta 19, 40137, Bologna Via Verdi 8/10, 38100, Trento ervjola.selenica@gmail.com ervjola.selenica@unitn.it EDUCATION 2011 PhD in International Studies, School of International Studies University of Trento (expected graduation: October 2014). My doctoral research focuses on the ways in which a wide variety of international actors shape national education systems in states that have emerged out of armed conflict, and if and how are these systems more conducive to the consolidation of peace in post-conflict deeply divided societies. I intend to conduct fieldwork in three case studies: Kosovo, South Sudan and East Timor 2008 Master diploma cum laude: MSc in International Development Studies, International School for Humanities and Social Sciences - University of Amsterdam (Academic year ). Research thesis: The EU Conceptualization of Development in Post-conflict Kosovo Supervisors: prof. Mario Novelli and prof. Gerd Junne 2006 BA in International Relations and Political Science - University of Bologna. Final Thesis in Eastern European Politics: The History of Yesterday in the Newspapers of Today. The Daily Press in Democratic Albania and the Politico-Judicial Trials, Diploma of higher education at Mustafa Qemal Ataturq School, Vlore Albania PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE March 2010 October 2011 Project assistant and tutor, Scuola Superiore Sant Anna - Pisa Master of Arts in Human Rights and Conflict Management and International Training Program for Conflict Management (ITPCM) MA program Administrative assistance (e.g., activation, enrolment) Preparation and management of teaching calendars Assistance to teaching staff and preparation of class materials Promotion and visibility enhancement; Design of a new Master webpage; web-mastering Participation in the selection of students for the Master editions IX and X Organization of internships and assistance to career counselling Budget monitoring Management of students evaluation of MA courses and teaching staff

2 Assistance and orientation for non-eu students needs Teaching advanced web-based research skills Organization of the Internship Memories Initiative for the graduation ceremony EULEX-Kosovo Mission-Specific Pre-deployment Training (Pisa, 30 June-3 July 2011) Assistance to agenda design Preparation of class materials and class tutoring Coordination of visiting teaching staff Assistance to participating EULEX officials Winter School Psychosocial Interventions in Emergency Displacement (Pisa, February 2011) Promotion and visibility enhancement Administrative assistance (e.g., enrolment, orientation for non-eu participants needs) Preparation of class materials and class tutoring May December 2009 Desk researcher/project officer, Open Plan Consulting Srl - Florence European tenders monitoring, project writing assistance with a focus on South Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Mediterranean region. Experts database management for EU Framework Contracts March August 2007 Internship with Amsterdam-based ATA (Academic Training Association) Organization of the ATA Summer Universities in (FY) Republic of Macedonia and Kosovo; promotion among students in Western Europe, preparation of information material, assistance in selection of international students, assistance on the curricula of the summer courses. Fieldwork and tutorial assistance during the implementation of the Summer Universities in Pristina (Kosovo) and Skopje- Bitola (FYROM). February August 2007 Freelance Interpreter for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Albanian / English October January 2007 Internship with PressNow Amsterdam and Istanbul Working on Nationalism and the Turkish Media. Assistance in research and production of network map; assistance in research and production of public discussion; assistance in promotion, design and dissemination. September November 2005 Internship with Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - Rovereto Assistance to the editorial board, translation of texts (English, Albanian, Italian). Organization of an international conference on decentralized cooperation in the Balkan region. Authoring analyses and articles on Albania (tourism, migrations, culture, environment & development issues) Winter-Spring 2005 Part-time librarian (desk and archives) at Department of Archaeology, Univ. of Bologna Fall-Winter 2004 Part-time librarian (desk and archives) at Department of Politics, Univ. of Bologna

3 TRAINING June 2012 INCORE Summer School on Evaluation in Conflict-Prone Settings, University of Ulster, Derry North Ireland (18-23 June) September 2011 International Seminar Education and International Development: Why Research Matters?, University of Amsterdam (29-30 September) March 2010 Spring Training School Open Scholarly Communities on the Web: Theory and Practice, COST A32 and Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, University of Pisa (Pisa, March) March June 2011 Academic intensive course in Langue Française I, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies August 2007 Intensive Crash Course in Research Methodology, University of Amsterdam HONORS AND AWARDS ESRC 1+3 Quota Award, Economic and Social Research Council (UK). Admitted to PhD program, Dept. of Education, University of Sussex. This award consists of a four-year scholarship which covers all academic fees during the doctoral programme.- declined. IMT Lucca, February 2010: admitted to PhD program without scholarship declined. International School for Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam, IB groep study grant; Graduation cum laude. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Module on Civil Society in Kosovo, Pre-deployment Course Kosovo, ENTRì framework - Sant Anna School of Advanced Studies (Pisa, 22 May-25 May 2012) Module on Civil Society in Kosovo, EULEX-Kosovo Mission-Specific Pre-deployment Training, ENTRì framework Sant Anna School of Advanced Studies (Pisa, 30 June-3 July 2011) PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH Nationalism and Civil Society Organizations in Post-Independence Kosovo (with F. Strazzari) in V. Bojicic-Dzelilovic, J. Ker-Lindsay and D. Kostovicova (eds.) Civil Society and Transitions in the Western Balkans. In print, Palgrave Macmillan, Kosovo general elections, in ITPCM Newsletter, Scuola Superiore Sant Anna, December 2010 Dilemmas and Challenges in post-independence Kosovo, in ITPCM Newsletter, Scuola Superiore Sant Anna, March 2008 Contribution to field research (Pristina, March May 2008) and research report for FP7 collaborative project Multistakeholder Partnership in Socio-economic Development for MULTIPART (University of Amsterdam)

4 LINGUISTIC SKILLS IT SKILLS OTHER SKILLS Albanian, mother tongue Italian, advanced, bilingual English, advanced, spoken and written (Toefl certification) French, basic, improvement underway Spanish, basic, good passive knowledge Good working knowledge of Office packages (Windows and OS Mac). Good working knowledge of SPSS Italian driving license B OTHER INFORM ATION April Member of the Examination Board of the Master Graduation 28 March Member of the Selection Committee for the Corso di reporting on Electoral observation and teambuilding, ITPCM - Sant Anna School of Advanced Studies and Oxfam Italia

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