CURRICULUM VITAE Helena Carrapiço European University Institute E-mail: helena.carrapico@eui.eu Social and Political Sciences Department Date of Birth:01/11/1979 Badia Fiesolana, Via dei Roccettini, 9 Tel: 00 39 320 709 43 09 15014 San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy Portuguese Nationality I/ Education Since 2010 Post- doctoral researcher at the Institute for European Integration Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna. 2009 Doctoral Degree in Social and Political Sciences, at the European University Institute. Thesis Title: The European Union and Organized Crime: the securitization of organized crime and its embedment in the construction of a risk- based security policy. Supervisor: Friedrich Kratochwil. 2005 1st year of PhD Programme in Strategic Studies at the Institute for Political Studies, Portuguese Catholic University, Lisbon. 2004 Post- graduate Diploma in Security and Defense at the Institute for Political Studies, Portuguese Catholic University. 2003 Master s Degree Cum Laude in European Studies at the College of Europe (Natolin Campus). Thesis: The Consequences of Eastern Europe Immigration in Portugal. Supervisor: Georges Mink- Institut de Sciences Politiques de Paris. 2002 Bachelor s Degree in Applied Foreign Languages at the Portuguese Catholic University (Lisbon). Thesis: The Consequences of Eastern Enlargement for Portugal. Oct.1999/ Mar.2000 Erasmus Programme at the Université de Paris IV- Sorbonne. 1997 Baccalauréat- Lycée Français Charles Lepierre- Lisbon 1
Languages Portuguese : mother tongue French : mother tongue English : excellent Spanish : good Italian: good Catalan : good German : basic Polish : beginner Russian : beginner Language Diplomas Certificate of Proficiency in English Intermediate level - Institut Cervantes Certificate of intermediate level Level G3 - Goethe Institut II/ Professional Experience April 09- April 2010 Research Assistant of Friedrich Kratochwil, at the Department of Social and political Studies, European University Institute. March- June 2008 March- July 2007 January- August 05 Since February 05 January- July 05 Visiting fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Justice and Home Affairs Unit, in Brussels. Internship at the European Commission, DG. Liberty, Security and Justice, Unit D2. Gathering empirical data for PhD thesis. Researcher at the Institute for National Defence, Portuguese Ministry of Defence. Area: European security. Invited researcher at EuroDefense Portugal. Organization of roundtables on security and defence issues; Portuguese representative at international meetings. Associated Researcher at the Mário Soares Foundation. 2004-2005 Associated Researcher at the Portuguese Institute for International Relations and Security (IPRIS). Member of the editorial team of the Journal International Politics. March- 04 December Internship at the European Bilateral Relations service of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. October 01- March 02 6 months stage in the Chambre de Commerce et Industrie Lusofrançaise, in the Commercial Department, as a commercial assistant. 2
III/ Publications Carrapiço, H. (2009) Following the footsteps of Europol: Eurojust s securitization of organized crime, Journal of Common Market Studies, submitted. Carrapiço, H. (2009) Europol s Genealogy and its contribution towards a risk- based concept of organized crime, Working Paper Series, Center for European Policy Studies in revision for publication. Carrapiço, H. (2009) The evolution of the European Union s Understanding of Organized crime and its embedment in EU discourse, in Allum, F., D. Irrera, F. Longo and P. Kostakos (Ed.) Defining and Defying Organised Crime, Routledge. Carrapiço, H. (2006) A Evolução da Intelligence na União Europeia: a caminho de uma agencia europeia de informações? (The evolution of Intelligence: on our way towards a European information agency?), Politica Internacional, vol. 28, nº 2, p.100-111. Carrapiço, H. (2006) O Papel do Crime Organizado nas Guerras Irregulares (Organized crime s role in irregular warfare), Cadernos do Instituto de Defesa Nacional, nº1. Carrapiço, H. (2005) O Crime Organizado e as Novas Tecnologias: uma faca de dois gumes (Organized Crime and New Technologies: a double- edged sword), Revista Nação e Defesa, nº111, p. 175-192. Carrapiço, H. (2005) As Fragilidades da União Europeia face ao Terrorismo (The European Union s fragilities and Terrorism)), RI, nº6, Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais, p. 127-142. Carrapiço, H. (2005) A Integração da Imigração em Portugal no sec. XXI (Immigrant integration inportugal in the XXIst century), published on the website of the Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais e Segurança. Carrapiço, H. (2005) Do Sonho à Realidade: práticas Europeias de Resolução de Conflitos (From dream to reality: European conflict resolution), Política Internacional, vol. 27, nº2, p.163-180. Carrapiço, H. (2005) The European Union s Eastern Enlargement: a guarantee of security or a security trap?, Fédéralisme-Régionalisme, vol. 4: 2003-2004 - Régions et sécurité. Carrapiço, H. (2004) La Contribution Portugaise dans la Construction d une Identité Européenne published as conference proceedings Héritages et Perspectives, organized by Bronislav Geremek on the 6 February 2003, Collège d Europe. Publications in the making: 3
Carrapiço, H. (2010) Keeping the undesired Out: FRONTEX management of organized crime, Journal to be defined. General Publications: Carrapiço, H. (2008) Europa Campeã, Democracia em Crise? (Winning Europe and the crisis of democracy), Revista Autor, Secção de Política Internacional, edição de Outubro. Carrapiço, H. (2008) União para o Mediterrâneo: novo fôlego ou a mesma história de sempre? (The Medterranean Union: Breath of fresh air or the same old story?), Revista Autor, Secção de Política Internacional, edição de Agosto. Carrapiço, H. (2005) O Programa Nuclear do Irão (Iran s Nuclear Program), Newsletter do Instituto de Defesa Nacional, edição de Maio. IV/ Conference Papers November 2009 October 2009 Feb. 2009 May 2008 March 2008 March 2008 Presentation of the paper Exporting Insecurity: the dissemination of risk assessment approaches within the external dimension of the EU s Justice and Home Affairs, at the Security Working Group, Robert Schuman Center, European University Institute, Florence. Presentation of the paper Developing a policy against organized crime: the EU as an internal and as an external actor at the Institute for European Integration Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna. Presentation of the paper The evolution of the European Union s Understanding of Organized crime and its embedment in EU discourse at the International Studies Association s annual conference, New York. Presentation of the paper An American Gangster in Europe: External influences in the EU construction of organized crime as a threat and its consequences for security strategies and techniques, at a Challenge Workshop: The Changing Landscape of Justice and Security in Canada, the European Union and EU- Canada Relations, University of Toronto. Presentation of the paper Chasing mirages? Reflections on concepts of security through the study of the securitization of organized crime at the International Studies Association s annual conference, San Francisco. Presentation of the paper The European Union and organized Crime: threat understanding and the construction of a Security policy at the 4
Portuguese Political Science Association s annual conference. Sept. 2007 June 2007 April 2007 April 2007 Nov. 2006 Sept. 2006 Presentation of PhD project at the European Consortium for political Science s biannual conference, Pisa. Presentation of PhD project at the EpsNet Annual Conference, in Ljubljana. Presentation of the paper European Union responses to Organized Crime at the 8 th Annual Conference of the UACES Student Forum, in Nottingham. Presentation on The threat of Organized crime and Institutional Responses at the European and Atlantic Cultural Institute, in Ericeira, Portugal. Presentation of PhD project at the Winter school on Security Theory- Critical innovations with Professor Ole Waever, at the University of Copenhagen. Presentation of PhD project at the Ist ECPR Graduate Conference, University of Essex. Conference Papers in the making: March 2010 March 2010 Exporting insecurity: the externalization of risk assessment approaches and the External Dimension of Justice and Home Affairs, V Congress of the Associação Portuguesa de Ciencia Política, University of Minho. The evolution of Europol and its role in the development of a European organized crime policy, 60th Political Studies Association Annual Conference, Edinburgh. V/ Editing Experience Since Jan. 2008 Since 2007 Editor of the International Affairs Section of the Revista Autor. http://www.revistaautor.com/ Co- Editor of the Standing Group on Organized crime s Newsletter, European Consortium for Political Science. 2004-2005 Co- Editor of the Journal Politica Internacional, Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais e Segurança (IPRIS). VI/ Other Academic Activities 5
Academic Service May 2009 April 2009 June 2008 April 2008 April 2008 Nov. 2007 and Oct. 2006 July 2007 Chair in the conference Do Institutions Evolve?, organized by Sven Steinmo at the European University Institute, 8 and 9 May. Organization of a workshop on Normative Theory, at the European University Institute, Florence, in coordination with Christina Chwaszcza and Friedrich Kratochwil. Organization of a workshop on security, at the European University institute, Florence, in coordination with Friedrich Kratochwil. Invited Guest lecturers: Michael Williams and Jef Huysmans. Participation in the organization of a Challenge PhD Training School on Visas, Borders and Migrations, Center for European Policy Studies, Brussels. Organization of a Workshop on the Lisbon Treaty at the National Defense Institute, in Lisbon. Organization of the Departmental Weekend, where professors and researchers of the Social and Political Sciences Department of the EUI get together to discuss academic and departmental issues. Chair and rapporteur at the VII European Young Leader s Conference in Kranj, Slovenia. Summer/ Winter Schools June 2009 July 2008 Nov 2006 July 2006 First Summer School of the Standing Group on Organized Crime, European Consortium for Political Science, University of Catania, 30 June- 12 July. Summer school on Theories of International Relations with Professor Steven Walt, at the IBEI, in Barcelona. Winter school on Critical Security Studies, at the University of Copenhagen, with Professor Ole Waever. Summer school on Security with Professor John Mearsheimer, at the IBEI, in Barcelona. Academic Events in preparation: 6
Jan 2010 Organization of the Workshop European Internal Security, at the European University Institute, in coordination with Adrienne Heritier and Friedrich Kratochwil. Research Areas: European Security, Organized crime, Area of Liberty, Justice and Home Affairs, the external dimension of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, Security Theories, International Relations Theories. VII/ Scholarships 2007 e 2008 Mobility and participation scholarship to attend the Anual Conferences of the International Studies Association (ISA), in 2008 and 2009. 2005-2009 PhD scholarship, atributed by the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the context of the Doctoral programme of the European University Institute. 2005-2009 PhD scholarship supplement, atributed by the Foundation for Science and Tecnology of the Portuguese Ministry of Science and Tecnology, in the context of the Doctoral programme of the European University Institute. Constitutes a complement to the scholarship atributed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2004 PhD scholarship, atributed by the Foundation for Science and Tecnology of the Portuguese Ministry of Science and Tecnology, in the context of the Doctoral programme of the Political Studies Institute, Portuguese Catholica University. Scholarship interrupted in August 2005. VIII/ Miscellaneous Since 2008 Member of the International Studies Association. 2005/2006 Student s representative of the Social and Political Sciences department, European University Institute. 2001/02 Student s representative in the Pedagogical Council at the Catholic University. 1994 to 1999 Fencing- competition level. 7
IT knowledge in PC and Macintosh- Office, Page Maker, Illustrator, Photoshop, Claris Draw. Knowledge of programming. 8