Irene Landini

• 8 Luglio 2022: Dottoressa di ricerca (Ph.D) in Politics, Università Luiss Guido. Titolo della tesi di Dottorato: ‘Welfare chauvinism and social policy: how politicians justify migrants’ exclusion from social programs and services in Western Europe’. Giudizio finale: Eccellente.
• 24 Febbraio 2017: Laurea Magistrale in Human Rights and multi-level governance conseguita presso la Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, Università di Padova. Titolo della tesi:  ‘Fare gli italiani: citizenship education and the difficult pathway from migrants to citizens’. Giudizio finale: 110/110.
• 24 Settembre 2014: Laurea Triennale in Studi Internazionali presso il Dipartimento di Sociologia, Università di Trento. Giudizio finale: 108/110.

Ho recentemente vinto la borsa di studio post-doc YUFE e, a partire da gennaio 2024, sarò borsista post-dottorato presso la Facoltà di Scienze Sociali dell'Università di Anversa (come membro del research network ‘Migration and global mobility’) e l'Univerisità di Essex (Centre for Migration Studies).

Dal 2022 Dottoressa di ricerca (Ph.D) in Politics

Visiting research stays
Maggio-Settembre 2022: Post-Doctoral Visiting Fellowship, University of Konstanz. Working Group on Public Administration. Chair of the Group: Professor Eva Thomann.
Ottobre 2019-Gennaio 2020: Doctoral Visiting Fellowship, University of Vienna. Department of Government, University of Vienna. Supervisor: Professor Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik (University of Vienna).
2013-LLP: Erasmus Program Fellowship, University of Bath. 

Attività didattica:

2023: Sociologia dello sviluppo internazionale

2022-presente: Global Cultures and Societies (assistente)

Immigrazione e integrazione (focus principale, ma non esclusivo: migrazioni verso l' Europa), politiche e pratiche migratorie (in vari settori), analisi del discorso politico, migrazioni internazionali e sviluppo dei Paesi di origine e destinazione.

Ha partecipato alle seguenti ricerche:

1. Project ‘The intercultural toolkit: a bottom-up analysis’
   • Funding body: Italian Ministry of Education
   • Principal investigator: Professor Cinzia Piciocchi, University of Trento
   • Duration: 1/01/2021-30/09/2023
   • Type of participation: Post-doctoral researcher (from 30/11/2023 to 30/09/2023)
2. Project ‘The World Health Organization and the Covid-19 emergency: function, limits and impact on the territory’.
   • Funding body: University of Trento
   • Principal investigators: Professor Marco Pertile and Professor Daniela Sicurelli, University of Trento
   • Duration: 1/01/2021-30/11/2022
   • Type of participation: Post-doctoral researcher
3. Project ‘Cross-Organizational and Cross-National Differences in Religious accommodation’
   • Funding Body: DFG - Cluster of Excellence (Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at WWU)
   • Principal investigator: Professor Ines Michalowski, Cluster of Excellence ‘Religion and Politics’, University of Munster (Germany)
   • Duration: 1/01/2020-ongoing
   • Type of participation: country expert-collecting and analyzing data about religious diversity accommodation in Italy

• International Migration Laboratory, University of Trento
• European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
  o Standing Group ‘Political Economy and Welfare State Politics’
  o Standing Group ‘Migration and Ethnicity’
• International Migration Research Network (IMISCOE)
  o Standing Committee ‘Education and Social Inequality’
  o Standing Committee ‘Superdiversity, Migration and Cultural Change’
• Italian Society of Political Science (SISP)
• Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE)

Conferences

• Panels Organizer and Chair
  2022-‘When Deportation is called Return: changes and continuities in the EU management of irregular migration flows’. ECPR General Conference 2022. University of Innsbruck. 22-26th August.
• Panels Chair
  2021-Panel G-13: ‘Training’. Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) 33rd Annual Meeting (online). 3 July.
• Papers Presenter
  2023-'Integration and intercultural education in different types of local societies: comparing the cases of Trento and Bolzano'. Annual Conference SISP (Italian Association of Political Science). Panel ‘The asylum ‘crises’ as catalysts for change? Innovation in local migrant reception and integration policy in Italy’. Panel Chairs: Professor Tiziana Caponio and Dr Andrea Petracchin, University of Turin.
  2023-Integration and intercultural education in different types of local societies: comparing the cases of Trento and Bolzano'. ECPR General Conference 2023. Panel ‘Migrants’ Socio-Economic Inclusion: Policies and Practices’. Panel Chairs: Professor Daniela Vintila and Dr Roberta Perna, University of Liege and Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Prague,  Charles V University. 4th-8th September 2023.
  2022-‘Welfare chauvinism and different groups of migrants: a comparative analysis’. 19th Annual IMISCOE Conference, on ‘Migration and Time: Temporalities of Mobility, Governance, and Resistance’. Panel ‘Citizenship, Legal Status, and Welfare Policies: Assessing the Boundaries of Social Protection for
  Mobile Individuals’. Panel Chairs: Professor Daniela Vintila and Dr Angeliki Konstantinidou, University of Liege. OsloMet University. 29 June-1st July.
  2021-‘The exclusion of non-natives from welfare programs in Austria: the ‘legitimizing explanations’ across different policy areas’. ECPR Joint Session 2021. Panel ‘Transformations and Challenges in the Emerging Welfare States of the 21st Century’. Panel Chair: Professor Gibrán Cruz-Martínez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 17th of May (online)
  2020-‘The impact of radical right parties upon migrants’ social rights: a cross-regional comparison’. Conference ‘Political Parties and Exploring Discrimination’, Migration Working Group at the European University Institute. Florence, 28th January.
• Panels Discussant
  2019
  Panel ‘Sharing Responsibility? The Politics and Policies of Asylum Governance’. Panel Chair: Dr. Leiza Brumat (European University Institute). ECPR General conference 2019. University of Wroclaw. 4th-7th September 2019.

Guest Lectures
2022

• ‘The World Health Organization’s role in the promotion of migrants’ equal inclusion in healthcare in pandemic times: insights from migrants’ daily experiences and perceptions’, University of Konstanz, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Master’s course ‘Understanding Policy Change in the European Union’, 10th of June. Principal Instructor: Dr. Tiziano Zgaga.
• ‘Covid-19 and the legitimacy crisis of the World Health Organization’, University of Trento, Department of Sociology and Social Research, Bachelor’s course ‘Istituzioni della cooperazione internazionale’ (Institutions of international cooperation), 17th of March. Principal instructor: Professor Daniela Sicurelli.

2021

• ‘The exclusion of migrants and refugees from welfare programs in European host countries: a comparative perspective’, School of International Studies, University of Trento, 7th December.
   

Seminars
Presenter
 

2023
 

• Presentation of the book ‘Migration Control Logics and Strategies in Europe’. Department of Sociology and social research, University of Trento. Organized by Professor Claudia Finotelli e Dr Irene Ponzo, 24th of May 2023.
  https://webmagazine.unitn.it/evento/sociologia/116859/presentazione-del-libro-migration-control-logicsand-strategies-in-europe

2022

• ‘The World Health Organization’s role in the promotion of migrants’ equal inclusion in healthcare in pandemic times: insights from migrants’ daily experiences and perceptions’, Departmental Colloquium Management and Public Administration, University of Konstanz. Organized by Professor Eva Thomann, 6th July.
• ‘The multilateral COVAX initiative: testing the WHO’s legitimacy in a fragmented global health landscape’, Research Seminar ‘The role of the World Health Organization and national States in the management of the Covid-19 pandemic’, General Medicine School, University of Trento, 8th June.
• ‘The World Health Organization’s role in the promotion of migrants’ equal inclusion in healthcare in pandemic times: insights from migrants’ daily experiences and perceptions’, Research Seminar ‘The Future of the Global Health Architecture’, School of International Studies, University of Trento, 30th May.
• ‘Visegrad countries U-turn on migration: what explains it?’, Research Seminar ‘Migratory flows and the war in Ukraine: between law and politics’, Faculty of Law, University of Trento, 21st March.

Discussant

• Discussant at the seminar ‘The Political Economy of International Migration’, University of Trento, Department of Sociology and Social Research.
  Speaker: Professor James Hollifield (Southern Methodist University Dallas). Chair: Professor Giuseppe Sciortino. 9th June 2022.