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Clara della Valle, PhD
E-mail (personal): dellavalleclara@gmail.com
E-mail (institutional): clara.dellavalle@unibo.it ; clara.dellavalle@santannapisa.it
WORK EXPERIENCE
University of Bologna Research Fellow at the Department of Political and Social Sciences.
Forlì Campus (Italy) I am working on the topic “European Studies: from early developments to the current
May 2021 – ongoing situation in Europe” (Progetto DIRI/MIUR), under the tutorship of Prof. Giuliana
Laschi.
Working language: English, Italian
University of Bologna Adjunct Professor in “International Relations” at the Department of Political
Forlì Campus (Italy) and Social Sciences.
March 2021 – ongoing I am responsible for two learning modules (for a total of 24h) within the courses in
“International Relations”, held by Prof. Sonia Lucarelli and in “Relazioni
Internazionali”, held by Prof. Eugenia Baroncelli. The modules cover the following
topics: the crisis of the Liberal Order; the transformation of Security; Gender & IR; the
Women, Peace and Security Agenda; the EU in the world; EU gender policies in the
neighbourhood; the challenges to international politics raised by the Covid-19
pandemic.
Working language: English, Italian
Scuola Superiore Academic Tutor of the Laurea Magistrale MISS (Master in International
Sant’Anna Security Studies), jointly offered by the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and the School
Pisa (Italy) of International Studies at the University of Trento.
September 2020 – ongoing I contribute to the organization and the monitoring (also through questionnaires) of
teaching activities in the context of social distancing rules in force; I facilitate
communication between students and decision-making bodies of the MISS programme;
I provide guidance and individual support to students’ learning; I facilitate the
organization of supplementary seminar activities promoted by students.
Working Languages: English, Italian
University of Bologna Teaching Tutor of the Course “International Relations”, held by Prof. Sonia
Forlì Campus (Italy) Lucarelli at the Department of Political and Social Sciences.
January 2020 – ongoing I assist Prof. Lucarelli in preparing teaching activities and carrying out exams in the
context of social distancing rules in force; I hold integrative seminars on IR topics; I
take care of the students’ reception and the monitoring of teaching activities.
Working language: English, Italian
1Scuola Superiore Project Manager and Researcher of the Project “Enhancing Women’s
Sant’Anna Participation in Peace and Security (WEPPS)”, implemented by the DIRPOLIS
Pisa (Italy) Institute (Coordinator: Prof. Francesco Strazzari), in partnership with Agency for
January 2020 – November Peacebuilding (Bologna), and funded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
2020 International Cooperation.
The project investigated the state of implementation of UNSCR 1325 (“Women Peace
and Security Agenda”) in two geographical areas: North Africa (Tunisia and Morocco)
and Western Balkans (Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo). Within this project, I
carried out research activities (literature review, document analysis and qualitative
interviews in the four target-countries) and organized policy-oriented activities (high-
level online dialogue and training program, international conferences and seminars), in
the context of social distancing rules in force.
Working language: Italian, English, French
Fuori Le Mura Journalist
(Newspaper) Writing articles about Italian and international political affairs and culture.
Rome (Italy) Working language: Italian
May 2011– May 2013 Note that, as of June 2013, I have been officially registered in the Italian Order of
Journalists (‘Albo Nazionale dei Giornalisti – Elenco Pubblicisti’, Napoli, 25 June
2013)
Rondine Cittadella della Assistant to training and communication
Pace (NPO) I collaborated to the activities of Rondine’s communication office; assisted in
Arezzo (Italy) organizing international conferences and seminars; assisted in organizing and
May 2012 – December 2012 overseeing the 6 months project ‘A new leading class for the south side of the
Mediterranean’, which aimed to extend EU’s contribution to the training of Egyptian,
Tunisian and Libyan young professionals. The project took place in Rondine and at the
Centro per la Formazione alla Solidarietà Internazionale in Trento from June to
December 2012.
Working languages: Italian, English, French
Italian Ministry of Intern - DGIT 7 (Directorate General for Italians Abroad and Migration Policies)
Foreign Affairs I carried out research in the field of migration policies; wrote policy analysis and briefs;
Rome (Italy) assisted in meetings with foreign delegations (Moldova, Armenia, Georgia); carried out
September 2011- December case studies in the field of foreign minors’ assistance and recognition on the part of the
2011 Italian State; contributed in the organization of seminars and conferences.
Working languages: Italian, English, French
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Scuola Superiore Ph.D. in Politics, Human Rights and Sustainability – Cum Laude
Sant’Anna Thesis (in English): An interdisciplinary ‘bottom-up’ study of EU gender policies in
Pisa (Italy) Tunisia: towards an agency-based approach.
October 2015 – July 2019 Defence date: 15 July 2019
Thesis Committee: Prof. Barbara Henry, Prof. Sonia Lucarelli, Prof. Anna Loretoni,
Prof. Kmar Bendana, Prof. Renata Pepicelli
Language: English
Research Interests: Human rights and gender equality; UN, EU and national gender
strategies; EU Foreign Policy (in particular, ENP); EU international actorness; Euro-
Med relations; North-African countries; civil society; post-colonial feminist studies;
Grounded-Theory methodology.
Field research: Tunisia (November 2016; March 2017-November 2017); Brussels
2(December 2017)
Institut de Recherche Ph.D. accueil scientifique / visiting researcher
sur le Magrheb Fieldwork
Contemporain (IRMC) - In-depth semi-structured interviews involving local stakeholders (civil society
Tunis (Tunisia) associations, NGOs, national institutions), international actors and NGOs, functionaries
November 2016 / March of the EUD to Tunisia
2017-November 2017 - Participant observation within EU-funded project’s activities held by international
NGOs and local women’s associations
- Desk research
Other activities
- Organization and participation to workshops and seminars of the IRMC
- Contribution to La Lettre de l’IRMC
Language: French
College of Europe Master’s Degree in European Political and Administrative Studies – Good
Bruges (Belgium) EU Law and Economics, Legislative and Executive Decision-Making Procedures, EU
September 2014 – Internal Policies, EU Foreign Policies, European Neighbourhood Policy, Euro-
June 2015 Mediterranean Relations, EU Migration Policies
Languages: English, French
Thesis (in English): ‘A gap between rhetoric and performance?’ EU democracy and
human rights promotion in Egypt and Tunisia.
LUISS University Laurea Magistrale in International Relations – Cum Laude
Rome (Italy) Comparative Politics, Foreign Policies, European Political Systems, Strategic Studies,
October 2010 – April 2013 Sustainable Development, Human Rights in International Relations
Language: Italian
Thesis (in Italian): Protezione dei diritti umani e condizione femminile in Egitto
all’indomani della ‘Primavera Araba’. Il progetto ‘Sponda Sud’: voci dirette.
(Protection of human rights and women’s condition in Egypt in the aftermath of the
‘Arab Spring’).
Sciences Po Aix ‘Erasmus’ Exchange Programme
Aix en Provence (France) Philosophie politique contemporaine, History of International Relations, Relations
September 2009 – internationales contemporaines, Média et société
December 2009 Languages: French, English
LUISS University Laurea Triennale in Political Science and Communication Studies – Cum
Rome (Italy) Laude
October 2007 – November Political Science and Philosophy, Sociology, History of International Relations, Public
2010 Law, EU Law, International Law, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, International
Economic policy
Language: Italian
Thesis (in Italian): Itinerari di Convivenza: dal pregiudizio all’incontro tra le culture
(Coexistence itineraries: from prejudice to the encounter of cultures).
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Representative positions:
• Ph.D. students’ representative of the course in ‘Politics, Human Rights and Sustainability’ at the Scuola
Superiore Sant’Anna (Pisa). AY: 2015-2016.
3Teaching experience:
• Lecture ‘A gap between rhetoric and performance? EU Normative Power applied to Tunisia and Egypt’s
transitions’, given within the course ‘EU: a Civilian Power in a Transnational Context’, held by Prof. Anna
Loretoni, Master in ‘International Studies and Transnational Governance’. Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Pisa),
12 November 2015.
• Lecture ‘Una transizione fragile. Il rapporto tra Stato e società civile in Tunisia’ (with Ester Sigillò), given
within the course in ‘Relazioni Internazionali’, held by Prof. Emilio Diodato, Master in ‘Relazioni
Internazionali e Cooperazione allo Sviluppo’. Università per Stranieri (Perugia), 16 April 2018.
• Lecture ‘Sguardi di genere. Storia e attualità dei movimenti femminili nell’Impero Ottomano, in Turchia, e in
Tunisia’ (with Çiğdem Oguz), given within the course in ‘Storia dei Paesi Islamici’ held by Prof. Renata
Pepicelli. Dipartimento di Civilità e Forme del Sapere, Università di Pisa (Pisa), 10 May 2018.
• Lecture ‘Feminism & IR’, given within the courses in ‘International Relations’, held by Prof. Sonia Lucarelli,
and in ‘Relazioni Internazionali’, held by Prof. Eugenia Baroncelli. Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e
Sociali, Università di Bologna (Forlì Campus), 21 April 2020 – online on Teams.
• Seminars on ‘Realism’, ‘Liberalism’ and ‘Global Governance’, given within the course in ‘International
Relations’, held by Prof. Sonia Lucarelli. Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Università di Bologna
(Forlì Campus), 18 March, 1 April, 28 April 2020 – online on Teams.
• Learning module (12h) within the course in “International Relations”, held by Prof. Sonia Lucarelli,
Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Università di Bologna (Forlì Campus), April-May 2021.
• Learning module (12h) within the course in “Relazioni Internazionali”, held by Prof. Eugenia Baroncelli,
Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Università di Bologna (Forlì Campus), April-May 2021.
Conferences, seminars and workshops:
Organization:
• Organization of policy dialogues and seminars within the ‘Italian Society’ of the ‘Falcone and Borsellino
Promotion’ at the College of Europe (Bruges). AY: 2014-2015.
• Organization of the seminar ‘Deteriorating Human Rights and Freedoms in Egypt. Reflections after the Regeni
murder’ in honour of Giulio Regeni (with Alessandro Tinti, Prof. Anna Loretoni, Prof. Francesco Strazzari,
Prof. Andrea de Guttry, Dr. Serena Giusti). Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Pisa), 12 May 2016.
• Organization of the seminar ‘La ricerca accademica sul campo: rischi e responsabilità’ in honour of Giulio
Regeni (with Alessandro Tinti, Prof. Francesco Strazzari, Prof. Andrea de Guttry). Scuola Superiore
Sant’Anna (Pisa), 24 May 2016.
• Contribution to the organization of the conference ‘Diversity. Un approccio interdisciplinare’, promoted by
Cross-Think Lab and Trim2 Srl. Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Pisa), 13 December 2016.
• Organization of the international conference “Celebrating 20 years of UNSCR 1325: Past, present and future
of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda”. Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Pisa) and online on WebEx, 4
November 2020. As the final event of the project “Enhancing Women’s Participation in Peace and Security”
(WEPPS), the conference aimed at bridging different perspectives from national and international experts in
the field of WPS (e.g. Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini, Director of the Centre for Women, Peace and Security at the
LSE). Within the second panel of the conference, I presented the research findings of the WEPPS project in the
Balkans and North Africa.
Participation:
• Paper presenter at the workshop ‘Stability and Security in the Mediterranean and the Middle East’, organised
by the Institute of International Economic Relations (IIER/IDOS) of Athens, in collaboration with LUISS
University (Rome); University of Catania; Université Catholique de Louvain; University of the Aegean
(Rhodes); University of Zaragoza; the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean. Athens, 26-28 May
2016.
• Paper presenter at the XXX Convegno Società Italiana di Scienza Politica (SISP); Section 8: ‘International
Relations’; Panel 8.4: ‘The quest for a new EU Global Strategy. Between theories and practice’. Milan, 15-17
September 2016.
4• Speaker at the round-table ‘Giulio Regeni, l’Egitto, e i rischi della ricerca accademica’ (with Lorenzo Declich)
at the Festival ‘Crocevia di Frontiere’ within UmbriaLibri. Foligno, 18-20 Novembre 2016.
• Participation to ‘MED2016 – Rome Mediterranean Dialogues’ organized by MAECI and ISPI. Rome, 01-03
December 2016.
• Presentation of the research project at the ‘Atelier Doctoral de l’IRMC’ (Discussant: Dr. Jean-Pierre
Cassarino). Institut de Recherche sur le Maghreb Contemporain (Tunis), 27 March 2017.
• Participation to ‘Les Journées Doctoral de l’IRMC: interdisciplinarité et nouvaux objets de recherche’. Institut
de Recherche sur le Maghreb Contemporain (Tunis), 10-11 May 2017.
• Paper presenter at the conference ‘Europe as a Global Actor’, ISCTE-IUL. Lisbon, 19-20 June 2017.
• Paper presenter at the Fifth World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES). University of Seville
(Seville), 16-20 July 2018.
• Paper presenter (with Serena Giusti) at the GLOBUS Workshop ‘Gender and EU Foreign Policy’. University
College Dublin (Dublin), 29-30 November 2018.
• Speaker at the round-table of the Cineforum ‘Nove giorni al Cairo. Tortura e omicidio di Giulio Regeni’ (with
Prof. Arturo Marzano, Prof. Renata Pepicelli, Prof. Francesco Tamburini, Laura Cappon). Università di Pisa
(Pisa), 29 January 2019.
• Paper presenter at the 26th International Conference of Europeanists (CES). Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
(Madrid), 20-22 June 2019.
• Paper presenter at the XXXIII Convegno Società Italiana di Scienza Politica (SISP); Section 13: ‘The
Mediterranean scenario’; Panel 13.2 ‘Human rights and the right to socio-political research in the
Mediterranean area’. Università del Salento (Lecce), 12-14 September 2019.
• Speaker in the Webinar “EU gender policies in Tunisia: what has changed after the 2011 uprising?”, organized
by Agency for Peacebuilding. Online on Zoom, 18 September 2020.
• Expert with Torunn L. Tryggestad (researcher and director of the PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security)
for the IV Module (“Charting the future of the WPS post 2020”) of the programme “The Women Peace and
Security Agenda in the pandemic: A high-level online dialogue and training programme”. Online on Zoom,
28-29 October 2020. The programme, including participants from the Balkans and the MENA region, was
organized by Agency for Peacebuilding in the framework of the project “Enhancing Women’s Participation in
Peace and Security” (WEPPS).
• Speaker in the Conference “Ṯawrat al-karāma: memorie, percorsi e analisi a 10 anni dalla rivoluzione
tunisina”, organized by Prof. Renata Pepicelli. Dipartimento di Civilità e Forme del Sapere, Università di Pisa.
Online on Teams, 13-14 January 2021.
• Speaker in the Webinar “Scenari di protesta e questioni di genere: Le esperienze di Tunisia, Marocco, Turchia
ed Egitto”, organized by theSquare – Mediterranean Center for Revolutionary Studies. Online on Zoom, 11
March 2021.
• Paper presenter (with Francesco Strazzari) at the International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention,
Panel TG25 “Women and Wars”. Online, April 6, 2021.
• Moderator in the debate “Gender & IR: Conversations about the Past, Present and Future” with Prof. J. Ann
Tickner within the Hikma Summit of International Relations, organized by the Hikma Students Association.
University of Bologna. Online on Zoom, May 16, 2021.
Summer Schools:
• IV ENP Ph.D. Summer School: ‘The ENP under pressure: conceptual and empirical understanding of EU
foreign policy towards the eastern and the southern neighbourhood’, organised by the European
Neighbourhood Policy Chair of the College of Europe (Natolin, Warsaw) in collaboration with the ECPR;
ECPR-SGEU; TEPSA. College of Europe (Natolin, Warsaw), 23 June - 1 July 2016.
• II Summer School on ‘Grounded Theory and Qualitative Methods’. Department of Political Sciences,
University of Pisa (Pisa), 05-09 June 2017.
External Reviewer:
• Scienza e Pace/Science and Peace, online and open access journal of the ‘Sciences for Peace’ Interdisciplinary
Centre (CISP) established at the University of Pisa, June 2018.
5• Relaciones Internacionales, online and open access journal of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, June
2019.
PUBLICATIONS
Academic Publications:
• C. della Valle, ‘Quelle approche européenne au soutien aux droits humains en Tunisie ?’, Lettre N. 20 de
l’IRMC, June-October 2017, pp. 17-18
• G. Capponi, S. Cittadini, C. della Valle, C. Pellegrini ‘Empowering diversity: a dialogue between political
theory and business management’, CrossThink LAB Series, January 2018, pp. 1-33, ISSN 2611-2906
• C. della Valle, ‘On women’s agency and western representations: EU approach to women’s rights in Tunisia’
in ‘Temas de actualidad en el Mediterráneo/Current issues in the Mediterranean’, Comillas Journal of
International Relations, n.11, January-April 2018, pp. 1-15, ISSN 2386-5776 (I
• C. della Valle, ‘Résumé de these: Une étude interdisciplinaire et ‘bottom-up’ des politiques de genre de l’UE
en Tunisie: vers une approche basée sur l’agency’, Revue IBLA, n. 224, vol. 82/2019-2, June 2020, pp. 173-179
• C. della Valle and S. Giusti, ‘Disruptions in the ENP cycle: EU gender policies in Tunisia from a decentring
perspective’, European Foreign Affairs Review, forthcoming 2021
Research Reports:
• C. della Valle and F. Strazzari (with the external collaboration of S. Borrillo), ‘Report di ricerca del progetto
Enhancing Women’s Participation in Peace and Security (WEPPS) sull’area geografica del Nord Africa
(Tunisia e Marocco)’, MAECI, November 2020, pp. 1-56
• C. della Valle and F. Strazzari (with the external collaboration of S. Cittadini and E. Selenica), ‘Report di
ricerca del progetto Enhancing Women’s Participation in Peace and Security (WEPPS) sull’area geografica
dei Balcani Occidentali (Bosnia-Erzegovina e Kosovo)’, MAECI, November 2020, pp. 1-52
• C. della Valle, ‘Policy Brief del progetto Enhancing Women’s Participation in Peace and Security (WEPPS)’,
MAECI, November 2020, pp. 1-13
Newspaper:
• From 2011 to 2013 I have published 75 articles on the Italian newspaper “Fuori Le Mura”
In preparation:
• C. della Valle, ‘Perspectives and challenges of Tunisian women’s today: insights from grounded research’ –
abstract accepted by Studi Magrebini / North African studies in July 2020 for the second number of 2021
• C. della Valle and E. Piras (eds.), Special Issue ‘The Women, Peace and Security Agenda: time to gild the
cracks?’ – proposal accepted by Interdisciplinary Political Studies for the first number of 2022
• C. della Valle and F. Strazzari, ‘The Women, Peace and Security Agenda 20 years on: Comparative
perspectives on the implementation in Western Balkans and North Africa’ – paper presented at the
International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention (April 6, 2021 online), currently under revision for
publication in scientific journal
• Book proposal based on PhD dissertation
FELLOWSHIPS HELD
• Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento, Ph.D. Scholarship (2015-2018)
• Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Scholarship for the Master Programs at the College of Europe (2014-2015)
• LUISS Guido Carli University, Scholarship for Post-Graduate Programs abroad (2014-2015)
EXTRA-ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
• January 2018 – December 2019: teaching of Italian language to immigrants at the Circolo Agorà (Pisa).
6• June 2011 – June 2014: teaching of Italian language to immigrants at the NPO Casa dei Diritti Sociali (Rome).
• May 2012 – December 2012: journalist for the newspaper ‘Rondine Notizie dalla Cittadella della Pace’.
• 18-31 July 2011: participation with young students and professionals coming from Georgia and Abkhazia to
the international Camp ‘Building Bridges’. The camp was organized by the NPO Rondine Cittadella della
Pace, within the project COBERM, financed by the EU and managed by UNDP.
• January 2008 – July 2009: journalist responsible for the column ‘Fuori dal mondo’ of the newspaper ‘360º’ at
the LUISS University.
LANGUAGES
• Italian Mother tongue
• English Proficient User: over five years of academic studies in English and professional
experience with English as working language, II level Master in English and French,
PhD entirely in English. Certificates: IELTS (2013); College of Europe (2015);
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (2019).
• French Proficient User: over five years of academic studies in French and professional
experience with French as working language, Erasmus in French, II level Master in
French and English, PhD fieldwork carried out in French. Resided four months in
France, one year in Belgium, nine months in Tunisia. Certificate: College of Europe
(2015).
OTHER COMPETENCIES
COMPUTER SKILLS
• Mac OS X Platform
• Microsoft Windows Package (Word, Excel, Power Point)
• Wordpress
• RQDA (R package for Qualitative Data Analysis)
SOCIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS
• Public communication skills
• Team working attitude and capacity to efficiently work in multi-cultural contexts
• Analytical skills, critical and constructive thinking
• Ability to proactively take individual initiatives and to tackle challenges with a lateral-thinking and creative approach
• Capacity to work in stressful situations and to respect strict deadlines
• Project management skills
• Teaching and training skills
• Logistic skills, experience in the organization of international events
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Pisa, May 16, 2021
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