Daniela Irrera

Current Position

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of Catania

Qualified to Full Professor of Political Science.

Chair of the MA program in Global Politics and Euromediterranean relations (GLOPEM).

2021-2025: Institutional Erasmus Coordinator, University of Catania.

Visiting Professor of Political Violence and Terrorism, OSCE Academy, Bishkek.

Vice-Coordinator of the PhD Programme on Political Sciences, University of Catania.

Member of the ECPR Executive Committee.

Chair of the ECPR Working Group on Academic Freedom.

Chair of the Committee of the Hedley Bull Prize for International Relations.

Chair of the ISA Robert W. & Jessie Cox Award Committee.

Education

1999 – University of Messina, Faculty of Political Sciences. Degree in International Political Sciences, cum laude. Degree thesis in History of International Relations on “The Peace Process in Northern Ireland”.

2004 – PhD in International Relations.

2000-2003: PhD program in International Relations, University of Catania. Dissertation on Criminal States.

Teaching & Research Positions

2004-2008 – Research Fellowship in Political Science, University of Messina, Faculty of Political Sciences.

2005-2009 – Lecturer of International Relations, University of Messina, Faculty of Political Sciences, Undergraduate course on International and European Studies.

2004-2008 – Lecturer of International Relations, University of Palermo, Faculty of Education, Undergraduate course on International Communication.

2007/2008 – Lecturer of United Nations (in English), University of Catania, Faculty of Political Sciences, Master course on EU Government and International Politics.

2011-2013: Member of the International PhD program in Global Politics and European Integration (XXIV cycle), Scuola Superiore di Catania.

2014: Director of the ERASMUS Intensive Programme, LLP 2013-1-IT2-ERA10-52933,‘Intensive Summer School on Serious and Organised Crime’, International Partnership: Universities of Catania, Bath, Masaryk (Brno), Nicolaus Copernicus (Torun).

2017: Member of the Book Prize Committee, IASOC Best Book on Organized Crime.

2018 – 2019: Member of the EUROMESCO Research Group on Cooperation with Religious Institutions as a European Policy Tool.

Academic Service

2018-2021: Secretary General of the Italian Political Science Association (SISP).

2018-2020: Member of the ISA Governing Council

2014-2021: Erasmus Coordinator, Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Catania.

2017-2021: Deputy Director for Internationalization and Research, Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Catania.

2017-2022: President of the European Peace Research Association (EuPRA).

2020-2021: Member of the ISA Governing Council.

2019-2022: Chair of the ECPR Standing on International Relations.

2019-2022: Member of the ISA Robert W. & Jessie Cox Award Committee.

2020: Member of the Jury of the Hedley Bull Prize in International Relations.

2019-2021: Member of the ISA Governing Council.

2020-2022: Member of the International Advisory Board, Shri Venkateshwara University, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Grants and Awards

1999 – Best Final Dissertation in International Politics, Bonino-Pulejo Foundation, Messina (30.000.000 Italian Lire)

2009: Research grant by the University of Catania. Research on “The role of NGOs in peace-building operations” (2.000 Euro)

2013 – Grant from Jean Monnet Action, Lifelong Learning Programme, for completing an ERASMUS Intensive Programme (IP) on ‘Intensive Summer School on Serious and Organised Crime’ (24.000 Euro)

2015 – DAAD Grant Research Stays for University Academics and Scientists at Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (2.500 Euro).

2016 – Short term visiting researcher fellowship at the EU Centre of Excellence at the University of Alberta (3.300 Canadian Dollars)

2016 – Visiting researcher fellowship for Erasmus Mundus Program MUNDUSMAPP, IBEI, Barcelona.

2018: Research grant by the University of Catania, to complete and submit a research (10.000 Euro).

2020: The simulation Game of Peace awarded one of the best European teaching practices that enhance learning for international students (IMPACT Project) Erasmus+ Strategic partnerships 2019-1-SK01-KA203-060671.