Teaching
Three day seminar 'I diritti umani e lo sviluppo' (Human rights and development) for the undergraduate course "Sociology of Peace" organised by Prof. Barbara Bonciani at the University of Pisa, academic year 2005-06.
Lectures 'Il sistema internazionale dei diritti umani' (The international human rights system) and 'L'approccio diritti umani allo sviluppo: una prospettiva di 'genere'' (The human rights approach to development: a 'gender' perspective") for the undergraduate course of Sociology of Development and Peace organised by Prof. Barbara Bonciani at the University of Pisa, academic year 2004-05.
Lecture “ Europe and non-discrimination: acting at the city level” for the undergraduate course “The Sociology of Europe” organised by Prof. Laura Leonardi at the University of Florence, academic year 2007-08.
Two modules on "Democracy and the City" for the 2011-12 doctoral programme "Democracy in the 21st Century" at the Centre for Social Studies, Coimbra. Topics included: liberal and social theories of urban citizenship, alternative approaches to urban democracy and the theory and practice of the right to the city.
Seminar, 'Las políticas locales de derechos humanos: conceptos, instituciones y resultados', doctorate programme of the Public Policies and Government Institute (IGOP), Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), 28 October 2010.
Course 'European Social Policy', MA in Political Science, James Madison University, Florence, January-April 2009
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Teaching statement
I like teaching because of the contact with the students and the learning process implied, also for the teacher. I believe in research-led and research-centred teaching grounded on a strong interaction between teacher and students. Within this interaction, what I want my students to achieve is critical learning and the capacity to link concepts and theories to facts and dynamics taking place in the “real world”.
At this point I am qualified to offer courses on human rights, theories of democracy, European and social policy and urban politics, at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.