TESTORE GAIA FIELDS OF INTEREST EDUCATION

TESTORE GAIA
Italy: University of Turin
Department of Culture, Politics and Society
Tel: +39(0)329 4637777
Email: [email protected]
Belgium: Université Libre de Bruxelles­ Institute of Sociology
Research Group on Ethnic Relations, Migration and Equality (GERME)
Tel: 0032­(0)4 88916579
Email: [email protected]
FIELDS OF INTEREST
Political Sciences and International Relations­ policy making­ integration of
migrants ­ European Union­ Italy
Media and communication
EDUCATION
01/01/2011 – present
Ph.D. Political Science and International Relations, Doctoral School of
Sociology and Political Science, University of Turin, Department of Culture,
Politics and Society (Italy).
01/09/2005 ­ 19/03/2008
M.A. in Cooperation and Development, Institut d’Etudes Politiques ­
Sciences Po Bordeaux, 11 Allée Ausone Domaine Universitaire, 33607
Pessac (France).
20/12/2005 ­ 19/03/2008
M. A. in International Relations and Human Rights Protection, University
of Turin­ Faculty of Political Sciences, vicolo Benevello 3/A, 10124 Turin
(Italy).
01/09/2003 ­ 31/05/2006
B. A . in International Studies, Institut d’Etudes Politiques ­Sciences Po
Bordeaux, 11 allée Ausone Domaine Universitaire, 33607 Pessac (France).
01/09/2002 ­ 20/12/2005
B. A. in International Studies, University of Turin ­ Faculty of Political
Science, vicolo Benevello 3/A, 10134 Turin (Italy).
Specialization Courses
20­24 June 2011
Summer School: Sociology of Migrations, organized by Centro Studi MEDI,
University of Genova and University of Milan, supported by FIERI, ISMU,
Compagnia di San Paolo.
8­19 September 2008
Summer School: Migration­ Challenges and Opportunities for Europe,
organized by European Training Foundation (ETF), United Nations
Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), University
Institute of European Studies Faculty of Law University of Turin, Turin.
March­ April 2008
Seminar: China’s economy: historical roots and future perspectives, Prof.
Kent Deng (LSE, London) and Prof. Robert Ash (SOAS, London) Faculty of
Political Science­ University of Turin, Turin.
RESEARCH and ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
March­ June 2011
Local Election 2011 Campaign & Coverage –Observatory on Political
Communication ­University of Turin­ Department of Political Studies, media
coverage and local election campaign analysis (Turin April 2011) ­part of
staff in charge of newspaper coverage.
21/09/2009 ­ 31/12/2010
Junior researcher, research on discrimination, migration and integration
policies, IPRS Istituto Psicoanalitico per le ricerche sociali, , passeggiata di
ripetta 11, 00186 Roma (Italy).
Managing local research projects: carrying out desk and field research,
designing data collection instruments (guidelines for the conductng of focus
groups, structured and semi­structured interviews, questionnaires) data
collection; Analysis and drawing up of reports and papers; Organization of
dissemination activities of project results (conferences and seminars).
Writing and submission of research and training project proposals in
response to calls for proposals and tenders from the EU bodies, national
ministries and the provincial and local government.
Conference presentations
14­15­16 December 2011
‘L’intégration: nouvelle frontière de l’immigration?­ Le lien entre
politiques de control et d’intégration en Italie et en France'(Tiziana
Caponio and Gaia Testore) paper presented at the conference ‘Terres et
Gens de frontières. PACA, Monaco, Ligurie et Piémont’ organized by
University of Nice­Sophia Antipolis (UNS), URMIS and association Alpes
Ligures, supported by Cité Nationale de l’Immigration, Région Provence­
Alpes­Côte d’Azur, Menton Municipality and the Institut de Recherches et
d’Etudes pluridisciplinaires sur le Comté de Nice et l’Europe.
PUBLICATIONS
Articles:
Caponio Tiziana, Testore Gaia (2012), ‘L'intégration : nouvelle frontière de l'immigration? L'analyse du lien
entre les politiques de contrôle et d'intégration en Italie et en France',
Migration et Société, (forthcoming).
Raffaele Bracalenti and Gaia Testore (2010), ’Esquilino e Pigneto: due quartieri a confronto’, TAO Magazine
n.
3,2010,
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Book Chapters:
Raffaele Bracalenti, Attilio Balestrieri and Gaia Testore (2010), ‘Servizi per l’impiego e l’immigrazione: un
confronto tra diciotto realtà territoriali’ in Ismu, Censis, Iprs (ed.),
Immigrazione e lavoro­ Percorsi lavorativi, Centri per l'impiego, politiche
attive, Quaderni Ismu n.1.
Raffaele Bracalenti, Attilio Balestrieri, Gaia Testore and Carla Valente (2010), ‘Lavoratori stranieri e mercato
del lavoro: alcuni suggerimenti per politiche attive’, in Ismu, Censis, Iprs (ed.
by), Immigrazione e lavoro­ Percorsi lavorativi, Centri per l'impiego,
politiche attive, Quaderni Ismu n.1.
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
08/03/2009 ­ 08/05/2009
Assistant project development finance, Shearman and Sterling, Broadgate
West, 9 Appold Street, EC2A 2AP London (United Kingdom) – work
experience as assistant in the Project Development Finance (PDF) team:
collecting documentation and translating documents from and into French
and English.
22/09/2008 ­ 22/12/2008
Embassy internship, Italian Embassy in Paris, rue Varenne 51, 75343 Paris
(France)­ work experience as Counselor’s assistant in the International
Political Service: carried out media coverage on foreign policy monitoring in
particular on Sub Saharan and Maghreb’s States; participated as Italian
delegation’s liaison agent at the ‘Second Euro­African Ministerial
Conference on Migration and Development’, 23rd­25th November 2008.
Internship organized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the
Conference of Italian Universities’ Rectors.
03/06/2008 ­ 01/08/2008
Project manager assistant, Poliedra Progetti Integrati S.p.a­ corso Unione
Sovietica 612/3E, 10135 Turin (Italy)­ Assistant to Project Manager in a
consultancy for businesses and public administrations in the field of equal
opportunities, training and new technology. Coordinated and collected data
in a survey regarding the professional requirements of factories in
Piedmont.
PERSONAL SKILLS and COMPETENCES
Language proficiency
Mother tongue(s):
Italian
Other language(s):
French
English
Understanding
Listening
Proficient
C2
user
Independent
B2
user
Spanish
A2
Castilian
Basic User
Reading
Proficient
C2
user
Independent
B2
user
Speaking
Spoken interaction
Proficient
C1
user
Independent
B2
user
Spoken production
Proficient
C2
user
Independent
B2
user
A2
A1
A1
Computer skills and competences
Driving license
Sport
Basic User
Basic User
Writing
Basic User
C1
B2
A1
Proficient
user
Independent
user
Basic User
Microsoft office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook), major
browsers (Explorer, Mozilla Firefox)
B
climbing, skiing and snowboarding, jogging.