Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum

Personal information Name ans Surname Catalina Andreea Mihai Birth 21.12.1981, Bucharest (Romania) Nationality Romanian Address Via Don Taramelli nr.8, 24037 - Rota d’Imagna (BG) Cell and e-mail +39 340 7267158 / andreea.mihai@unibg.it

Available to travel and relocate

Education

Period October 2012 - October 2015/ Thesis discussion - spring 2016 Institution University of Bergamo - PhD in Anthropology and Epistemology of

Complexity Country Italy Qualification PhD PhD title CULTURAL RESILIENCE OR THE INTERETHNIC DOBRUJAN MODEL AS A BLACK SEA ALTERNATIVE TO EUROISLAM IN THE ROMANIAN TURKISH-TATAR COMMUNITY

Period March 14-15, 2008 Institution ISPI – Institute for International Politics – Winter School: Conflict

Analysis and Response Country Italy Qualification Certificate

Period February 1-2, 2008 Institution ISPI – Institute for International Politics – Winter School: Conflict

Prevention and Peacebuilding Country Italy Qualification Certificate

Period November – December 2007 Institution Bergamo Municipality - Migration Office, IntegRARsi project - Local

networks for refugees’ integration Country Italy Qualification Certificate

Period January - October 2006 Institution University Roma Tre, Political Science Department, Master in

Peacekeeping and Security Studies Country Italy - Rome

Qualification M.A. - Title thesis “Religion - Instrument of Manipulation in Conflicts”

Period 2001 - 2005 Institution University of Bucharest, Philology Department, European Cultural Studies Major Country Romania Qualification B.A. Thesis title “Terrorism and Mass Media”

Period 1996 - 2001 Institution Elena Cuza Pedagogical High School Country Romania Qualification High School Degree and Professional Certificate of Kindergarden and

Elementary School Teacher

Work experience

Period 2012 - present day Type of work PhD Area of expertise PhD in Anthropology and Epistemology of Complexity Qualification PhD

Period 2014 Type of work Teaching Assistance for Prof. Bocchi with exams in the Science of Globalization course Area of expertise Teaching

Period 2014 Type of work Assistant researcher Area of expertise Project: Borders and Socio-Political Landscapes - Changing Border

Concepts as Governance, Challenge and Political Innovation in Post-Cold War Europe and the World (EUROBORDERSCAPES)

Qualification Field research in Zingonia (Bergamo) area, interviews and social mapping

Period 2009 - 2012 Type of work Part-time employee in the Social Affairs Department of Bergamo Municipality Area of expertise Local government Qualification Administration assistant, European Union funding and grants

Period September 2009 - 2012 Type of work Teaching activity for the Arcobaleno Association (Bergamo)

Area of expertise Kindergarden, elementary and middle school courses on themes such as cultural diversity, minorities, human migration

Cultural mediator

Period February 2008 - May 2009 Type of work Full-time employee in the Peace and International Cooperation Office of Bergamo Municipality Area of expertise Local government Qualification Administration assistant, working with minority associations,

international cooperation in Kosovo and the Middle East

Period April - December 2007 Type of work Internship in the Peace and International Cooperation Office of Bergamo Municipality Area of expertise Local government Qualification Administration assistant, working with minority associations,

international cooperation in Kosovo and the Middle East

Period November 2007 - June 2009 Type of work Anchor-woman Area of expertise Broadcasting Qualification Anchor-woman for a news segment dedicated to the Romanian

minority in the Bergamo area

Period 2003 Type of work Volunteer Area of expertise NGO in Children’s Rights in Bucharest (Romania) Qualification Administration assistance

Languages

ROMANIAN C2 (Advanced) Native language ITALIAN C2 (Advanced) Native level equivalent ENGLISH C2 (Advanced) SPANISH B1 (Intermediate) FRENCH B1 (Intermediate)

Computer skills - great level of expertise

Published work

Newspaper articles

• Date 2007 - 2010 • Newspaper Eco di Bergamo, www.ecodibergamo.it • Articles: “Genitori all’estero: in Romania è allarme per gli «orfani»” (Parents abroad:

‘Orphan’ allarm in Romania), “Medici e infermiere emigrano: sanità al collasso” (Physicians and Nurses Migration: The Crash of the Romanian Medical System), “Latini tra gli slavi – Vengono da Moldavia,

Transilvania e campagne del Sud” (Latins Among Slaves: Romanian Migrants in Italy), “Bucarest – se il summit NATO è stato solo una bella figura” (Bucharest - The NATO Summit), “La primavera dei rumeni arriva il 1 marzo” (Romanian Spring: the March 1st Traditions), “Non mischiate rom, romeni e delinquenti”

• Date 2007 - 2008 • Newspaper Peacereporter, www.peacereporter.com • Articles “I colori dell’integrazione” (Colors of Integration), “Le paure dell’Italia” (Italians’

Fears), “Il contagio arriva in caserma, La brutta avventura in Italia di una rumena particolare”, “La forza della pace, L'11 settembre di Gandhi e della non-violenza” (The Force of Peace: Gandhi’s September 11), “4 mesi, 3 settimane, 2 giorni, Il film rumeno, Palma d'oro a Cannes, racconta uno spaccato tragico della vita del paese” (4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days - The Romanian Film that Tell a Gruesome Romanian Story), “La storia 'giusta', Un manuale di storia in Russia fa discutere e prepara Putin la strada per l’eternità” (The ‘Right’ History: The New Russian History Schoolbook)

Hobbies - Photography (professional level), drawing, broadcasting, documentaries, traveling, migration and minorities