
Citizenship: ITA
Personal information
Name: Alfio Cerami
Birth: September, 1974
Nationality: Italian
E-mail: ceramial@gmail.com
Short Bio
My work lies at the intersection of comparative politics, international political economy, international relations and sociology. My other fields of interest include international development, near real-time big data analysis, macro-econometrics and geographic information system (GIS) instruments (esp. NASA satellite imagery analysis). Please see also my Home-Page, Google Scholar page and ORCID profile.
Education and degrees
- 2001 – 2005 Ph.D., University of Erfurt, Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Sozialwissenschaften, Germany.
- 1999 – 2000 Master of Arts (MA) in European Studies, University of Bath (UK) and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (Germany), Euromasters Programme.
- 1994 – 1998 Laurea in Sociologia, Univerisita’ “La Sapienza” di Roma, Faculty of Sociology, Italy.
Employment
- 01/06/2008 – 01/06/2011, Research Fellow (Research Associate), IEP Paris, Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Sciences Po, Centre d’études européennes, Paris, France.
- 17/01/2011 – 6/05/2011, Professor (Professeur/Lecturer), Seminar: International Relations. “The Construction of the European Union”, Southern Methodist University in Paris, France.
- 1/12/2010-28/2/2011, Expert Evaluator, Evaluation FP7-Security Projects, Research Executive Agency (REA), European Commission, Belgium.
- 1/9/2010-30/10/2010, International Consultant, Elaboration Social Protection Strategy. Field Research, UNICEF Office Nouakchott, Mauritania.
- 1/08/2009-28/2/2010, International Consultant, Study:The Political Economy to Reduce Child Poverty and Social Exclusion in the CEE-CIS Region, UNICEF CEECIS Regional Office, Geneva, Switzerland.
- 01/01/2009-31/05/2009, Assistant Professor, European Studies, Political Science, International Relations, American Graduate School of International Relations and Diplomacy, Paris, France.
- 01/01/2009-15/5/2009, Professor (Professeur/Lecturer), Economics of Developing Countries, International Political Economy, Human Rights, Schiller International University, Paris Campus, France.
- 01/10/2006 – 13/07/2007, Research Assistant, Assistant Masters in European Studies (EUROMASTERS PROGRAMME), IEP Paris, Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Sciences Po, Centre d’études européennes, Paris, France.
- 01/09/2005 – 31/08/2006, Post-Doc Research Fellow, IEP Paris, Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Sciences Po,Centre d’études européennes, Paris, France.
Language Skills
- Italian native
- English fluent
- German fluent
- French good
- Spanish good
Research Interests
- Geographic Information System (GIS) analysis
- Macro-Micro Econometrics
- Comparative Politics
- Oil and Gas
- Political Sociology
- International Political Economy
- Development Economics
- Comparative Social Policy
- Democratization Theories
- European Studies
- Human and Socio-Economic Security