salvatore sberna – curriculum vitae

SALVATORE SBERNA – CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth:
22 September 1982, Palermo, Italy
Nationality:
Italian
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
May 2012 – Oct. 2015 Research Associate at the COSMOS Center, RSCAS, European University
Institute, Florence;
Sept. 2012– current
Adjunct Professor, New York University Florence
February 2011
Ph.D. in Political Science, Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane, Florence.
Dissertation on “Local Government and Criminal Organizations in Italy.
Actors, resources, and mechanisms” (Supervisor: Prof. Alberto Vannucci),
Italy. Magna cum laude and dignity for publication (Prof. Maurizio Cotta, Luca
Lanzalaco and Valeria Fargion)
Dec. 2009-July 2010
Fulbright Visiting Researcher at the Center for European and Eurasian Studies at
the University of California Los Angeles (mentor Prof. Miriam Golden)
July-Aug. 2008
Visiting Student Researcher at the Extra-Legal Governance Institute, University
of Oxford, supervised by Prof. Federico Varese;
July 7 2007
Laurea specialistica (110/110 cum laude) in Political Science and International
Relations, University of Pisa. Dissertation on «National Security and
Domestic Threats. Organized crime in Italy: the challenge of Cosa Nostra» (in
English);
Oct. 2005-Mar. 2006
Visiting Student at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva;
Oct. 10 2005
Laurea (110/110 cum laude) in International Relations, University of Pisa.
Dissertation on «The international system and the concept of security in the
study of International Relations» (in Italian) (Supervisor: Prof. L. Bardi);
Sept. 2003-Mar. 2004
Visiting student at the Royal Holloway University of London, History
Department (Erasmus scholarship);
LANGUAGES
Italian (native language)
English (fluent)
French (good)
Spanish (basic)
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
May 2012 – current
Post Doctoral Research Associate at the EUI (European University Institute),
Research project ANTICORRP on “Anticorruption Policies Revisited:
Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption”,
(FP7 EU Project).
Sept. 2012– current
Adjunct Professor, New York University Florence
May 2012-Sept. 2012
Affiliated Researcher (Cittalia, Rome). Research group on “Local government
and criminal organizations in Italy”, directed by A. La Spina and funded by
the ANCI, Rome;
Sept. 2010 – current
Scientific board of the APC Master’s Program on Analysis, Prevention and
Control of Organized Crime and Corruption, University of Pisa, with
LIBERA and Avviso Pubblico;
Jan. 2011-Dec. 2011
Affiliated Researcher (Italiadecide, Rome). Research group on “The cost of
democracy in Italy”, directed by Alessandro Campi and funded by the Camera
dei Deputati, Rome;
Sept. 2010 – Dec. 2010 Affiliated Researcher (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa) for the project on
“Natural disasters and International Aids”. Research group on “International
Disaster Assistance and Corruption” directed by Andreas De Guttry;
June 2010
Participation as invited speaker for the talk on “Electoral violence and criminal
organizations in Italy” at the Center for European and Eurasian Studies,
University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
Sept. 2012 – current
The Politics of Organized Crime, New York University Florence
June 5-6 2015
Lecture on “Qualitative and Quantitative methods in the study of organized
crime”, APC Master’s Program, University of Pisa (9 hours);
May 15-16 2015
Lecture on “Mafia Violence: strategies, organization and patterns”, APC
Master’s Program, University of Pisa (9 hours);
June 2014
Comparative analysis of organized crime groups, short course at the ITESO Summer
Program 2015, Guadalajara, Mexico (one week)
Jan. 2014 – June 2014
Lecture on “Comparative analysis of criminal groups”, “Methods and Data in
organized crime research”, “Mafia violence”, APC Master Programme,
University of Pisa (12 hours);
Sept. 21 2013
Lecture on “Mafia Violence: strategies, organization and patterns”, Summer
School on Organised Crime, University of Milan;
March 21 2013
Lecture on “Electoral competition and Criminal Violence in Italy. Empirical
analysis of crime and research design”, Doctoral Programme in political and
social studies, University of Siena;
May 30 2011
Lecture on “Electoral competition and Criminal Violence in Italy. Empirical
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analysis of crime and research design”, Doctoral Programme in political and
social studies, University of Sassari;
May 13-14 2011
Lecture on “Qualitative and Quantitative methods in the study of organized
crime”, APC Master’s Program, University of Pisa (9 hours);
May 20-21 2011
Lecture on “The infiltration of mafia groups into local government in Italy”,
APC Master’s Program, University of Pisa (9 hours);
Since September 2007
Teaching Assistant in Comparative Politics (2008-2010) and Local Government
(2009-2010), Department of Social and Political Science, University of Pisa;
RESEARCH GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Sept. 2015- June. 2016 Faculty Research Grant – New York University, Florence;
Jan. 2013- June. 2013
Faculty Research Grant – New York University, Florence;
Dec. 2009-July 2010
Fulbright Visiting Researcher Scholarship received by the US-Italy Fulbright
Commission for the project “Local Government and Criminal Organizations
in Italy”, University of California – Los Angeles
Sept. 2007- Sept. 2010 Doctoral Program Scholarship – Italian Minister for Education;
Sept. 2003-Mar. 2004
Erasmus Pragramme Scholarship;
Sept. 2001-Oct. 2005
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna Scholarship, Pisa
MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH
- Organized crime;
- Political corruption;
- Violence;
- Democratization;
- Anticorruption and anti-organized crime public policies
CONFERENCE PAPERS (selected)
2016) Public procurement and corruption risks indicators. Some evidence from the ANAC database, paper
presented at the ANAC Workshop on Redflags and Corruption indicators , 04 February 2016, Rome, Italy;
2015) Criminal-political capture and public procurement. Some evidence from Italian municipalities, paper presented
at the SGOC ECPR Annual Conference, 10-12 December 2015, Naples, Italy;
2015) Mafia bribes: the criminal organization of political corruption, paper presented at the SGOC ECPR
Annual Conference, 10-12 December 2015, Naples, Italy;
2015) Mafia cements: the infiltration of organised crime in the construction sector, paper presented at the Hurban
Planning and Mafia Workshop, July 1 2015 – Gran Sasso Institute, L’Aquila;
2015) Transferring violence? Mafia killings in non-traditional areas: Evidence from Italy, paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, 16-19 April 2015, Chicago, IL;
2014) Centripetal and centrifugal corruption in Italy, paper presented at the Italian Politics Workshop, Nov.
18 2014 – Istituto Cattaneo, Bologna;
2014) The criminal organization of political corruption in the healthcare system, paper presented at the
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ESPANET Conference, Sept. 10 2014 – Università di Torino , Torino;
2014) Set the night on fire! Elections and mafia violence, paper presented at the APSA, Sept. 1-4 2014 –
Washington DC;
2014) Mafia and Politics, presented at the Organized Crime Studies Network Workshop, Univ. of
Manchester/Univ. of Orford/East China University, Jan 22-23 2014 – IALS London
2014) Mafia violence in new territories of transplantation, paper presented at the Workshop on Organised
Crime Research, Feb 4 2014 – Istituto Cattaneo, Bologna;
2013) Electoral Competition and Mafia killings, paper presented at the International Studies Association,
April 4-7 2013 – San Francisco;
(2013) Electoral Competition and Mafia killings, paper presented at the International Studies Association,
April 4-7 2013 – San Francisco;
(2012) Electoral Competition and Mafia killings, paper presented at the Italian Political Science Association
Conference, Sept. 4-6 2012 – Rome;
(2012) Mafia Violence and Politics, paper presented at the Transcrime Institute, Università Cattolica di
Milano, Milan, March 17, 2012;
(2012) Democracy and Mafias: a research agenda, paper presented at the Seminario di studi sulle mafie, Istituto
Catteneo, Bologna, Feb. 3-6, 2012;
(2011) Electoral Competition and Criminal Violence in Italy (1983-2003), paper presented at the Workshop
“Political Violence and Institutions”, ECPR Joint Sessions, University of St. Gallen, April 12-17, 2011;
at the Workshop on Political Finance and Organized Crime, Brookings Institution Washington DC,
July 8-9, 2010; and at Center of European and Eurasian Studies, UCLA, California, June 10, 2010;
(2011) Organized Crime and Political Capture in Italy. A longitudinal analysis, paper presented at the Italian
Political Science Association Conference 2011 – Palermo, and at the Department of Political Science,
UCLA, June 8, 2010;
(2009) L’equilibrio di potenza nell’Italia del Quattocento, paper presented at the Italian Political Science
Association Conference 2009 – Rome;
(2008) The challenge of organized crime to security in Italy, paper presented at the ECPR Graduate
Conference Barcelona – August 2008;
(2008) Mafia e Violenza. Un framework politico di analisi delle mafia italiane, paper presented at the Italian
Political Science Association Conference 2008 – Pavia.
PUBLICATIONS
Sberna S. (2016), Human trafficking and corruption in Italy, Deliverable WP9.4, ANTICORRP Project, EU
Commission, FP7 Grant n.290529, soon available at http://anticorrp.eu/work_packages/wp9
Sberna S. and Vannucci A. (2015), The Criminal Organisation of Political Corruption in Europe, in MungiuPippidi, Alina (ed.), Government Favouritism in Europe, Budric, Berlin, pp. 105-130.
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Sberna S. and Nanapoulus E. (2015), The recovery and confiscation of criminal assets in Europe. A legal
mapping, Deliverable WP9.10, ANTICORRP Project, European Commission, FP7 Grant n. 290529,
available at http://anticorrp.eu/work_packages/wp10/
Sberna S. and Vannucci A. (2015), Integrated report on organized crime and political corruption in EU member
states, Deliverable WP9.1, ANTICORRP Project, European Commission, FP7 Grant n. 290529,
available at http://anticorrp.eu/work_packages/wp9/
Sberna S., (2015), “L’antimafia giudiziaria”, in Paradoxa, 2, pp. 30-48;
Della Porta D., Sberna S., Vannucci A. (2015), “Corruption and healthcare system in Italy”, in Social
Policies, 2, pp. 227-246, DOI: 10.7389/80420 ;
Della Porta D., Sberna S., Vannucci A. (2015), “Centripetal and centrifugal corruption in Italy”, in
Profeti S. (ed.), Italian Politics, Oxford: Berghahn Books;
Sberna S., Moro F., (2015), “Perchè la mafia non uccide al Nord? Violenza mafiosa nelle aeree non
tradizionali”, in Santoro M., Seminario di studi sulle mafie, Il Mulino, Bologna;
Sberna S (2014), Conceptualizing Organized Crime: A transaction cost approach to make-or-buy decision and
corruption, Deliverable WP1, ANTICORRP Project, European Commission, FP7 Grant n. 290529
available
at
http://anticorrp.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/D1.1_Part4_ConceptualizingOrganized-Crime-A-transaction-cost-approach-to-make-or-buy-decisions-and-corruption.pdf
Sberna S., Moro F., Petrella P. (2014), “The Politics of Mafia Violence: Explaining Variation in Mafia
killings ”, Terrorism and Political Violence, DOI:10.1080/09546553.2014.880835, available at
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09546553.2014.880835#.VOHLdvmG9DB ;
Sberna, S. and Vannucci A. (2014), “Le mani sulla città. Corruzione e politiche urbanistiche in Italia”
(Corruption and urban planning in Italy), in Savino M. (ed.), “L'urbanistica in Italia”, Franco Angeli,
Milano;
Sberna S., Vannucci A. (2013), “It’s the politics stupid! The politicization of anticorruption in Italy”,
5, Crime, Law and Social Change, Volume 60, Issue 5 , pp 565-593;
Sberna S. (2013), “L'Irresistibile Autonomia. Continuità e crisi nel sistema politico siciliano” in Bardi
L., Ignazi P. e Massari G. (eds) “Non Solo Roma. La regionalizzazione dei partiti italiani”, EGEA,
Milano;
Sberna S. (2013), “L'infiltrazione mafiosa negli enti locali in Italia” in La Spina A. (ed.) “Legalità e
Comuni Italiani”, Quaderni Cittalia, Roma, Anci;
Calossi E., Sberna S., Vannucci A. (2012), “Disasters and Corruption, Corruption as Disaster” in De
Guttry A., Gestri M., Venturini G. (eds) “International Disaster Response Law”, The Hague, TMC
Asser Press, DOI: 10.1007/978-90-6704-882-8
Sberna S. (2012), “Politica locale e criminalità organizzata in Italia. Attori, risorse e meccanismi”, Phd
dissertation, Istituto Itlaiano di Scienze Umane, Firenze
Sberna S. (2010), Legalità e lotta al crimine organizzato in Italia, (Justice and fight against organized crime in
Italy. The Carlo A. Ciampi’s Presidency), in Campopiano, Gori, Martinico, Stradella (eds.), Dialoghi
con il Presidente. Scritti in onore di Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Edizioni della Normale, Pisa, 2008, ISBN
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978-88-7642-335-2;
Sberna S. (2006), Pensare le guerre, alcune coordinate di analisi, in ilcontesto, Edizioni Ets, Pisa, n. 5/2006,
pp. 33-38, ISBN 88-467-1340-0;
Sberna S. (2004), L’Europa e i confini. Tra storia geografia e politica, in ilcontesto, Edizioni Ets, Pisa, n. 34/2004, pp. 107-115, ISBN 88-467-1156-4;
Sberna S. (2004), Vilfredo Pareto and the Parliamentary Regime in Italy, in ilcontesto, Edizioni Ets, Pisa, n.
3-4/2004, pp. 147-157, ISBN 88-467-1156-4;
Sberna S. (2003), Europa: «Spazio» o «Potenza». L’Unione e il multilateralismo attivo, in ilcontesto, Edizioni
Ets, Pisa, n. 1/2003, pp. 97-113, ISBN 88-467-0896-2.
DATASET
1) Criminal Violence in Italy (1983-2008);
2) Organized Crime and Political Capture in Italy (1985-2009),
3) Regional Elections and Political Elites in Southern Italy (1981-2011);
4) OCPC dataset, events database about political corruption and organised crime cases in
Italy (2008-2014)
COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft Office, web editing (iWeb), Endnote, Stata, R
Florence, February 3 2016
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