Rudi Palmieri Curriculum Vitae - Università della Svizzera italiana

Rudi Palmieri - Curriculum vitae
Rudi Palmieri
Curriculum Vitae
Updated: June, 2014
Personal Data
Family name: Palmieri
Name: Rudi
Date of birth: July 11, 1981
Place of birth: Herisau (Switzerland)
Family status: married to Gioia, father of Elisabetta (2008), Tito (2010), Tommaso (2012).
Nationality: Swiss.
Military status: Protection and support service. Captain, ANSIT: Service head.
Personal page on ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rudi_Palmieri
Pesonal page on Academia.edu: https://lugano.academia.edu/RudiPalmieri
Home address
Via Miravalle 19
CH-6900 Massagno
Mobile: + 41 (0)79 787 70 75
Office address
Institute of Argumentation, Linguistics and
Semiotic (IALS)
Laboratory for Argumentation in the Contexts
of the Public Sphere (LACoPS)
USI-University of Lugano
Via G. Buffi 13
CH-6904 Lugano
E-mail: rudi.palmieri@usi,ch
Phone: +41 (0)58 666 4791
Fax: +41 (0) 58 666 46 47
Personal profile at USI: http://usi.to/b2o
Current position
Post-doc and lecturer at IALS-Institute of Argumentation, Linguistics and Semiotics
(www.ials.com.usi.ch).
Researcher at LACoPS-Laboratory for Argumentation in the Contexts of the Public Sphere
(http://www.ials.com.usi.ch/lacops.htm), University of Lugano, Faculty of Communication Sciences.
Main appointments:
Lecturer of the Master module “Argumentation in Finance” (Master in Financial Communication, 6
ETCS)
Since 03/2012: Coordinator of the Master Program in Financial Communication (www.mfc.usi.ch).
Since 09/2010: Teaching assistant (including lecturing tasks) of the Master module “Argumentation
pour la Communication Publique I+II” (Master in Communication Publique, 6 ECTS).
Other important activities:
Since 9/2011: Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences (FORS): USI Contact point.
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Recently concluded activities (2010-2013)
12/2010-11/2013: Research collaborator in the SNSF–funded research project “BankAr-Cod –
Argumentative practices adopted by Swiss banks for reconciling AML&ATF supervisory duties with
the fiduciary obligations towards the client” (Division of Interdisciplinary Projects).
01/2012–02/2013: Program coordinator of the SNSF-funded Doctoral Program “Argupolis:
Argumentation Practices in Context II”.
09/2010-12/2011:
Program coordinator of the SNSF-funded Doctoral Program “Argupolis:
Argumentation Practices in Context”.
Past activities (2004-2010)
09/2006-11/2010: PhD candidate and teaching assistant at Institute of Linguistics and Semiotics (ILS),
USI.
09/2004-08/2005: Student-assistant at Institute of Linguistics and Semiotics, USI.
Teaching assistant for the following courses:
- Argomentazione nei Media, 2007, 2008 (prof. Rigotti, Master in Gestione dei Media, 6 ECTS);
- Argumentation in finance 2007-2014 (prof. Rigotti, Master in Financial Communication, 6
ECTS);
- Interpersonal communication in finance, 2007, 2008 (prof. Rocci, Master in Financal
Communication, 6 ECTS);
- Argomentazione, 2008 (prof. Rigotti, Master in Civiltà e Cultura italiana, 3 ECTS);
- Argumentation pour la communication publique, 2009, 2010 (prof. Rigotti, Master in
Communication Publique, 6 ECTS).
Education
04/2007 - 12/2010: PhD in Communication Sciences, Faculty of Communication Sciences, USIUniversity of Lugano. Title of the dissertation: “The arguments of corporate directors in takeover bids.
Comparing argumentative strategies in the context of friendly and hostile offers in the UK market”.
Thesis supervisor: Eddo Rigotti; co-supervisor: Eric Nowak (Swiss Finance Institute). Dissertation
published by John Benjamins in the Argumentation in Context Book Series, vol. 8 (See publication
List)
01/2008 – 08/2010: Pro*Doc Argumentation Practices in Context – attendance of the doctoral courses.
08/2009 - 02/2010: SNSF Visiting research fellow, Department of Speech Communication, Rhetoric
and Argumentation Theory, University of Amsterdam. Title of the project: “Reconstruction, analysis
and evaluation of argumentative discussions in corporate mergers and acquisitions”. (Fellowships for
prospective researchers, nr. 125601)
10/2004 – 07/2006: Master in Economics and Communication, Major in Financial Communication,
USI-University of Lugano (Switzerland), July 2006. Thesis title: “The case of the 4you financial
product: argumentative and legal aspects” . Thesis supervisor: Giovanni Barone-Adesi (Swiss Finance
Institute).
09/2005 – 01/2006:
Semester of study at the Department of Financial Services, Metropolitan
University of London (UK).
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10/2001 – 09/2004: Bachelor in Communication Sciences, University of Lugano (Switzerland)
Title of the final work: “La Negoziazione. Approcci fondamentali e strumenti bibliografici” Supervisor:
Eddo Rigotti.
09/1997 – 07/2001: Linguistic High School (Nuova Maturità), Liceo Cantonale, Bellinzona
(Switzerland).
Languages
Italian. mother tongue.
English. Excellent understanding, very good oral and written skills. Experience in academic writing and
in teaching.
French. Excellent understanding, very good oral and good written skills. Experience in academic
writing and in teaching.
German. Good understanding, discrete oral and writing skills (currently under improvement).
Teaching experience
Doctoral level
- Teacher (with E. Rigotti. and S. Greco Morasso) of the doctoral course Argument schemes analysis
and evaluation, Lugano, Hotel Colorado, October 17-19 2012.
- Teacher (with E. Rigotti. A. Rocci and S. Greco Morasso) of the doctoral course From semantics to
speech acts in context, Lugano, Hotel Colorado, 28 February – 1 March 2012.
- Teacher (with E. Rigotti and S. Greco Morasso) of the doctoral course Analyzing the inferential
configuration of arguments in context (Argupolis), Lugano, Hotel Colorado, 9-10 June 2011.
Master level
- Present: Lecturer of the Master course Argumentation in finance (Master in Financial
Communication, USI)
- 2007 – 2014: Teaching assistant for the Master course Argumentation in finance (previously named
Argumentation skills for financial communication). Main tasks: lecturing, students’ tutoring,
preparation of course material, management of online course platform.
- 2010 – present: Teaching assistant for the Master course Argumentation pour la communication
publique. Main tasks: lecturing, students’ tutoring, preparation of course material, management of
online course platform.
- 2006 – 2008: Teaching assistant for the Master course: Interpersonal tools for financial
communication.
- 2007 – 2008: Teaching assistant for the Master course: Argomentazione nei media
Invited lectures
25 March 2014: “L’argumentation en situations de crise économique-financière”. Séminaire «Crise et
communication» Université de Neuchâtel,.
29 April 2014: “La Gestione degli obblighi anti-riciclaggio da parte delle banche svizzere: aspetti
organizzativi e comunicativi”. Lesson taught within the Bachelor course “Management and
Communication” (Prof. I. Snehota and Prof. J. Mengis), Lugano, Università della Svizzera italiana.
10-12 April 2013: (with E. Rigotti) “L’argomentazione nei contesti istituzionali (Persuasive
communication in institutional contexts)”. Doctoral course, Università degli Studi di Trento,.
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17 May 2013: “La Gestione degli obblighi anti-riciclaggio da parte delle banche svizzere: aspetti
organizzativi e comunicativi”. Lesson taught within the Bachelor course “Management and
Communication” (Prof. I. Snehota and Prof. J. Mengis), Lugano, Università della Svizzera italiana.
25 September 2012: “The uses of argumentation in finance”. Lesson taught within the Bachelor course
“Critical thinking” (Prof. J. Sàágua), Lisbon, Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
Conference organizations
02/2014: Co-applicant and main organizer of the International Conference “Discourse Approaches to
Financial Communication” (DAFC), sponsored by Centro Stefano Franscini, Ascona, Monte Verità,
February 2-6, 2014.
11/2012: Organization of the “Thematic Conference on Practical Reasoning”, Argupolis Doctoral
Program, Lugano, Università della Svizzera italiana, November 28-30, 2102.
09/2012: Member of the organizing committee of the “7e giornate Svizzera della Linguistica: L’empiria
in linguistica: varietà e complessità degli approcci”, Swiss Society of Linguistics, Lugano, Università
della Svizzera italiana, September 12, 13, 2012
2007-2012: Main organizer of several editions of the Amsterdam-Lugano Colloquium on
Argumentation Theory, USI Lugano.
Grants
08/2009 – 02/2010: SNSF fellowship for prospective researchers (Visiting fellow at the Department of
Speech Communication, Argumentation Theory and Rhetoric, University of Amsterdam).
Academic Membership
Member of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (ISSA); of the International
Learned Institute for Argumentation Studies (ILIAS); of the Association for Business Communication
(ABC); of the Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft (SGKM).
Member of the Scientific committee of Cogency, a peer-review international journal on reasoning and
argumentation.
Peer Review experience
Reviewer for Argumentation, Journal of Argumentation in Context, Cogency, Studies in
Communication Sciences, Discourse Studies, Proceedings of the 2010 ISSA Conference, L’analisi
linguistica e letteraria, VALS-ASLA Tagung.
Other academic activities
09/2013 – 12/2013: Association for Business Communication (ABC), Member of the Focus Group for
the design of the new ABC website.
04/2009: Organization of the Workshop “Approaching Communication and Client Relationships in
Private banking”. Workshop jointly proposed and held by Credit Suisse and ILS.
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