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Filippo Menga

Filippo Menga

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Associate Professor of Geography at Università degli Studi di Bergamo

  • Education

    • Institute for International Studies (ISPI)

      2005 - 2006
      Master International Affairs

    • EAERE-FEEM-VIU European Summer School on Management of International Water

      2012 - 2012
      Hydropolitics

      http://www.feem-web.it/ess/ess12/01index.html

    • Faculty of Political Science, University of Cagliari

      1999 - 2004
      Degree International Relations

    • Università degli Studi di Cagliari

      2011 - 2014
      Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) International Relations

      Doctor Europaues (with visiting research periods carried out at King's College London and the University of St Andrews). Title of doctoral thesis "Power and dams in Central Asia".

    • Nottingham Trent University

      2002 - 2003
      Erasmus student Department of Humanities

  • Experience

    • Amnesty International

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2008
      Stagiaire

      • Responsible for the analysis of international and local policies to lobby for Corporate Social Responsibility • Facilitating in the drafting of press releases regarding the conduct of French Financial Institutions and the Chinese Olympic Games• Researching organisations to develop a comprehensive bibliography of security companies and private military organisations

    • European Commission

      Jan 2008 - Jan 2008
      Blue Book Trainee - Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Brussels BELGIUM

      • Working within the Public Procurement Unit preparing contracts and undertaking legal analysis on disagreements• Developing contents for the Directorate General intranet pages

    • Weber Shandwick

      Sept 2008 - Jan 2009
      Public Affairs Trainee - Energy and Environment Department, Brussels, BELGIUM

      • Drafting analytical papers and reports on the activities of various European Parliament Committees • Representing the company at events in Brussels to compile informative reports• Lobbying the European Parliament on energy and environmental issues• Undertaking extensive research into sustainable energy issues and monitoring policy development to facilitate in the preparation of advocacy strategies

    • United Nations

      Jan 2009 - Dec 2009
      UN Fellow - Liaison Officer UNECE/UNRCCA

      • Facilitating in the preparation, analysis and review of reports to identify the root cause of potential conflicts in the field of economics, energy and environmental/climate change• Identifying opportunities for further cooperation between UNECE, UNRCCA and other UN Agencies to jointly address regional challenges• Elaborating speech drafts and points of interest for the UN SRSG on key issues • Organising and managing numerous seminars and workshops in the region, engaging local media to secure press coverage Show less

    • University of Cagliari, Faculty of Political Science

      Feb 2010 - May 2010
      Organizer of an event on West Bank checkpoints

      • Managing and coordinating an event (photo exhibition and conferences) to raise public awareness on West Bank checkpoints and barriers • Drafting and approving press releases, developing and maintaining strong relationships with media contacts to gain support and coverage for the event

    • University of Cagliari, Visiting Post Graduate at King's College London | University of St Andrews

      Feb 2011 - May 2014
      PhD candidate

      To carry on a research that aims to explore how State power influences international transboundary water relations, taking as a case study the planned construction of the Rogun and Kambarata dams in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.

    • Tallinn University

      Sept 2014 - Jun 2015
      Visiting Post-doctoral Fellow

      Institute of Political Science and Governance

    • The University of Manchester

      Sept 2015 - Aug 2017
      Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellow

    • University of Reading

      Sept 2017 - now

      • Visiting Research Fellow

        Mar 2021 - now

      • Associate Professor in Human Geography

        Sept 2019 - Feb 2021

      • Lecturer in Human Geography

        Sept 2017 - Sept 2019

    • Political Geography (Journal), Elsevier

      Nov 2017 - now

      https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/political-geography

      • Editor-in-Chief

        Jan 2024 - now

      • Associate Editor

        Jan 2020 - Dec 2023

      • Setting-the-Agenda Editor

        Nov 2017 - Dec 2019

    • Università degli Studi di Bergamo

      Mar 2021 - now
      Associate Professor of Geography

    • Monash University

      Aug 2023 - now
      Non-resident Fellow, Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability

    • The Lisbon Council

      Jan 2025 - now
      Senior Fellow

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Fellow of The Higher Education Academy, UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and learning support in higher education

      Higher Education Academy
      Sept 2019