Curriculum vitae
Paolo Magagnotti, PhD
Personal information:
Residence: Via dei Cappuccini 12
I-38121 Trento
E-mail: [email protected]
Mobile: +39 335 6844213
www.magagnotti.eu
Education
1958-1964
High School “Istituto Tecnico Agrario” San Michele all’Adige (I).
Diploma “Perito Agrario con specializzazione in Enologia”.
1971-1975
Free University of Trento (I).
Diploma of doctor in Sociology (Cum laude)- (ISCED Level 7).
Thesis: L’agriturismo come fattore sociale e di cultura e sue principali tendenze
applicative.
University of Padua (I).
Diploma of doctor in Political Science (ISCED Level 7).
Diploma equated in Vienna (Ministry of Education) as “Doctor rerum politicarum”.
Thesis: Le autorità locali e lo sviluppo dell'arco alpino.
1975-1979
2008-2013
West University Timisoara (RO).
PhD in Economics (Very good cum laude) - (ISCED Level 8).
Thesis: Clustering Euroregions – Cross-border Cooperation and Economic.
Development. Case Study Euregio Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino.
Courses and
Seminars
April 2-30, 1981
Study and Information Center for the European Communities, Bari (I).
March 7-31, 1987
“The Foreign Policy Process”, Washington, D.C. , USIA (with visits and meetings in
different US Universities).
Attendance every year of refresher conferences/meetings on European Affairs,
International Relations and Media.
Work experience and assignments
August-December
January-July 1965
1964-1969
August 1965March 1966
Deputy manager of the Wine cellar “Rudolf Bindella”, Zürich (CH).
Assistant, Boarding school “IstitutoTecnico Agrario” San Michele all’Adige (I).
Member of the Municipality Council of Caldes (Trento- I).
Coordinator and editor of the weekly magazine “Enciclopedia dell’Agricoltura”,
Fratelli Fabbri Editori, Milan (I).
1966-2001
1966-1998
1970-1971
1970-1972
1971-1972
1973-1974
1973-1974
1989-2001
1979-2002
2001-2002
2001-2003
2006-2007
September 1982July 1983
1970-1990
1983-present
Autonomous Region Trentino-South Tyrol – Trento, Via Gazzoletti 2
1966-1972: Editor of the monthly magazine “Terra Trentina” (Editor-in-chief 19691973).
1972-1976: Press attaché of the press office.
1976-2001: Director of the press office.
1974-1998: Editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine “Regione Trentino-Alto Adige
– Region Trentino-Südtirol.
1975-1993: Editor-in-chief of the quarterly journal “Aggiornamenti-Aktuell”.
1982-2001: Editor-in-chief of the weekly TV Program “Regione oggi-Region heute”
(Italian and German Edition).
1989-2001: Author of the weekly TV Program “Noi Europei-Wir Europäer “
(German and Italian Edition).
1997-1998: Chairman of the working group on Information of the Cross-border
Working-community “Alpe Adria”.
1979-1994: Member of the Executive Committee of the “Association of European
Border Regions”. Gronau (D).
Commentator on European Issues, Radio Program “Eine Stimme für Europa”, Radio
Tirol (Tyrol-I).
Collaborator of the weekly National RAI Program “A Come Agricoltura”.
Director of the monthly paper “Fiemme e Fassa”, Comitato DC Fiemme e Fassa,
Trento.
Secretary of the Consorzio Elettrico Interfrazionale e Comunale “Rio Caldo”, Caldes
(TN, I))
Director of the bimonthly paper “Agriturismo”, Comitato Trentino Agriturist,
(Trento-I).
Director of the bimonthly paper “Noi Solandri”, PM, (Trento –I)
Editor-in chief of the four-monthly review “La Val”, Centro Studi della Val di Sole,
Malè (TN-I).
Editor and co-coordinator of the yearly bilingual (DE-IT) publication “Tiroler
Almanach - Almanacco Tirolese”, E. Juen, (Innsbruck-A)
External consultant for European and International Relations, Regional Government
Trentino-South Tyrol.
Member of the Governing board of the Trentino Cultural Institute (now Bruno
Kessler Foundation) – ( ITC-Institute for Scientific and Technological Research;
German-Italian Historical Institute; Institute for Religious Sciences).
External consultant for European and International Relations, Presidency of the
Legislative Assembly of Trentino.
Assistant to the chairman of the “Rai Corporation”, New York (p.b.).
Commentator for the weekly Rai Radio Program “Tra Monti e Valli”.
Author of the weekly TV program “Qui Europa” (2004-2005 the program was daily,
co-financed by the European Commission: APCAV2003/3/343/340272; the program was put
in the compilation of the“best of” for the European Commission preparing the new
Communication strategy after the failure of the European Constitutional.
Treaty.www.magagnotti.eu/quieuropa).
1996-2000
2005-present
1986-1988
Present broadcaster: trentinotv.it (before the program was aired by TVA and
RTTR). http://www.trentinotv.it
Director of the monthly paper “NEWS”,Fondazione Trentina per la Ricerca sui
Tumori, (Trento-I).
Editor-in-chief of the monthly paper “Il Giornale delle Giudicarie”
http://www.giornaledellegiudicarie.it.
International Deputy Secretary-general of the Association of European Journalists.
1992-present
President of the “Deutsch-italienische Gesellschaft für Europa”, Trento
November 6-8,
1994
Member of a delegation of the Council of Europe to Moldova in connection with the
separatist movements in Transnistria and Garauzia for political contacts and
presentation in the Conference “Decentralization, Autonomy, Federalism –
Principles and Practice of State Organization as a Basis for National Reconciliation
and Security”.
May 5-7, 1995
Mission in Budapest on behalf of the Council of Europe in connection with the
dispute arose in Slavonia (Croatia) after the Croatian war.
December 7-12,
1997
Member of the joint delegation Council of Europe/OSCE to Georgia in connection
with the separatist movement in South Ossetia and Abkhazia for political contacts
and presentation in the Seminar “State Structures in Complex Ethnic Situations”.
University related activities
1990-2005
2000-2001 Winter
semester
2001-2002 Winter
Semester
Lectures on European Institutions; regionalism, autonomy and subsidiarity; ethnic
conflicts; micro-diplomacy and cross-border cooperation in the following Universities:
- University of Trento: several times on request of Uni Professors, beginning 1990.
- Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution of the George Mason.
University (Virginia, USA) – 1992/1.
- Freie Universität Berlin (D) – 1993/1.
- Pomona College (Claremont, California) 1995/1 and 2004/2.
- Jadavpur University (Calcutta, India) – 2002/1.
- Bangalore University (Bangalore, India) – 2002/1.
- University of Malaya (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) – 2002/1.
- University of Shenzhen (China) – 2002/1.
- Hanoi University (Hanoi, Vietnam) – 2005/1.
- University of Delhi (New Delhi, India) – 2005/1.
- The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong) – 2005/1.
Tutor of US students of the American University of Washington D.C. at the “Graduate
Research Center on Europe” based at the University of Trento.
Director and teacher of the seminar on “European Integration and New Europe” at the
“Graduate Research Center on Europe” of the American University of Washington,
D.C. based at the University of Trento.
2005 - present
West University Timisoara (Romania) - www.uvt.ro
The Faculty of Political Sciences, Philosophy and Communication Sciences
Blvd. V. Pârvan 4, Timişoara 300223, Timiş, România.
Associate professor
2009 - present
1st Cycle Course Political Science
Compulsory Course: European Institutions (DE teaching).
Compulsory Course: Sociology of International Relations (DE teaching).
2011 - present
Master European Comparative Studies.
Compulsory Course: European Public Space and Media (EN teaching).
2005-2008
The School of High European Comparative Studies (SISEC) (Autonomous School within UVT.)
Compulsory Course: European Organizations and European Union’s Institutions (EN
teaching).
Compulsory Course: Acquis communautaire (EN teaching).
2008-2013
Master on European Communication and Information in Multilingual Regions *
Compulsory Course: European Organizations and European Union’s Institutions (EN
teaching)
Compulsory Course: Communicating Europe (EN teaching)
2008-2011
Compulsory Course: Principles of Audiovisual European Communication (EN
teaching).
* In academic year Master “Thematic Journalism” keeping the two courses.
2009-2012
1st Cycle Course Political Science
Compulsory Course: Foreign Policy and Diplomacy (DE teaching.)
2010-2012
Master Public Policy and Advocacy
Compulsory Course: Technics of Advocacy (EN teaching)
Compulsory Course: Public Policy and Media (EN teaching.
2011-2012
Master European Comparative Studies
Compulsory Course: Internal Policies (EN teaching)
Compulsory Course: Multiculturalism and Ethnic Minorities in Europe (EN/RO
teaching).
2011-2014
Master European Comparative Studies
Master Communication and Public Relations
Master Info-documentary System in European Context
Compulsory Course: European Public Space and Media (EN/RO teaching).
2002- present
2007-2013
Director, European Studies Center Alcide De Gasperi
Since July 2013 Honorary Director.
German-Italian Association of Sociology ,based at the University of Trento.
Member, and since 2012 Secretary.
Publication list
Books
Subjects of
European and
Political Interest
Conversazione fra amici-Gespräch zwischen Freunden, (interview-booklet,
Eduard Wallnöfer). Trento: Saturnia, 1978.
Il Cancelliere manda a dire-Der Kanzler lässt sagen (interview-booklet, Bruno
Kreisky). Trento: Ed.E.B.S., 1980.
Trent’anni d’Europa- Dreißig Jahre Europa (with M. Lando -eds.). Trient:
Autonome Region Trentino-Südtirol, 1987.
Il Principio di sussidiarietà nella Dottrina Sociale della Chiesa.
Bologna: ESD. 1991. (Hungarian edition of the first part published by A Baranya
Megyei Önkormányzat és a Pécs-egyházmegyei Justitia ed Pax Bizottsag közös
kiadása, Pécs, 1993.
Dalle Nazioni alle Regioni – Solidarietà e Sussidiarietà per la Nuova Europa.
(with R. Spiazzi). Bologna: ESD, 1995.
Europaregion- Ein Weg in die Zukunft. Trient: Autonome Region TrentinoSüdtirol, 1998.
Subsidiarität und die Europäische Integration. Sindelfingen: Libertas. 1996.
Agriturismo: Teoria ed Esperienze. Bologa: Edagricole, 1975 (2nd ed. 1980).
Subjects of
Socio-economical
Agriturismo – I giovani alla scoperta della vita di campagna. Bologna:
Interest
Edagricole. 1978. (German Edition in 1978: Urlaub auf dem Bauernhof – Die
Jugend entdeckt das Leben auf dem Lande. Trento: R.B.S.).
Historical
Subject
Volto di una regione di confine. Trento: Regione Autonoma Trentino-Alto Adige,
1983. (four further eds. with revisions, extensions and further contributions) English edition History of a Border region in 1983).
Eine Grenzregion stellt sich vor. (with H. Kucera). Trient: Autonome Region
Trentino-Südtirol, 1993.
L’Accordo-De Gasperi-Gruber – 30 anni - Das Gruber-De Gasperi Abkommen30 Jhare (ed.). Trient: Autonome Region Trentino-Alto Südtirol, 1986.
Il Cammino della storia nel Trentino. (with L. Menapace). Trento: Edizioni
Bernardo Clesio, 1984.
Subjects related
to Migration
Social and
Religious
Subjects
From Trentino to the Land of the Black Diamond. (with B. Bolognani and E.
Trettel). Trento. Edizioni Bernardo Clesio, 1986.
Bread from Underground – Hope, Suffering and Death in American Mines
(with B. Bologani). Trento: Saturnia, 1980
La rivoluzione dell’amore – I bambini orfani e abbandonati. (Interview-booklet,
Hermann Gmeiner).Trento: Edizioni Saturnia, 1982.
The Word of Cardinal Bernardin. New York: Center for Migration Studies, 1996.
The Pries of the Ghetto and the Street (with B. Bolognani). Trento: Edizioni
Bernardo Clesio, 1984.
Con i poveri nel cuore. (ed.). Trento: Edizioni Bernardo Clesio, 1985.
1.
Contributions
to publications
(since 2011)
Cooperation Between Regions of Different Countries and Cross-border
Cooperation in Europe-The Case Study Euroregion Tyrol-South TyrolTrentino in Regional and Cohesion Policy-(special issue). Debrecen-Oradea: IERS
University of Debrecen and University of Oradea, 2011, pp. 166-190.
Micro-diplomacy of Subnational Components and Cross-border Cooperation in
European Integration: Political, Cultural and Economic Aspects in CristinaMaria Dogot (ed.), From Schuman Declaration to Lisbon Treaty: What Finalité
Politique for the European Union? Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2014, pp.123-148.
The impact of Language Knowledge on the Economy: Some Facts and
Considerations, in L. Cismas/N. Sîrghi, Lucrarile conferintei Economia României şi
Educaţia Economică, volum dedicat Zilei Economistului,21 Noiembrie 2013,
Timişoara, 2014,DVD-ISBN 978-973-52-1418-0.
Die Euregio-Projekte mit Blick auf das Verältniss Schweiz-Austria-Deutschland
in M.Gehler/T. Fischer (eds.), Tür an Tür: Vergleichende Aspekte zur Schweiz,
Liechtenstein. Wien-Köln-Weimar: Böhlau, 2014, pp. 113-151.
Presentations in Congresses, seminars and conferences and articles
Presentations
1972-2013: Several presentations on European, regional, social topics.*
Articles
1966-2014: Over 1600 articles about regionalism, rural subjects, European questions, social and
religious aspects published in regional, national and European newspapers and magazines.
*List will be available soon.
Documentary films
Bread from Underground - Hope, Sufferings and Death in American Mines.
San Francisco: ARC, 1985. (Italian edition 1986; German Edition 1988).
20th Century Trentino. (with A. Tafner). Trento: RAI. 1986.
Österreichs Spuren im Trentino. (with L. Paulmichl). Bregenz/Wien: ORF, 1987.
Towards the United States of Europe. (Hungarian edition).
Budapest: Hungarian TV Ch. 3, 1991.
In Remembrance of Cardinal Bernardin. Trento: Sirio Film,1997.
Personal skills and competences
Language skills
Mother tongue
Other languages
Italian
Self-assessment . CEFR level
Understanding
Listening
Reading
English
German
Romanian
French
Spanish
Social skills
Speaking
Writing
Spoken
Spoken
interaction
production
C1
C1
C1
C1
C1
C1
C1
C1
C1
C1
B2
B2
B2
B2
B2
A2
A2
A2
A2
A1
A2
A2
A2
A2
A1
Good ability to adapt to multicultural environments, gained through work
experience in interacting with several people and multilingual environment.
Good communication skills with a particular convincing impact, especially
speaking on TV, teaching and giving speeches in public.
Computer skills
Good command of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point).
Organizational
skills
Experience in working in teams to develop cultural projects
Additional information
Member of the Italian Chamber of Journalists (Ordine dei Giornalistsi) since 1968.
Winner of the First Prize, Scientific Section, of the “A Book for Tourism Prize 1981” for the book
“Agriturismo: teoria ed esperenze”.
Honorary Citizen of Palm Springs, California, 1984.
“Tiroler Adler Orden in Gold”, Tyrolean Government Insbruck,1987.
European Journalist Award 2002 (Laudatio: Dr. Ingo Friedrich, Vice-president of the European Parliament http://www.magagnotti.eu/Laudatio VP European Parliament Ingo Friedrich for Journalist Award Paolo
Magagnotti.pdf)
Accredited Journalists at the EU Institutions since 2005
Journalist Award “El Vovo de Venezia” 2004
Journalist Award « Accademia dei Sbandai» 2007.
Diploma of Honor with Golden Medal of the West University Timisoara, 2009.
(for the development of European Studies and the Promotion of International Relations)
Member of the Rotary Club Trento (Club’s President 2009/2010.
Honorary member of “AGEBI” (Association of Parents for a Bilingual Education), Trento, 2011
January, 2014