CALLONI MARINA

Marina Calloni

Curriculum Vitae

Address

Dipartimento di Sociologia e Ricerca Sociale

Università degli Studi di Milano - Bicocca

Piazza dell’Ateneo Nuovo

I - 20126 Milan (Italy)

Email: [email protected]

ORCID: 0000-0001-6312-7074

Marina Calloni has always sought to integrate multidisciplinary and intercultural research activities with interactive teaching and training methods, pursuing an international perspective while maintaining a strong focus on local realities. Her work primarily covers political theory, human rights advocacy, and gender issues.

Current Position

• Since 2002: Full Professor of Political and Social Philosophy at the Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Milano-Bicocca. She was appointed following the national competition for the repatriation of Italian scholars working abroad (recruited for renowned merit).

Academic Qualifications

• 1985: Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Pavia.
• 1992: Ph.D. in Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute, Florence.

Honors

• 2020: Awarded the title of "Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic", a recognition conferred by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella.

Institutional and Scientific Positions

• 2025–2027: Member of the Board of Directors, University of Milan-Bicocca, elected by the Academic Senate.

• 2023–2026: President, Italian Society for Critical Theory.

• 2023–2024: Convener, “Social Philosophy” section, XXV World Congress of Philosophy – Philosophy across Boundaries, Rome, August 1–8, 2024.

• Since 2022: External Affiliate, Center for Italian Studies, University of Notre Dame (Indiana, USA).

• 2021–2022: Delegate of Minister Cristina Messa, Ministry of University and Research, for issues related to gender-based violence and discrimination.

• 2021–2022: Delegate to the National Observatory on Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, Ministry for Equal Opportunities and Family.

• 2020–2022: Expert Consultant, Parliamentary Inquiry Commission on Femicide and All Forms of Gender-Based Violence, Italian Senate (17th Legislature). Coordinator of the working group for the report "Language, School Education, and University Training to Prevent Gender-Based Violence: A Cultural Issue."

• 2023: Testified before the newly reconstituted Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (18th Legislature).

• 2020: Member of the Economic and Social Expert Committee ("Colao Committee") appointed by the Prime Minister for the national relaunch plan Italia 2020–2022.

• Since 2019: Member of the Board of Reset Dialogues on Civilizations.

• Since 2018: Collaborator with the Council of Europe – Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, including on the implementation of the Istanbul Convention and the OCEAN Project.

• 2016–2022: Vice President, Italian Society for Political Philosophy (SIFP).

• 2018–2021: Chair, National Scientific Qualification Committee in Political Philosophy (ASN).

• 2018–2019: Delegate for International Cooperation, appointed by Rector Cristina Messa.

• 2017: Consultant for the Parliamentary Inquiry Commission on Femicide (16th Legislature); conducted research on the Domestic Homicide Review in collaboration with the Public Protection Bureau – Gloucestershire Constabulary (UK).

• 2009–2024: Founder and Head of the “Internationalization” unit; Member of the University Commission for European and International Program Development.

• 2007–2013: Appointed Member, Interministerial Committee for Human Rights (CIDU), Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since 2021, member of the CIDU Working Group on Women, Peace, and Security for the drafting of the new National Action Plan.

• 2007–2010: Appointed Member of the Board of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA, Vienna), representing Italy.

• 2002–2012: Delegate of Rector Fontanesi to the Scientific Committee of Collegio di Milano (2003–2012); Editor of the Annual Research Report (2002–2012); Coordinator of the “Bicocca È” initiative for the development of a cultural district on the Milan-Bicocca campus.

International Fellowships and Academic Positions

• 2023: Guest Professor, New School for Social Research, New York.

• 2020: Alexander Bodini Fellow in Transitions from Globalism to Nationalism and Populism, Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America – Columbia University, NYC.

• 2011: Fulbright Distinguished Chair, funded by the Fulbright Commission USA–Italy, University of Notre Dame.

• 2004–2020: Erasmus Visiting Professor at the Universities of Łódź (Poland), Frankfurt (Germany), Cork (Ireland), Bucharest (Romania), Skopje (North Macedonia).

• 1995–2004: Lecturer (fixed-term) at the Universities of Bremen, Vienna, Lugano, Hannover, and Kurume (Japan).

• 1997–2000: Senior Research Fellow and Director of the International Network for Research on Gender, Gender Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

• 1995–1997: Senior Marie Curie Fellow, LSE.

• 1985–1987: DAAD Fellow, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, under the supervision of Jürgen Habermas.

Research Projects and Responsibilities

(Selected major projects; full list available upon request or at https://boa.unimib.it/)

• Since 2024: Scientific Coordinator of the project "Towards Affective-sexual Education", funded by the Foundation Una Nessuna Centomila.

• Since 2024: Coordinator of the “Theories, Cultures and Politics” Unit, Silkway International Network on Human Rights and Sustainability.

• 2024: Academic representative for Italy in a hearing with the Council of Europe’s GREVIO as Director of UN.I.RE. (Italian University Network against Gender Violence).

• 2023–2025: Principal Investigator, PRIN Project “Democracy and Wellbeing in Times of Emergency” (with Sapienza, Cagliari, LUISS).

• Since 2019: Director, UN.I.RE. – Italian University Network for the Implementation of the Istanbul Convention. Recognized in 2022 by the Council of Europe as the first academic network on the topic among the 46 member states.

• Since 2013: Director, ADV – Against Domestic Violence research center (previously EDV Project), the first Italian university center against domestic violence, co-founded with Baroness Patricia Scotland and writer Simonetta Agnello Hornby.

• 2019–2021: Coordinator, Race and Education Project – on Italian Racial Laws (1938), exhibition and e-book inaugurated by Senator for Life Liliana Segre.

• 2004–2019: Unit Coordinator for various MIUR-funded PRIN projects on genocide, humanitarianism, asylum seekers, and political imagination.

• 2002–2005: Scientific coordinator for Enlargement, Gender and Governance (EU project), with Queen's University Belfast.

• 1999–2002: PI and Project Manager for the creation of the Gender Institute, University of Tirana (funded by UNDP).

• 1998–2002: Co-founder, Aleksandra Kollontai School of Politics, Pomor University (Russia), funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers.

Research Funding (1985–Present)

Funded by institutions including:
Academy for Advanced Studies (NorFa); ActionAid; ATS Lombardia and ATS Valpadana; British Academy; Columbia University; CNR; CNEL; Council of Europe; DAAD; DFG; European Commission; European Science Foundation; Fulbright Commission; Foundation on Social Quality; Fondazione Feltrinelli; GIULIA Giornaliste; Hanadiv Foundation; LSE; MAE; MIUR; Open Society Foundation; Save the Children; Swiss Research Council; UNDP; UNESCO-Bresce; University of Notre Dame, among others.

Teaching, Professional Training, Doctoral Schools

• 2023–2024: Director, inter-professional training course on Male Violence Against Women, funded by the Autonomous Region of Valle d'Aosta.

• Since 2022: Member, Doctoral Program in Gender Studies, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”.

• 2019–2020: Director, SFERA Project for training anti-violence networks (1,800 professionals trained).

• Since 2018: Promoter of the course Training Social Workers to Combat Gender-Based Violence, now part of the university curriculum.

• Since 2017: Director, Postgraduate Course Violence Against Women and Minors: Understanding and Combating the Phenomenon.

• Since 2013: Member, Doctoral Program in Philosophy, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”.

• Since 2002: Lecturer in Political Philosophy, BA and MA levels, University of Milan-Bicocca.

Conferences

Has lectured in 48 countries across Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia, in institutions including: University of Notre Dame, Columbia University, LSE, University of Vienna, Frankfurt, Berlin, Tokyo, and more.

2023: Organizer of the First Pan-European Conference on the Istanbul Convention, in partnership with the Council of Europe, Milan-Bicocca, October 27–28, 2023.
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Editorial Roles

• Since 2022: Director of the book series RiGenerAzioni, Castelvecchi.

• Co-founder: Italian Society for Critical Theory, Italian Society for Political Philosophy, ATGENDER, European Platform of Women Scientists, Critical Theory Seminar.

• Scientific Board Member: Human Rights Film Festival, Milan.

• Editorial Boards: Politica & Società, Quaderni del Circolo Rosselli, Philosophy and Public Issues, Constellations.

• Member of the Steering Committee, European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR).

Media and Public Engagement

• Registered journalist since 2002 (Ordine dei Giornalisti – Lombardia).

• Contributor to Corriere della Sera, Il Quotidiano Nazionale, Sole 24 Ore, and various online columns on political philosophy, gender issues, and current affairs.

• Interviews with: BBC, RAI, Sky, Swiss Radio, Radio Popolare, Radio Radicale.

Publications

• Books: 35 monographs and edited volumes

• Book Chapters: 144

• Peer-Reviewed Articles: 66

• Research Reports: 12

Topics include: social philosophy, political theory, human rights, critical theory, gender studies, public sphere, and the critique of violence.

Publications

She has authored 35 books (monographs and edited volumes), contributed 143 chapters to various volumes, published 67 articles in academic journals, and produced 12 research reports. Additionally, she has published 180 articles for printed and digital journals and newspapers.

Her publications cover the following topics: social philosophy and political theory, human rights and fundamental freedoms, gender issues, critical theory of society, critique of violence, citizenship and the public sphere, and research networks and international cooperation.