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UCD Clinton Institute for American Studies

Dr. Daniela Irrera

Born in Messina, on May 2nd, 1975

Research fellow - Department of International and European Studies, University of Messina.

Lecturer of International Relations -  University of Messina, Faculty of Political Sciences.

Lecturer of International Relations - University of Palermo, Faculty of Education.

Degree in International Political Sciences, cum laude, at University of Messina, Faculty of Political Sciences.

Dissertation of History of International Relations on “The Peace Process in Northern Ireland”.

PhD in International Relations, University of Catania; dissertation about ““The Criminal States: a comparative analysis”.

Since 2001, member of the Standing Group on Organised Crime, European Consortium for Political Research.

Since August 2004, member of the European Consortium for Political Research Graduate Network. 

Since September 2004, member of the Standing Group on European Union, Italian Political Science Association.

Since January 2005, member of the Italian Political Science Association.

Since September 2005, member of the “St. Joan’s International Alliance - To secure de jure and de facto equality between women and men in state, society and church” – Non-Governmental Organization having consultative status with the Economic and Social Council United Nations

Delegated at the UN Headquarters in New York, Geneva, Vienna.

Since September 2006, Member  of the Standing Group on International Relations, Italian Political Science Association.

Since September 2006, Member  of the Political Science Association of Ireland.

PUBLICATIONS

Books

• Gli Stati criminali:  un possibile modello esplicativo, Giuffré, Milano, 2006, pp. 202.
• Il processo di pace in Irlanda del Nord, Trisform, Messina, 2000, pp.190.

Contributions to a Book

• “War on Terror”: caratteri e implicazioni globali dell’egemonia americana, in M. Saija (a cura di), Sources of Conflict and Prospects for Peace in the Mediterranean Basin within the North-South Relations – Acta from the Peace Studies Conference, Giappichelli, Torino, 2006, pp. 61-86.
• Il terrorismo transnazionale: verso una ricollocazione nell’agenda politica globale, in C. Zanghì – L. Panella (a cura di), “Cooperazione giudiziaria in materia penale e diritti dell’uomo”, Giappichelli, Torino, 2004, pp. 149-158.
• Towards Stability and Legal Order: What is Serbia going to be? in C. Kollias – K. Sirakoulis (edited by), “Defence, Security and  Economic Development in the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean”, TEI, Larissa, 2002, pp. 37 – 51.
• Per un nuova interpretazione della guerra in Kosovo: lo Stato criminale, (insieme a Marcello Saija) in P. ORTECA - M. SAIJA (a cura di), Conflitto del Kosovo e "Questione Balcanica", Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli (CZ) 2001, pp. 97 – 117
• Organized Crime, Non-State Actors and Weak/Failed States   
• Organized Crime in the Balkans: Implications for Regional Security, entries for M. Shanty (eds.), “Organized Crime: From Trafficking to Terrorism”, ABC-CLIO, 2007

Articles in a Journal

• The Balkanisation of Politics: Crime and Corruption in Albania, European University Institute Working Papers - RSCAS no. 2006/18, pp. 1-23.
• I nuovi scenari della politica internazionale: lo Stato criminale, in “GROTIUS – Rivista di Storia, Istituzioni e Politica internazionale, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli (CZ), I/2004, pp. 49-59.
• Italian Institutions and Mafia: the case of Messina, (insieme a M. Saija) in “Global Crime”, Vol. 6, n. 3-4, August-November 2004, Routledge, pp. 391-397.