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• to date: Ph.D Candidate, Department of Media and Communication, LSE
• 2008: Master, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, New York University, GPA 3.9
  Thesis: Italian Islamophobia: the Church, the Media and the Xenophobic Right
• 2003: Graduate Studies in Communication Sciences and Technologies “Laurea” degree with the highest qualification of 110/110 cum laude, IULM University, Milan. Thesis: Metropolitan mutations and new dimensions of communication

• May 2008 – Aug. 2009: Advisor for Media and Communication, Sherpa’s Office for the G8 negotiations – Italian Prime Minister’s Office, Rome
• Feb. 2004 – July 2004: Consultant for Public Communication, Independent Media Commission, OSCE – Mission in Kosovo, Pristina
• Oct. 2003 – May 2004: Media consultant to Office of Prime Minister – Temporary International Administration of Kosovo, United Nation Mission in Kosovo, Pristina
• 2004 – 2006: Freelance researcher, GPF & Associati, Research Institute for Social Change, Consumption and Communication, Milan
• 2001 –2002: R&D Coordinator, Nextmedialab Multimedia Solutions and Consulting, Milan
• 1999 –2000: Assistant to the Secretary General of IIOP, UNESCO, Paris
• 1996 –1998: Marketing Assistant, TIM – Telecom Italia Mobile, Milan

• 2010: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Media and Communications, LSE
• Spring 2009: Lecturer in Media and Globalization, University of Malta/Campus Link
• 2005 – 2008: Teaching Assistan/Instructor, New York University
• Spring 2005: Lecturer, “Chargé de cours”, in Social and Psychological Factors in Design, Department of Environmental Design – Université de Montréal
• 2003: Teaching assistant in Multimedia Communication and Design, Prof. Vito Di Bari, Deapartment of Design – Politecnico Milano

• Spring 2008: “Research in Globalization”, Prof. David Ludden, Professor of Political Economy and Globalization, New York University
• Spring 2008 and Fall 2007: “Democracy and Religions” and “Radical Right and Xenophobia in Europe”, Prof. Michael Minkenberg, Max Weber Chair for European Studies, New York University
• Spring 2007: “Social Theory: Culture, Action, and Politics”, Prof. Craig Calhoun, Sociology Department, New York University
• Fall 2006: “Culture and Society: Founders, References, Debates”, Prof. Richard Sennett, Sociology Department, New York University

• 2009: LSE Studentship, London School of Economics and Political Sciences
• 2008: Research Grant, University of Trento
• 2008: Di Croci Fellowship, Travel Grant
• 2005: MacCracken Fellowship: New York University
• 2006: Open Society Fellowship, Tuition for the Summer University program of the Central European University (CEU)
• 2005: EUREX Fellowship, Seminar on Urban Transformations, Poverty, Spatial Segregation and Social Exclusion
• 2004: Marie Curie Fellowship, European Research Forum on Migration and Ethnic Relations
• 2004: Fellowship for Merit Award, Université de Montréal
• 2001: Travel grant for thesis research project, IULM Milan

• Glamorizing Sick Bodies, Conference of the International Visual Sociology Association, July 2010
• Italian Islamophobia: the Church, the Media and the Xenophobic Right At ‘Representing Islam: Comparative Perspectives‘. University of Manchester, 5-6 September 2008
• Islamophobia and Elite Discourses: An Italian Specificity in Europe? At ‘Muslims, Race and the Public Sphere‘, 3rd Muslim Studies Conference at Michigan State University, 3-4 April 2008
• Sick City: Comparing Segregation and Spatial Patterns of HIV/AIDS in New York City. Segregation in the Changing Urban Scenario, Prof. Haeussermann (Humboldt-Universitat, Germany), Prof. (King’s College, United Kingdom). XVI ISA World Congress of Sociology: The Quality of Social Existence in a Globalising World, Durban, July 2006
• What’s wrong with Europe? Screening conflict and identity within France and Britain’s suburbs. Urban Identity and the Challenge of Globalization: landscapes and identities, Prof. Losacco and Faccioli (University of Bologna, Italy). Conference of the International Visual Sociology Association: Eyes on the City, University of Urbino, July 2006
• “Letteratura massimalista: Il moderno j’accuse di Luther Blissett. Percorsi Postmoderni” Graduate Conference: Authors and Approaches beyond the Italian Canon, Harvard University, April 2006
• Replication of landscape and ideological inverse of nature. Globalization and Architecture workshop, Prof. Sklair (LSE). International Conference: Cities as social fabric, Sciences Po. Paris, June 2005
• HIV and Mass Migration. From Immigration Politics to Migration Management: Changes in Migration Governance, European Research Forum on Migration and Ethnic Relations (EuroFor), September 2004

• Scalvini, M. (2010) ‘Italian Islamophobia: the Church, the Media and the Xenophobic Right’ in Islam in its International Context: Comparative Perspectives, Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Scalvini, M. (2010) ’Glamorizing Sick Bodies: How Commercial Advertising Has Changed the Representation of HIV/AIDS’ in Social Semiotics 20(2)
• Scalvini, M (2010) ‘The European Public Sphere and The Media: Europe in Crisis’ Book Review in Journal of Language and Politics 9(2)
• Scalvini, M (2007) “What’s wrong with Muslims? Screening conflict and identity within France and Britain’s suburbs” in Framing Globalization: Visual Perspectives, P. Facioli and J. Gibbons (editors) Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007
• Scalvini, M. (2006) ‘Bareback movies: men, fantasies and semen exchange‘ in AIDS 2006 – XVI International AIDS Conference: Abstract no.CDD0329

• Prof. Ruth Ben Ghiat, Professor, Departments of Italian Studies and History, NYU
• Prof. Stefano Albertini, Clinical Associate Profesor, Director of Casa Zerilli-Marimò, NYU
• Prof. Vito Di Bari, Professor of New Media at Politecnico Milano
• Prof. Stefan Tischer, Universitè de Montrèal
• Dr. Monica Fabris, GPF & Associati Spa – Gruppo Reti, Milano
• Prof. Gianpietro Caliari, Diplomatic Office, Italian Prime Minister
• Dr. Bajram Rexhepi, Former Prime Minister, Government of Kosovo