Catalina Andreea Mihai has extensive education and work experience related to anthropology, cultural diversity, and international cooperation. She holds a PhD in Anthropology and Epistemology of Complexity from the University of Bergamo in Italy, as well as degrees in Political Science, European Cultural Studies, and teaching credentials. Her work experience includes positions in local government administration assisting with European funding, cultural mediation, teaching, and research projects on borders and socio-political landscapes. She is proficient in Romanian, Italian, English, Spanish, and French and has published newspaper articles on topics related to migration and minorities.

1. Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum
Personal information
Name ans Surname Catalina Andreea Mihai
Birth 21.12.1981, Bucharest (Romania)
Nationality Romanian
Address Via Don Taramelli nr.8, 24037 - Rota d’Imagna (BG)
Cell and e-mail +39 340 7267158 / andreea.mihai@unibg.it
Available to travel and relocate
Education
Period October 2012 - October 2015/ Thesis discussion - spring 2016
Institution University of Bergamo - PhD in Anthropology and Epistemology of
Complexity
Country Italy
Qualification PhD
PhD title CULTURAL RESILIENCE OR THE INTERETHNIC DOBRUJAN
MODEL AS A BLACK SEA ALTERNATIVE TO EUROISLAM IN
THE ROMANIAN TURKISH-TATAR COMMUNITY
Period March 14-15, 2008
Institution ISPI – Institute for International Politics – Winter School: Conflict
Analysis and Response
Country Italy
Qualification Certificate
Period February 1-2, 2008
Institution ISPI – Institute for International Politics – Winter School: Conflict
Prevention and Peacebuilding
Country Italy
Qualification Certificate
Period November – December 2007
Institution Bergamo Municipality - Migration Office, IntegRARsi project - Local
networks for refugees’ integration
Country Italy
Qualification Certificate
Period January - October 2006
Institution University Roma Tre, Political Science Department, Master in
Peacekeeping and Security Studies
Country Italy - Rome

2. Qualification M.A. -
Title thesis “Religion - Instrument of Manipulation in Conflicts”
Period 2001 - 2005
Institution University of Bucharest, Philology Department, European Cultural
Studies Major
Country Romania
Qualification B.A.
Thesis title “Terrorism and Mass Media”
Period 1996 - 2001
Institution Elena Cuza Pedagogical High School
Country Romania
Qualification High School Degree and Professional Certificate of Kindergarden and
Elementary School Teacher
Work experience
Period 2012 - present day
Type of work PhD
Area of expertise PhD in Anthropology and Epistemology of Complexity
Qualification PhD
Period 2014
Type of work Teaching Assistance for Prof. Bocchi with exams in the Science of
Globalization course
Area of expertise Teaching
Period 2014
Type of work Assistant researcher
Area of expertise Project: Borders and Socio-Political Landscapes - Changing Border
Concepts as Governance, Challenge and Political Innovation in Post-
Cold War Europe and the World (EUROBORDERSCAPES)
Qualification Field research in Zingonia (Bergamo) area, interviews and social
mapping
Period 2009 - 2012
Type of work Part-time employee in the Social Affairs Department of Bergamo
Municipality
Area of expertise Local government
Qualification Administration assistant, European Union funding and grants
Period September 2009 - 2012
Type of work Teaching activity for the Arcobaleno Association (Bergamo)

3. Area of expertise Kindergarden, elementary and middle school courses on themes such
as cultural diversity, minorities, human migration
Cultural mediator
Period February 2008 - May 2009
Type of work Full-time employee in the Peace and International Cooperation Office
of Bergamo Municipality
Area of expertise Local government
Qualification Administration assistant, working with minority associations,
international cooperation in Kosovo and the Middle East
Period April - December 2007
Type of work Internship in the Peace and International Cooperation Office
of Bergamo Municipality
Area of expertise Local government
Qualification Administration assistant, working with minority associations,
international cooperation in Kosovo and the Middle East
Period November 2007 - June 2009
Type of work Anchor-woman
Area of expertise Broadcasting
Qualification Anchor-woman for a news segment dedicated to the Romanian
minority in the Bergamo area
Period 2003
Type of work Volunteer
Area of expertise NGO in Children’s Rights in Bucharest (Romania)
Qualification Administration assistance
Languages
ROMANIAN C2 (Advanced) Native language
ITALIAN C2 (Advanced) Native level equivalent
ENGLISH C2 (Advanced)
SPANISH B1 (Intermediate)
FRENCH B1 (Intermediate)
Computer skills - great level of expertise
Published work
Newspaper articles
• Date 2007 - 2010
• Newspaper Eco di Bergamo, www.ecodibergamo.it
• Articles: “Genitori all’estero: in Romania è allarme per gli «orfani»” (Parents abroad:
‘Orphan’ allarm in Romania), “Medici e infermiere emigrano: sanità al collasso” (Physicians and Nurses
Migration: The Crash of the Romanian Medical System), “Latini tra gli slavi – Vengono da Moldavia,

4. Transilvania e campagne del Sud” (Latins Among Slaves: Romanian Migrants in Italy), “Bucarest – se il
summit NATO è stato solo una bella figura” (Bucharest - The NATO Summit), “La primavera dei
rumeni arriva il 1 marzo” (Romanian Spring: the March 1st Traditions), “Non mischiate rom, romeni e
delinquenti”
• Date 2007 - 2008
• Newspaper Peacereporter, www.peacereporter.com
• Articles “I colori dell’integrazione” (Colors of Integration), “Le paure dell’Italia” (Italians’
Fears), “Il contagio arriva in caserma, La brutta avventura in Italia di una
rumena particolare”, “La forza della pace, L'11 settembre di Gandhi e della non-
violenza” (The Force of Peace: Gandhi’s September 11), “4 mesi, 3 settimane, 2 giorni, Il
film rumeno, Palma d'oro a Cannes, racconta uno spaccato tragico della vita del
paese” (4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days - The Romanian Film that Tell a Gruesome Romanian Story),
“La storia 'giusta', Un manuale di storia in Russia fa discutere e prepara Putin la
strada per l’eternità” (The ‘Right’ History: The New Russian History Schoolbook)
Hobbies - Photography (professional level), drawing, broadcasting, documentaries, traveling, migration and
minorities