Short Curriculum Vitae

Beatrice Mosello

Overseas Development Institute 203 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ, UK

Tel: +44 (0)20 3327 6540 Email: b.mosello@odi.org.uk

Nationality: Italian DOB: 25/07/1984

Qualifications

2008-2012 PhD International Studies, with specialization in Political Science

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (HEID), Geneva “How to deal with climate change? Institutional adaptive capacity as a means to promote sustainable water governance. The cases of the Po River in Northern Italy and the Syr Darya River in Kyrgyzstan” – expected December 2012

2006-2008 MSc International Studies, with specialization in Political Science Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (HEID), Geneva (Final grade: 5.5/6) “Conflict Diamonds and the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme: A Case for International Cooperation”

2003-2006 BA in Development Studies Università degli Studi di Pavia (Italy). Final grade: 110/110 with honours “A Preliminary Impact Evaluation of the Millennium Development Goals”

Honors and Awards

2012 Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Fellowship for prospective

researchers, January 2012-September 2012 – Visiting Research Student at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (GRI), at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

2011 Visiting Research Fellowship at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA), Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

2010 Academic Platform Switzerland UN Award 2010 for the paper “Explaining the concept of intergenerational equity: the youth movement in Copenhagen”, awarded on October 29, 2010 in occasion of the Academic Platform Switzerland UN Annual Conference 2010 on the occasion of “The 10th Anniversary of the United Nations Global Compact”, Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP); Geneva.

2010 Grand Prize in The Jim Winkates Graduate Student Paper Competition for the paper: “Explaining the concept of intergenerational equity: the youth movement in Copenhagen”, awarded on October 23, 2010 in occasion of the ISA-South Conference

2008 Prix de l’Association des Fonctionnaires Internationaux Suisses (AFIS) 2008 for the Masters thesis: “Conflict Diamonds and the Kimberley Process

Certification Scheme: A Case for International Cooperation.” Various years

HEID Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Full Scholarship, Academic Year 2008-2009, and 2010-2011

Languages

Italian Mother tongue

English Advanced

French Advanced

Spanish Basic

German Basic

Russian Basic

Developing country experience: Central Asia (specific focus on Kyrgyzstan); West Africa (particularly Sierra Leone and Liberia), Sub-Saharan Africa.

Areas of expertise: Water governance; climate change adaptation; climate compatible development; institutions and institutional learning; disaster risk management; gender; security studies.

Posts held:

Current Project Officer (CDKN), Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

Jan 09-Aug 11

Research Assistant (EU FP7 ACQWA Project), Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland

- Conducted information gathering and background research on water-related issues in the Rhone, Po, and Aconcagua river basins

- Organised data and water-related materials - Provided additional research, editing and drafting materials as needed

May 08-Dec 09

Research Assistant (Gender and Security Programme), Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), Geneva, Switzerland

- Compiled a list of “Examples from the Ground” for the Gender and Security Sector Reform Training Resource Website, available at: http://www.gssrtraining.ch/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=130&Itemid=130&lang=en

- Conducted information gathering and background research on gender and SSR related issues including training assessment, monitoring and evaluation; training manuals; Liberia and Sierra Leone

- Coordinated translations of the Gender and SSR Toolkit, including French

- Supported the implementation of the DCAF-WIPSEN project in West Africa

- Took responsibility for updating the gender and SSR and sexual violence in armed conflict sections of the DCAF website

dates Research Assistant, Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations in New York, New York, U.S.A.

- Conducted information gathering and background research on disarmament related issues including nuclear weapons, small arms and

light weapons, conventional weapons, mine action, biological and chemical weapons illicit arms trade

- Participated in: a) the First Session of the Governmental Group of Experts to examine the feasibility, scope and draft parameters for a comprehensive, legally binding instrument establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms; b) United Nations Disarmament Commission, from 10 to 24 April, 2008; and c) meetings of the Security Council Committees 1540, 1718, 1730 on counter-terrorism strategies and the Iranian nuclear programme

Selected publications and reports

Mosello, B. 2008. “Water in Central Asia: A Prospect for Peace or Conflict?” Journal of Public and International Affairs, Volume 19, Spring: 151- 171.

Mosello, B. 2008. “Central Asia: Liquid Deficit” Transitions Online, 30 July. Available on-line at: http://www.tol.cz.

Mosello, B. 2010. “Investigating the Relationship Between Extractive Industries and Security in Conflict Zones: The Magic Triangle as a Solution For Peace?” International Affairs Review, Volume XIX, No. 1, Spring/Summer Issue.

Mosello, B. 2010. “Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Water Governance”, in Hydrocomplexity: New Tools for Solving Wicked Water Problems, IAHS Publication 338, UNESCO (Paris), July.

Mosello, B. 2011. “New information technologies for sustainable water management: a solution to cope with global changes?” Abstract. HELP Symposium 2011 Building Knowledge for a Sustainable Future, Panama, 21-24 November 2011.

Mosello, B. 2011. “Moving Towards the Locals: Barriers to Participation in Water Resources Management in Kyrgyzstan”, Research Fellows Working Papers Series, Social Research Center (SRC), American University of Central Aisa (AUCA), Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, November 2011. Available on-line at: http://src.auca.kg/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=24&Itemid=54.

Mosello, B. 2011. “New Directions Towards Disaster Risk Management in Kyrgyzstan: The Need for Participation”, Research Fellows Working Papers Series, Social Research Center (SRC), American University of Central Aisa (AUCA), Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, November 2011. Available on-line at: http://src.auca.kg/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=24&Itemid=54.

Luterbacher, U., S. Di Iorio, C. Nippert, and B. Mosello. 2011. “Conflict, Environment and the Dynamics of Fear: The Example of Rwanda and Nepal.” In: M. Chatterji, D. Gopal, and S. Singh (Eds.) Governance, Development and Conflict. Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics, and Development, Volume 18. Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Mosello, B. 2012. “Explaining the concept of intergenerational equity: the case of the youth movement in Copenhagen”. The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability (forthcoming).

Mosello, B. 2012. Carrots, Sticks and International Cooperation: The Five Conditions for International Cooperation and How They Apply to the “Conflict Diamonds” and Arms Trade Stories. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing.