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Alessandra Pecci |
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Research Assistant
Political Science Program
Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS)
College of Arts and Social Sciences
H.C. Coombs Building (#9)
Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200
E: alessandra.pecci@anu.edu.au
P: +61 2 6125 1724 |
Profile
Alessandra Pecci is a Research Assistant with the Political Science Program. Her research interests span international relations (with a particular interest in the history, culture, and politics of the Middle East, South Asia, and Australia’s foreign policy), global governance (with a special interest in the United Nations system), and cross-cultural studies (in particular the role and initiatives of UNESCO in the ‘Dialogue of Civilizations’).
Alessandra joined the Political Science Program in August 2009 and is working on Professor John Dryzek’s Federation Fellowship project: Deliberative Global Governance, and more specifically a proposal for a Deliberative Global Citizen’s Assembly. The idea is to explore the prospects for a global assembly composed of more or less randomly selected participants, to be contrasted with existing proposals for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA). Alessandra is also in the initial phase of exploring traditional approaches to governance and decision-making in different cultures and societies, in an attempt to determine whether deliberative capacity exists, and the extent to which it affects governance. In this context, Alessandra is currently investigating the concept of the Libyan 'Jamahiriya' ('state of the masses'), more specifically whether deliberation exists in the context of the 'participatory' approach to governance, whether and to what degree both tribal and bedouin traditions have informed or impacted on the evolution of the concept, and what possible implications this has for our, essentially Western-liberal, understanding of democracy, and of political community and organisation.
Education
- Master of International Relations – Bond University, QLD Australia, 2002
- Thesis: ‘State, Society and Economy in the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya: Muammar Al-Qaddafi’s Revolutionary Struggle’
- Bachelor of International Relations – Bond University, QLD, Australia, 2001
- Major in Global Governance, Minor in Japanese Studies
- International Baccalaureate (IB) - United Nations International School, New York, 1996
Academic Awards
- Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies Award for Outstanding Postgraduate Achievement – June 2002, Bond University, QLD, Australia
- Highest Undergraduate Achievement Award for Japanese Ancient and Modern History– January 2000, Bond University, QLD Australia
Academic Employment
- Adjunct Teaching Fellow in International Relations and Communications, September 2004 - April 2007, Bond University, QLD, Australia
- Lecturer/course coordinator: The United Nations: Quest for Global Governance, The Middle East, Australian Identity in the International Perspective
- Tutor: Introduction to International Relations, Cross-cultural Communication, Communication Skills (core subject)
Professional awards
- Bond University Student Council Award for Teaching Excellence – Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences – March, 2006
Professional activities
- Academic Network Coordinator, United Nations Association of Australia (UNAA) – established & currently coordinating a nation-wide Network of academics/scholars with expertise on the United Nations; established under the auspices of the UNAA (ongoing)
- Conference Rapporteur– “Joint Colloquium: Re-Engaging with the United Nations”, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law, Griffith University (in conjunction with the UNAA, Academic Council on the UN System (ACUNS), & the United Nations University), 7 March 2008
- Master of Ceremony & Event Organizer – International Day of Peace, Bond University, September 21 2006
Languages
- Italian-English (bilingual), Japanese (basic), Norwegian (basic), Spanish (colloquial)
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