Curriculum vitae - European University Institute

Caterina Francesca Guidi - CV
Short Description
Research Associate at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence and Ph.d.Candidate in Economics at the University
of Siena. Expert in analysis and modeling of quantitative data, the research interests are mainly concentrated on the
European welfare and health systems changes due to the mobility and integration of migrants. Prior to joining the GlobalStat
team in 2013, I have also worked in several II.OO. and NGOs in Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Serbia and Spain,
dealing mainly with public health and migration issues. I have also written for the European Parliament Research Service’s
blog, East Journal and NeoDemos.info.
Education
2012 – 2016 Ph.D. Candidate in Economics, Dept. of Economics and Statistics, University of Siena, Italy.
Thesis title Migrants, EU health systems and equity issues: the thesis is a study of the health discrimination suffered
and short by migrants in Europe, through a quantitative analysis to their health inequality of opportunities and unmet
description needs (EU-SILC dataset, years 2007-2014).
Supervisor Dr. Silvia Ferrini, Senior Research Fellow, East Anglia University (EAU), United Kingdom.
Sept. 2014 - Visiting Ph.d, Researcher at l’Agència de Salut Pùblica de Barcelona (ASPB), Sistemes d’Informació
Nov. 2015 Sanitària unit, Barcelona, Spain.
2007 – 2009 M.Sc. in Development Economics, Faculty of Economics, Florence, Italy.
2002 – 2006 B.Sc. in Law and Economics, Faculty of Economics, Bologna, Italy.
Working experiences
European University Institute (EUI)
Feb. 2013 – Research Associate, GlobalStat,Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Florence, IT.
until now Design and implementation of the GlobalStat database. Selection of sources; copyright clarification; calculation and
validation of indexes. Working collaboration with EC, EP, EPRS and OECD. Writing scientific papers and creating
charts/infographics, also for State of the Union 2015-2016. Management of social media and project newsletter.
Oct. 2012 – Researcher, Migration Policy Center, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Florence, IT.
Feb. 2013 Quantitative data management and analysis of the Italian Labour Force Survey (LFS) for a broader research on
migration and innovation in the EU. Collaborating to the statistical and econometric analysis of the dataset for
academic purposes.
University of Florence
Dic. 2013 – Teacher of “Gender differences and local migrant communities”, PIN, Prato, IT.
Jan. 2014 Teaching gender issues and migration studies within an intensive training, addressed to Province of Prato
functionaries and financed by the EU European Fund for the Integration of third-country nationals 2007-2013.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Mar. 2012 – Assistant Protection Officer (Trainee), Protection Unit, Sarajevo, BiH.
Jun. 2012 Various missions on field delivering food and hygienic items to IDPs and returnees; drafting statistical analyses and
reports on their living conditions and access to welfare services. Analyzing different legislative cases of migrants in
collaboration with Vaša Prava, a local NGO; participating in UNHCR meetings and training, with different bodies.
European Commission (EC) - DG SANCO
Oct. 2011 – Policy Analyst (Trainee), Healthcare Systems Unit, Bruxelles, BE.
Feb. 2012 Contribution for the EC implementation report on the Council Recommendation on Patient Safety (2009/C0151/01):
statistical analyses of questionnaires sent by Member States, preparation of presentations, report and working paper
drafting (see Publications for more info). Mapping on the Commission initiatives related to WHO Code of practice
on the recruitment of migrant health personnel; inter-service consultations with High Level Working Groups, DG
DEVCO, DG EMPL, DG HOME; participating in Commission working meetings and conferences on migrant health
workforce, patient safety and quality of care.
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PerMicro S.P.A.
Apr. 2011 – Microcredit expert, Florence’s Branch Office, , Turin, IT.
Agu. 2011 Managing the different phases of micro-loan projects, dealing with “not bankable” users. Microcredit for companies:
drafting business plan, developing entrepreneurial skills, checking on a reference network; microcredit for families:
drafting family budget, checking on urgent financial needs for the house, the health or assistance.
Italian Embassy in Belgrade
Sept. 2010 – Policy Analyst (Trainee), Economic and EU Integration Section, Belgrade, SR.
Dec. 2010 Co-authoring economic and trade reports by the Italian Trade Institute (ICE) and Italian Embassy; management of
economic newsletters and diplomatic messages. Work-shadowing in several diplomatic activities: consulting to firms,
attending conferences on EU Integration process of Western Balkans and Serbia, helping with the organization of
events and visits. Writing scientific papers.
Associazione Ricreativa e Culturale Italiana (ARCI) - NGO
Han. 2010 – Consultant, International Cooperation Department, ARCI Solidarieta’ Toscana,Prato.
Sept. 2010 Conception and programming of training courses “Cooperating: a global journey" and “Volunteering and International
Cooperation". Organization of volunteers’ groups and their training on the themes of Solidarity and International
Cooperation
Sept. 2006 – Volunteer by the National Civil Service, Migration Office, ARCI, Prato.
Sept. 2007 Legal counseling, job hunting, healthcare service orientation, housing research and organization of Italian
language courses for migrant population: targeted services especially for vulnerable categories as irregular
migrants, women and children. Collaboration with SPRAR, the Italian Governmental Program for asylum seekers
and refugees; "integrated reception" through economic support and professional assistance of the users and newcomers.
Regional Institute for Economic Programming of Tuscany (IRPET)
Oct. 2009 – Researcher (Trainee), Public Finance and Welfare Department, Firenze.
Mar. 2010 Research for the M.Sc. Thesis on equity of access to healthcare services for Tuscan citizens, with special emphasis on
regular and irregular migrant population. Research on organization of the European and Italian welfare systems and
targeted services for migrants. Processing of new health’s databases with statistical methodology and quantitative
analysis. Writing scientific papers.
Assessorato alla Multiculturalità
May. 2005 – Researcher (Trainee), Studies and Research Unit, Prato.
Jul. 2005 Research project "Romanian entrepreneurship and employment in the industrial district": survey conducted by
gathering information and interviews to entrepreneurs and members of the Romanian civil society, resident in Prato.
Analyzing dynamics and characteristics of the Romanian community: organization and activities of local enterprises
and internal labor market
Languages
Italian Mother tongue
Spanish Fluent
English Fluent
French Good
Serbo- Basic
Croatian
IT Skills
Programs: MS Office, Mac OS X, LaTeX, Adobe Indesign, Prezi, Mailchimp, Wordpress, SurveyMonkey.
Statistical Stata 14, R, Eviews 8.0, RevMan, MicroFit,
software: DAD.
Voluntary Activities
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Organizer and volunteer of the EUI Refugee Initiative (2016-onward): structured and targeted hospitality
program for six asylum seekers at European University Institute, also through qualified legislative and
social assistance.
Steering Committee Member (2011 - 2013) of Ce.S.Vo.T, Provincial Councilor (2007-2011) of ARCI
Prato.
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Founding member (Pres. 2006–2008 and Vice-Pres. 2003-2005) of the cultural association Social Art.
Among the others: organizer of cultural, political and musical festival (Alter Mundi 2004-06; Alter Solidale
2005; Festival della Cava di Bacchereto 2003-05) aimed to the knowledge of different cultures. Organizer
and managers of a cultural club (Casa dei Popoli Macondo 2006-2007) and music club (Backdoors,
2001-2004).
Active member of Prato Social Forum (2001-2003).
Personal interests
Politics; music, literature, cinema, theater. Organizer of an itinerary photo exhibition on Sahrawi refugees
camps, Ritratti della memoria (2015-16).
Publications and e-book contributions
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Brunori, P., Guidi, C.F., 2017. "Inequality of Opportunity of Health in Europe", (forthcoming).
Guidi, C.F., Petretto, A., 2017. “Cura della salute ed immigrazione: un’analisi comparata sotto il profilo
economico-finanziario” (work in progress).
Guidi C.F., Palencia, L., Ferrini, S., Malmusi, D., 2016. “Inequalities by immigrant status in unmet needs
for healthcare in Europe: the role of origin, nationality and economic resources”, EUI Working Paper
RSCAS 2016/55, http://hdl.handle.net/1814/43810.
Umbach, G., Lehmann, W., Guidi, C.F., 2017. EP-EUI Policy roundtable evidence and analysis in EU
policy-making : concepts, practice and governance, GGP Policy Brief, http://hdl.handle.net/1814/44267.
Guidi C.F., 2015. "Se morite qui, nessuno verrà a chiedere vostre notizie", I muri d’Europa, ebook Most
10 – Quadrimestrale di politica internazionale, Quinta di Copertina.
Guidi C.F., Bartolini, L., 2015. “L’assistenza sanitaria in Italia: l’immigrazione indispensabile”, ebook
Longevita’, vecchiaia, salute Salvini S. (eds.), also included in Ebook Le migrazioni internazionali ai tempi
della crisi (2014), Bonifazi C., Livi Bacci M. (eds).
Guidi, C.F., Milan, C., 2015. “Sfollati, ritornati e Centri Collettivi: un’emergenza senza fine o irrisolta?”,
La marcia dei popoli, ebook Most 9 – Quadrimestrale di politica internazionale, Quinta di Copertina.
Daval-Cichon, A., Guidi, C.F., 2011. Questionnaire on the implementation of the Council Recommendation
2009/C151/01- Preliminary findings, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium.
Cappellini, E., Guidi, C.F., 2010. "Migration and health in Tuscany", IRPET, Florence, Italy.
Presentations
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15 December 2016, Inequality of Opportunity of Health in Europe, IX Italian Doctoral Workshop in
Empirical Economics Vilfredo Pareto, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri (IT);
7 March 2016, Data journalism training on GlobalStat, International Journalism Festival of Perugia (IT);
Inequalities by immigrant status in unmet needs for healthcare: a comprehensive analysis in the European
context, di Guidi C.F., Malmusi D., Palencia M., Ferrini S., presented at:
○␣ 26 Apr. 2016, Migration WG Workshop,“Challenges of Integration Policy” EUI, Florence (IT).
○␣ 17 Oct. 2015, 8th European Public Health Conference Health in Europe, Milan (IT).
○␣ 18 Jun. 2015, S. Chiara Annual Meeting, Certosa di Pontignano, Siena (IT).
○␣ 23 Mar. 2015, The quantitative approach to the analysis of migration and migrants’ integration in the
host society, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin (IT).
7 Jun. 2014, Equity of access to healthcare services: how Europe treats migrants, S. Chiara Annual
Meeting, Certosa di Pontignano, Siena (IT).
21-23 Jun. 2012, Equity of access to healthcare services: the case study of Tuscany, EUPHA and Bocconi
University 4th Conference on Migrant and Ethnic Minority Health in Europe, Milan (IT).
16 Nov. 2012, Invisible Populations’ Health Status and Access to Services, The CIE System and the
Human Rights Violations Conference, LasciateCIEntrare Campaign, European Parliament Office in Rome,
Roma (IT).
Web articles
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Guidi, C.F., Neidhardt, A.H, 2016. "Refugees are welcome, sure..but then?", EUI Refugee Initiative.
Guidi, C.F., 2016. “La globalizzazione dentro casa mia”, Il Tirreno.
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Guidi C.F., Umbach G., Scholz N., 2015. “The importance of statistics in public health sector analysis”,
EPRS Service.
Guidi C.F., 2015. “La discriminazione dei rom nell’accesso alla sanità, un problema di tutti”, East Journal.
Guidi C.F., Petretto A., 2015. “Cure transfrontaliere: tra Unione della salute e turismo sanitario”,
Neodemos.
Bartolini L., Guidi C.F., “Migrazione e integrazione: che cosa ci chiede l’Europa”, 4Gatti Blog, Il Fatto.
Bartolini L., Guidi C.F., “Lo Stato dell’Unione: diritti umani e migrazione per l’Europa di domani”, 4Gatti
Blog, Il Fatto.
Additional trainings
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Oct. 2015, CITpax e IEMED: training course Mediation and Conflict Resolution from a Gender Perspective,
Barcelona (ES).
Sept. 2015, Universita’ La Sapienza: Summer school in Systematic review and meta-analysis, Rome (IT).
Mar. 2015, ECSR, Collegio Carlo Alberto e Milan-Turin joint Spring School: The quantitative approach
to the analysis of migration and migrants’ integration in the host society, Turin (IT).
Jun. 2014, EUI: The Global Governance of Irregular Migration and Asylum: Universal Norms, Transnational
Challenges, Regional Actor, Florence (IT).
Apr. 2014 EUPHA and Andalusian School of Public Health: 5th European Conference on Migrant and
Ethnic Minority Health, Granada (ES).
Nov. 2012, WHO Europe e Regione Toscana: training course The new policy for health in Europe:
improving health for all and reducing inequalities, Florence (IT).
Apr. 2012, Vaša Prava: training course on the Protection of IDPs and returnees: BIH response and
activities, Sarajevo (BiH).
Jan.- Feb. 2012, European Commission: training course on Human Rights Training Series, Bruxelles (BE).
Jun.- Jul. 2011, EUI: VII Summer School on International Migration Challenges and Opportunities for the
EU and its Neighbourhood, Florence (IT).
Dec. 2009, Eunomia: master class Eunomia - Sanita’ 1 edition, Florence (IT).
May 2009 COSPE: training course on Italian and European development cooperation, Florence (IT).
Mar.- Apr. 2008 Oxfam: training course on Project Cycle Management, Florence (IT).
Apr.- May 2007 Cooperativa Mediazione: course on in Intercultural Conflict Management, Prato (IT).
Mar. 2007 Università per stranieri di Siena: course on teaching of Italian as L2 to migrants, Siena (IT).
Nov. - Dec.2006 Province of Prato: course Diversamente - cultural and religious pluralismPrato (IT).
References
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References available upon request.
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