The Role of Universities in the Europe 2020 Strategy

Foreword.- Preface.- 1.Introduction: Purpose and Goals.- 2.Theoretical Studies on Content Analysis and Empirical Research.- 3.The EU Integration Process of the Western Balkan Countries.- 4.The Empirical Investigation.- 5.Comparison of the Key Findings.- 6.Results and Conclusions.- Appendix.

Alessandra Ricciardelli is a researcher at the University LUM in the field of Public Policies and Governance. She holds a PhD in Economics and Management of Natural Resources from the University LUM Jean Monnet and a Master of Science in Russian and Eastern European Studies from the University of Oxford (Christ Church). She currently holds the position of Assistant Professor of Public and Non- Profit Management as well as Assistant Professor of Economics and Management of Culture and teaches the module of European Public Governance and Management, as a Visiting Professor, at ILIRIA University of Kosovo (Pristine).She also works in the School of Management of the University LUM Jean Monnet where she currently holds the position of Chief Responsible of the Research, Internationalization and Development Area, which includes the total responsibilities of the school's capacity to attract investors and foster international research. Moreover, she is the Scientific Coordination of several post-graduate courses (i.e. Training course in Planning and Sustainable Development of Territories; University Master in Management and E-Governance for Public Services; University Master in Urban Regeneration and Management; University Management in Culture and Heritage Management).
Prior to joining the academia, she worked as a consultant for the City Council of Bari and was in charge of drafting the Strategic Plan of the Metropolitan Area of Bari together with a team of experts and scholars. She has coordinated several European Projects on Cooperation and Development for the Institute for Relationships between Italy, Latina America, the Pacific and the Mediterranean countries and has been she has been the scientific coordinator of the Microcredit Project working together with the 2007 Nobel Prize Mohamed Yunus.
Her ongoing and future research is focused on the topic of sustainable development applied tocommunities and territories in conflict and post-conflict areas with the aim to