Daniela Irrera is Assistant Professor of Political Science and IR at the University of Catania, where she teaches International Politics and Global civil society. She is also Adjunct Faculty in Politics at the College of Global Studies, Arcadia University. PhD in International Relations at the University of Catania, she has been Visiting at the Stony Brook University, New York; Clinton Institute for American Studies, University College Dublin; University of Delaware; Université Libre de Bruxelles; University of Oxford; New Bulgarian University, Sofia; University of Economics VŠE and Metropolitan University Prague; Dogus University, Istanbul. She is Member of the executive committee of the Standing Group on Organised Crime, European Consortium for Political Research. She has published in the areas of International Relations and EU politics, dealing with global terrorism, transnational organised crime, civil society and humanitarian affairs. See her website @ danielairrera.wordpress.com