Pietro Paolo Masina
Curriculum vitae

Personal data
Date and place of birth: 1 September 1965 • Rome, Italy
University address:
Dept. of Human and Social Sciences • University of Naples L’Orientale
Largo S. Giovanni Maggiore 30 • 80134 Naples, Italy
Tel. (+39) 081 6909436 • Fax: (+39) 081 6909442
E-mail: pmasina@unior.it

University work

2021 – to date Professor of East Asian History, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’, since 30 December 2021.

2019 – to date Editor-in-chief, European Journal of East Asian Studies (Brill)

2017 – to date Life member, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge.

2004 – 2021 Associate professor of East Asian History, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’, 3 November 2004 – 30 December 2021

2018 Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Asia Research Institute (ARI), National University of Singapore, 3 July – 1 October 2018.

2016 – 2017 Research Visitor, Centre for History and Economics, and Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, 1 March 2016 – 28 February 2017.

2009 – 2011 Coordinator of a Master degree in Development Studies (presidente di corso di laurea), Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’, 1 March 2009 – 31 December 2011

2007 – 2010 Chairman of the European Association for Southeast Asian Studies (EuroSEAS), 14 September 2007 – 27 August 2010

2005 – 2007 Secretary of the European Association for Southeast Asian Studies (EuroSEAS), 1 January 2005 – 14 September 2007

2003 – 2007 Associate professor of International Political Economy, Dept. of Social Sciences, Roskilde University (Denmark), 1 August 2003 – 31 October 2007 (on leave since 31 October 2004)

2000 – 2003 Assistant Professor (tenure-track) of International Political Economy, Dept. of Social Sciences, Roskilde University (Denmark), 1 August 2000 – 31 July 2003

2000 – 2002 Director of Studies, MA programme on Society, Science and Technology (ESST), Roskilde University – European Inter¬-university Association on Science and Technology. Study Board Member of the European Inter¬-university Association on Science and Technology, 1 September 2000 – 31 January 2002.

2000 ‘Ekstern Lektor’ (Part-time lecturer), Dept. of Social Sciences, Roskilde University, March – June 2000

1998 – 1999 Research Associate at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), Copenhagen, 1 December 1998 – 31 December 1999

1996 – 1999 Research Fellow (Kandidatstipendiat), Dept. of Social Sciences, Roskilde University, 26 June 1996 – 31 July 1999 – Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow, 26 June 1996 – 25 December 1997.


Main research activities

2017 – 2020 Work Package Leader, WP “Competing Capitalist Models and Practices”, European Commission Horizon 2020 project on “Competing Regional Integrations in Southeast Asia: the Search for Legitimacy” (CRISEA), in cooperation with the École Française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO) (coordinator), University of Naples L’Orientale, University of Hamburg, University of Cambridge, University of Lisbon, University of Lodz, University of Oslo, Chiang Mai University (CMU), Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), Ateneo de Manila University, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (Indonesia), University of Malaya (Kuala Lumpur), University of Mandalay,
1 November 2017 – 28 February 2021. Euro 2.5 million.

2017 – 2021 Scientific coordinator, European Commission EuropeAid co-financed project “Empowering Civil Society and Workers (ECOW)”, in cooperation with the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, the Center for Social Work & Community Development Research and Consultancy (SDRC), the Institute for Research and Consultancy on Development (RCD), and the University of Naples L’Orientale, 1 May 2017 – 30 Septrmber 2021. Euro 630,000
2016 Scientific Coordination (programme), Third Conference of the Italian Association for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Naples L’Orientale, 20-21 June 2016.

2012 – 2015 Coordinator, European Commission EuropeAid co-financed project “Strengthening workers’ rights and representation in Vietnam”, in cooperation with the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, the General Confederation of Labour of Vietnam, IRES-CGIL (Italy), the Fundación 1ero de Mayo (Comisiones Obreras, Spain), 1 November 2012 – 30 April 2015.

2012 – 2016 Senior researcher, European Commission 7th Framework Programme project on “Integration in Southeast Asia: Trajectories of Inclusion, Dynamics of Exclusion” (SEATIDE), École Française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO) (coordinator), University of Hamburg, University of Cambridge, Tallinn University, University of Milano-Bicocca, University Sains Malaysia (USM), Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Indonesia, Chiang Mai University (CMU), Thailand, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), Vietnam, 1 December 2012 – 31 March 2016. Euro 2.5 million.

2009 – 2011 Scientific coordinator and senior researcher, European Commission EuropeAid co-financed project “Empowerment of Workers and Trade Unions in Vietnam”, coordinated by the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) in cooperation with the University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’, IRES-CGIL, Le Monde du Travail and the Institute for Workers and Trade Unions/Vietnamese General Confederation of Labour, 1 January 2009 – 30 October 2011.

2007 – 2008 Review of the Communication from the Commission ‘Europe and Asia: A Strategic Framework for Enhanced Partnership (2001)’, on behalf of the European Commission DG Relex, November 2007 – January 2008.

2007 Scientific coordination of the 5th Conference of the European Association for Southeast Asian Studies (EuroSEAS), University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’, 12 – 14 September 2007.

2006 – 2007 Senior researcher, European Commission EuropeAid co-financed project ‘Grassroots Democracy and Participatory Budget’, coordinated by the Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) in cooperation with the University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’ and the Centre for State Reform (Italy). 1 November 2006 – 31 October 2007.

2006 Team Leader, Evaluation of the ‘EC Trust Fund to the Asia Europe Foundation (ASEF)’, on behalf of the European Commission EuropeAid, July – November 2006.

2005 Strategic Review of the EC Country Strategy Papers for Vietnam and Cambodia, on behalf of the European Commission DG Relex, April – May 2005.

2004 – 2005 Project Coordinator, European Commission EuropeAid Asia Link programme, MSc. on ‘Project Cycle Management and Participatory Approaches to Development’ in cooperation with: Roskilde University (Denmark), Durham University (UK), Sapienza University of Rome (Italy), Hue University (Vietnam), Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) and Royal University of Agriculture of Phnom Penh (Cambodia). 19 February 2004 – 18 November 2005.

2001 – 2003 Project Coordinator and Scientist in charge, EU 5FP INCO-Dev Thematic Network on Sustainable Livelihoods in Southeast Asia, coordinated by Roskilde University (Denmark), in cooperation with Durham University (UK), University of Hull (UK), IZI Consulting (Italy), Chulalongkorn University (Thailand), Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (Vietnam), National Agricultural and Forestry Research Institute (Laos), 1 January 2001 – 30 September 2003.

1998 Scientific coordination of the international conference ‘The Economic Crisis in East Asia and the Impact on the Local Populations’, co-financed by the Danish Research Council for Social Sciences, the Danish Council for Development Research, and the Nordic Institute for Asian Studies (NIAS), Roskilde University, October 1998.

1998 Evaluation of EU development aid to ALA (Asia and Latin America) states on behalf of the European Council, Second Phase (fieldwork in Vietnam and in the Philippines), March – July 1998.

1997 Evaluation of EU development aid to ALA (Asia and Latin America) states on behalf of the European Council, First Phase (desk study), May – August 1997

Studies

• PhD in Social Sciences, dissertation on: Vietnam after the Regional Economic Crisis: Reflections on Development Strategies, Roskilde University, Denmark, May 2003.

• MA in Society, Science and Technology (ESST), thesis on: Regional and International Dynamics in the Development of East Asia, Roskilde University, Denmark – The European Inter¬-university Association on Science and Technology, October 1995.

• Laurea in Lettere (110/110 cum laude) (MA in Humanities), thesis in Contemporary History on: The United Nations and the Chinese Representation Question (1949-1971), Sapienza University of Rome, July 1993.

• Diploma in Chinese Language and Culture (university level three-year part-time degree), Istituto per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente (IsMEO), Rome, October 1986.


 
Languages

Reading Speaking Writing
Italian Mother tongue Mother tongue Mother tongue
English C2 C2 C2
Spanish C2 C1 B2
French C1 B2 B1
Danish C1 B1 B1
Chinese B2 A2 A2
Vietnamese A2 A1 A1


Affiliation to scientific associations
• Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society
• European Association for Southeast Asian Studies, EuroSEAS (Secretary 2004 – 2007 and Chairman 2007 – 2010)
• Italian Society for International History (Società Italiana di Storia Internazionale, SISI)
• Italian Association for Southeast Asian Studies (ItaSEAS)
• Italian Association of Comparative Economic Studies (Associazione Italiana di Studi Economici Comparati, AISSEC) (Board member 2011–13)
• c.MET-05 Inter-University Centre for Applied Economics (Board member)


Editorial Boards / Scientific committees
• European Journal of East Asia Studies (Editor-in-chief)
• Vostok/Oriens (Russian Academy of Science) (Editorial Board)
• Processi Storici e Politiche di Pace (Executive Committee)
• International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, (International Editorial Board)
• Relazioni internazionali e International political economy del Sud-Est asiatico (Editorial Board)
• Oltrefrontiera: collana di Storia e Politica Internazionale, Textus Edizioni (Scientific committee)
• Citoyens book series, EDIESSE and Centro per la Riforma dello Stato (Editorial committee)
• Centro per la Riforma dello Stato (Scientific committee member)


Key conference presentations, keynote speeches and invited seminars

2019 Is FDI-led industrialization the way forward? Re-reading the middle income trap narrative, Horizon 2020 CRISEA project conference on Development and Transformation in Southeast Asia, Sheraton Hotel, Petaling Jaya, 9 July 2019 Kuala Lumpur

2018 State, labour and Trade Unions in China and Vietnam in comparative perspective, Conference on Developmental Citizenship(s) in China, Seoul National University, 19 October 2018 Seoul

2018 Industrialization and labour in Southeast Asia, Seminar of the Inter-Asia Engagements research cluster, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 14 August 2018 Singapore

2017 L’Asia alla fine dell’Era Obama, Conference organized by Asia Maior e the Centro Studi per i Popoli Extra-Europei Cesare Bonacossa, University of Pavia, 10-11 October 2017 Pavia

2017 Industrialization, labour conflict, and the role of state and trade unions in Vietnam, History and Economic Seminar, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge, 31 January 2017 Cambridge

2016 Patterns of industrialization and class dynamics: labour conflict and the evolving role of state and trade unions in Vietnam, workshop Capitalist trajectories in Mekong Southeast Asia, University of Amsterdam, 7-8 November 2016 Amsterdam

2016 Industrialization and labour trajectories in Southeast Asia since the late 1980s, Third Conference of the Italian Association for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Naples L’Orientale, 20-21 June 2016 Procida (Naples)

2016 Labour rights and representation in Vietnam: the challenges of an FDI-led and export-oriented industrialization process, Association of Southeast Asian Studies in the UK, 2016 Conference at SOAS, University of London, 16-18 September 2016 London

2015 Middle-income trap or uneven and dependent inclusion in the East Asian productive order? The case of Vietnam, Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge, 28 October 2015. 
 Cambridge

2015 Trade, Sustainable Development and Human Rights in EU-Vietnam Relations: Roundtable for discussion with EU stakeholders (with the EU Trade Commissioner), invited speaker, European Commission, Brussels, 8 May 2015. Brussels

2015 Middle income or uneven development trap? Industrialization, labour and poverty, keynote speech, EU Ambassadors monthly meeting, EU Delegation to Vietnam, Hanoi, 23 April 2015 Hanoi

2015 Industrial development, workers’ rights and labour standards: challenges for Southeast Asia, EU 7FP project SEATIDE conference, Hanoi, 3 February 2015 Hanoi

2013 Workers’ rights and representation in a rapidly industrializing Vietnam, Opening conference of the EC-funded project ‘Strengthening Workers and Trade Unions in Vietnam”, Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), Hanoi, 1 July 2013. Hanoi

2013 Rapid industrialization and Rise of Labour Conflicts in Vietnam, 8th International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS8), Macau, 27 June 2013. Macau

2011 Industrial policy and poverty reduction in Vietnam: why the labour analysis of poverty matters, Final conference of the EC-funded project ‘Empowerment of Workers and Trade Unions in Vietnam’, Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), Hanoi, 20 October 2011 Hanoi

2011 Why the Southeast Asian Geese have not learned how to fly?, International Conference organized by the Guangdong Provincial Government on ‘Local Development Policy in Contemporary Markets’, Foshan City, Guangdong (PRC), 6 – 9 April 2011 Foshan, Guangdong

2011 When the geese stop flying: economic crises and the challenges for industrial upgrading in Southeast Asia, Conference on ‘Global Crisis: Responses and Impacts in the Global South’, University of Leeds, 4 March 2011 Leeds

2010 Keynote opening speech, 6th Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Studies (EuroSEAS), Gothenburg University, 25 – 27 August 2010 Gothenburg

2009 Vietnam between developmental state and neoliberal reforms: the case of industrial policy, International conference on ‘Developmental Politics in the Neoliberal Era and Beyond: Comparative Cases and Critical Issues’, Seoul National University, 22 – 23 October 2009 Seoul

2008 Industrial Policy and Strategic Planning: Vietnam after the WTO Accession, Conference on ‘Remaking the Vietnamese State’, City University of Hong Kong, 21 – 22 August 2008 Hong Kong

2007 Asian regionalism at the end of the neoliberal era: competing regulation modes and governance principles, 5a Conference of the European Association for Southeast Asian Studies (EuroSEAS), University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’, 12 – 14 September 2007 Napoli

2007 Vietnam and the Experience of the Asian Crisis, Conference on ‘A Decade After: Recovery and Adjustment since the East Asian Crisis’, Chulalongkorn University, 12 – 14 July 2007 Bangkok

2003 Coping with Macroeconomic Change: Adjusting policies to evolving livelihoods trajectories, 3rd International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS 3), Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Asia Research Institute of the National University of Singapore, 18 August 2003 Singapore

2003 Sustainable Livelihoods in Southeast Asia, A Multi-Agency Workshop Organised by the Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute, Asia Hotel, Bangkok, 11 February 2003. Bangkok


Publications

Books
1. (2022) Do Ta Khanh, Nguyen Van Thuc, Pietro Masina, Việc làm và đời sống của công nhân ngành may và điện tử trong các khu công nghiệp ở Việt Nam hiện nay (Recent working and living conditions of garment and electronics workers in industrial parks in Vietnam), Social Sciences Publishing House, Hanoi.

2. (2017) (ed. with Đỗ Tá Khánh) Công nghiệp hóa và lao động ở Việt Nam (Industrialization and Labour in Vietnam). Hanoi: Social Sciences Publishing House.

3. (2013) Il Sud Est Asiatico in trappola: storia di un miracolo mancato (Southeast Asia in Trap: History of a Missed Miracle). Roma: Nuova Cultura.

4. (2012) La Cina e le Nazioni Unite: dall’esclusione al potere di veto (China and the United Nations: from Exclusion to Veto Power). Roma: Carocci.

5. (2006) Vietnam’s Development Strategies. London and New York: Routledge.

6. (2002) (ed.) Rethinking Development in East Asia: from Illusory Miracle to Economic Crisis. London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon.


Articles on scientific journals and book chapters

1. (2020) (with Mauro Di Meglio) ‘Marx e subdesenvolvimento’, in Ben Fine and Alfredo Saad Filho (eds) Dicionário de Economia Política Marxista. São Paulo: Expressão Popular.

2. (2019) ‘Thailand: A country suspended between an illiberal regime and the hope of a democratic transition’, Asia Maior, vol. XXIX, p. 211-228.

3. (2018) (with Michela Cerimele) ‘Patterns of industrialization and the state of industrial labour in post-WTO accession Vietnam’, European Journal of East Asian Studies, 17 (2).

4. (2018) ‘Thailand: Political stability and democratic crisis in the first year of King Vajiralongkorn’, Asia Maior, Vol. 2017.

5. (2018) ‘An Uneven development trap in Southeast Asia and its implications for labour’, in S. Vignato and M. C. Alcano (eds) Searching for Work: Small-Scale Mobility and Unskilled Labor in Southeast Asia. Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books.

6. (2017) (with Michela Cerimele) ‘Một số hàm ý chính sách và khuyến nghị’ (Labour implications of dependent and uneven industrialization in Vietnam: a contribution to policy debate from two EU funded projects), in Đỗ Tá Khánh and P. P. Masina (eds) Công nghiệp hóa và lao động ở Việt Nam (Industrialization and Labour in Vietnam). Hanoi: Social Sciences Publishing House.

7. (2017) (with Đỗ Tá Khánh), ‘Công nghiệp hóa và điều kiện lao động ở Việt Nam’ (Industrialization and working conditions in Vietnam), in Đỗ Tá Khánh and P. P. Masina (eds) Công nghiệp hóa và lao động ở Việt Nam (Industrialization and Labour in Vietnam). Hanoi: Social Sciences Publishing House.

8. (2017) ‘Thailand: The death of King Bhumibol and the deepening of the political crisis’, Asia Maior, Vol. 2016.

9. (2017) ‘Sự phát triển công nghiệp trong 20 năm sau chính sách đổi mới ở Việt Nam (1986 - 2006) (An interpretation of industry development during the first 20 years of the Vietnamese Doi Moi, 1986-2006), in Đỗ Tá Khánh and P. P. Masina (eds) Công nghiệp hóa và lao động ở Việt Nam (Industrialization and Labour in Vietnam). Hanoi: Social Sciences Publishing House.

10. (2017) ‘Phân tích lịch sử tìm kiếm đồng thuận về sự phát triển
ở Đông Á của Ngân hàng Thế giớI’ (An historical critique of the World Bank search for hegemonic consensus on the East Asian development), in Đỗ Tá Khánh and P. P. Masina (eds) Công nghiệp hóa và lao động ở Việt Nam (Industrialization and Labour in Vietnam). Hanoi: Social Sciences Publishing House.

11. (2016) ‘Myanmar: Political Turning Point, Economic and Social Challenges’, Asia Maior, Vol. 2015.

12. (2016) ‘Industrializzazione e lavoro in Vietnam: una prospettiva di medio termine’, in Relazioni internazionali e International political economy del Sud-Est asiatico, n. 3, 2016.

13. (2015) ‘Miracles or uneven development? Asia in the contemporary world economy’, in Hansen A., Wethal U. (eds) Emerging Economies and Challenges to Sustainability. Theories, strategies, local realities. London and New York: Routledge.

14. (2014) (with Antonio Angelino) ‘L’industria malese nella trappola del medio reddito’ (Malaysian Industry in the Middle Income Trap), L’Industria, XXXVI (3).

15. (2012) (with Mauro Di Meglio) ‘Marx and Underdevelopment’, in Ben Fine and Alfredo Saad Filho (eds) Elgar Companion to Marxist Economics. Celtenham: Edward Elgar.

16. (2012) ‘Vietnam tra Flying Geese e middle-income trap: le sfide della politica industriale per una nuova tigre dell’Asia’, L’Industria, XXXIII (4).

17. (2012) ‘Vietnam between Developmental State and Neoliberalism – the Case of the Industrial Sector’, in Chang Kyung-Sup, Ben Fine, and Linda Weiss (eds) Developmental Politics in Transition. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

18. (2009) ‘Vietnam and the Experience of the Asian Crisis’, in C.P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh (eds) After crisis: adjustment, recovery and fragility in East Asia. New Delhi: Tulika Books.

19. (2009) ‘Street Children in Vietnam’, in Hugh D. Hindman (ed.) The World of Child Labor: An Historical and Regional Survey. Armonk (NY): ME Sharpe, Inc.

20. (2008) ‘Vietnam: l’anno dell’ingresso nell’Organizzazione Mondiale del Commercio’, Asia Maior, Vol. 2007.

21. (2004) ‘Why East Asia is a different story? National elites and international alliances’, in B. Greve and J. Jespersen (eds) Globalisation and Welfare: Festschrift in honour of Bruno Amoroso. Roskilde: Roskilde University Press.

22. (2004) ‘Thailandia: i mille giorni di Thaksin Shinawatra’, Asia Major, Vol. 2003.

23. (2003) ‘The Vietnamese doi moi: the historical experience of an Asian transition’, Politica Agricola Internazionale, 2 (2).

24. (2003) ‘Myanmar (Birmania): trattative politiche ed impasse economica’, Asia Major, Vol. 2002.

25. (2002) ‘Vietnam and the Regional Crisis: the Case of a “Late Late-Comer”’, European Journal of East Asian Studies, 1 (2).

26. (2002) ‘Introduction’, in P.P. Masina (ed.) (2002) Rethinking Development in East Asia: from Illusory Miracle to Economic Crisis. Richmond: Curzon Press.

27. (2002) ‘East Asian Economic Crisis – or a Global One? Implications for the International System’, Asia Insights / NIAS Nyt, (1) May.

28. (2002) ‘Dealing with the crisis in Vietnam’, in P.P. Masina (ed.) (2002) Rethinking Development in East Asia: from Illusory Miracle to Economic Crisis. Richmond: Curzon Press.

29. (2002) ‘Conclusion’, in P. P. Masina (ed.) (2002) Rethinking Development in East Asia: from Illusory Miracle to Economic Crisis. Richmond: Curzon Press.

30. (2001) ‘Il Vietnam e la crisi economica asiatica: il ripensamento delle strategie di sviluppo’, in Sandra Scagliotti (ed.) Saggi sul Vietnam. Torino: Celid.

31. (1998) ‘Perché il Vietnam ha ancora bisogno della solidarietà internazionale’, Mekong, (2) 1998.

32. (1998) ‘Pechino, Taipei e Washington: la “questione di Taiwan” tra contrasto politico e integrazione economica’, Studi Storici, (4) 1998.


Working Papers and Research Reports

1. (2016) Labour Implications of Dependent and Uneven Industrialisation: The Case of Vietnam, European Policy Brief n.6., EU 7th Framework Programme project: Integration in Southeast Asia: Trajectories of Inclusion, Dynamics of Exclusion (SEATIDE).

2. (2015) Southeast Asia, the Middle-Income Trap, and the World Bank: a critique of neoclassical mythology, Online Paper n.12, EU 7th Framework Programme project: Integration in Southeast Asia: Trajectories of Inclusion, Dynamics of Exclusion (SEATIDE).

3. (2012) Vietnam tra Flying Geese e middle-income trap: le sfide della politica industriale per una nuova tigre dell’Asia, c.MET Working Paper 10/2012, ISSN 2281-5023.

4. (2010) Vietnam between developmental state and neoliberalism: the case of the industrial sector, c.MET Working Paper 7/2010, ISSN 2281-5023.

5. (2002) Street Children in Vietnam: An Inquiry into the Roots of Poverty and Survival Livelihoods Strategies. Federico Caffè Centre Research Report n.3, 2002, Roskilde University, Roskilde.

6. (1999) Vietnam and the Regional Economic Crisis. Federico Caffè Centre Research Report n.8, 1999, Roskilde University, Roskilde.

7. (1999) Vietnamese Development Strategies between Tradition and Modernity. Federico Caffè Centre Research Report n.5, 1999, Roskilde University, Roskilde.

8. (1997 and 1999) et alia Evaluation of E. U. Development Aid to ALA (Asia and Latin America) States: Desk Review; Field Study (with Appendixes) and Synthesis Report, Società Italiana di Monitoraggio.

9. (1996) Regional and International Dynamics in the Development of East Asia: the Case of Foreign Direct Investment. Federico Caffè Centre Research Report n.1, 1996, Roskilde University, Roskilde.