Professor Colette Mazzucelli, MALD, EdM, PhD, served as the first President (Academia), 2020-22, Global Listening Centre. She is Lead Series Editor for Anthem Press, Ethics of Personal Data Collection, which has two volumes already in print and three more forthcoming during 2022. In May 2021, Professor Mazzucelli joined the Advisory Board for Higher Education of the Irish Tech Society. At NYU New York, she teaches blended seminars across Schools in conflict resolution, radicalization & religion, international relations in the post-Cold War era, Europe in the 21st Century, and ethnic conflicts. She is a recipient of the NYU SPS Excellence in Teaching Award 2013. Dr. Mazzucelli has participated in the Parallel Histories conference in the House of Lords and the CFR-Lumina Foundation Global Literacy Advisory Group. At the invitation of His Highness Crown Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil and Spencer Lord, she is a member of the Advisory Board, Ekta Transglobal Foundation Inc. Her diplomatic experience includes hosting the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) to welcome Visiting Delegations to New York University in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State. Dr. Mazzucelli is a member of the Global Diplomacy Lab, a BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt Responsible Leader, and an alumna of the Brandeis University Summer Institute for Israel Studies. In 2016, she was named an Ambassador of Peace in recognition of her service as an educator with over 20 years experience in technology-mediated learning. At LIU Global, Dr. Mazzucelli is responsible to teach hybrid courses and mentor thesis research by undergraduates engaged in fieldwork on 6 continents. For Pioneer Academics, she mentors talented high-school juniors and seniors in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East who aspire to pursue their undergraduate education at leading US and Canadian institutions of higher learning. A Fulbright Scholar to France (1991) as well as Belgium and Germany (2007), Professor Mazzucelli is the author and/or editor of 5 books on European integration and transatlantic security as well as a contributor to numerous peer-reviewed journals. Her courses have been profiled by the Council on Foreign Relations in Foreign Affairs as well as the CFR Educators Bulletin. As the recipient of 11 fellowships in 7 countries, Dr. Mazzucelli's biography appears in Marquis Who’s Who in the World 2016. She was invited to participate in Canada’s first training program on the prevention of mass atrocities and genocide by the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, Concordia University. Ambassador Mazzucelli has spoken on panels commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Élysée Treaty of Friendship between France and Germany (1963-2013) by the French and German Embassies in Washington and the French and German Consulates General in Boston. During 2000-03, she was responsible to direct and teach the first technology-mediated seminar in the history of the Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) Paris analyzing conflict in the former Yugoslavia. Ambassador Mazzucelli is a former Director, International Programs, Budapest Institute for Graduate International and Diplomatic Studies, Budapest University of Economic Sciences, 1995-97. As a participant in the Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program for Future American Leaders, she assisted with the ratification of the Treaty on European Union ("Maastricht") in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1992-93.
Colette Mazzucelli
Adjunct Professor
Teachers College of Columbia University
EdM, International and Transcultural Education
Georgetown University
PhD, Government (Comparative); International Relations; Political Philosophy
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
MALD, Law and Diplomacy
University of Scranton
BA, Magna Cum Laude, History and Philosophy; Modern Languages
- European Integration
- Information and Communications Technologies for Mass Atrocities Research and Response
- Conflict Analysis
- Global Listening Centre [First President, 2020-22 (Academia)]
- BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt Responsible Leaders Network
- Summer Institute for Israel Studies Alumni (Brandeis University)
- Global Diplomacy Lab Alumna
- American Council on Germany
- Fulbright Alumna
- Robert Bosch Foundation Alumni Association [President, 1999 - 2000]
- Paris Peace Forum
- Parallel Histories [Special Advisor]
The intent of my research in a community of scholars and practitioners is to grapple with specific issues that define the state of the field in data collection, including prominent uses of satellite imagery analysis, forensic investigation techniques, and mobile telephony applications, to document human rights abuses in remote areas, as evidenced in the work of Amnesty International and Physicians for Human Rights. Ethical considerations orient these discussions. The dilemma of how to use technology effectively, while not harming the vulnerable, constitutes one of the most salient issues. Can technology, a two-edged sword in its applications, promote the objective of “never again” in mass atrocities response? The current research highlights the ways in which this question and others identified lead to reflections concerning an emerging pedagogy of mass atrocities research and response. In the learning and teaching this pedagogy inspires, it may be possible to nurture a movement that is transformative, rather than incremental, in its challenge to the status quo characterized by what Raymond and Sandvik cite in the literature as “technological utopianism.”
- Radicalization & Religion (INTRL-GA 1793)
- Conflict Resolution (INTRL-GA 1760)
Fellowships and Awards
- Albert Nelson Marquis Award (Who's Who Lifetime Achievement)
- Swiss Universities Grant
- Pi Gamma Mu Scholarship (Italy)
- Rotary Graduate Ambassadorial Fellowship
- French-American Foundation (Institute for International Education) Scholarship
- Jean Monnet Council Fellowship
- European Commission Grant
- Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship for Future American Leaders
- Salzburg Seminar Fellowship
- 21st Century Trust Scholarship (Merton College, Oxford)
- Bosch Public Policy Fellowship (American Academy in Berlin)
- Fulbright Faculty Fellowship (Belgium and Germany)
Reflections on Learning in Community: Best Practices in "Hy-Flex" Seminars
Conference Presentations
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September 28th, 2020
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September 11th, 2018
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June 11th, 2018
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September 20th, 2017
Books
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Robert Bosch Foundation: 2015
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Palgrave Macmillan: 2007
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Kumarian Press: 2004
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Westview Press: 1990
Peer-Reviewed Journals (Special Issues)
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Information and Communication Technologies for Mass Atrocities Research and Response (Special Issue)Colette Mazzucelli and Anna Visvizi, eds.
Selected Articles
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Central and Eastern Europe on the Eurasian Chessboard in the Global Centurywith Paul C. Saunders and Zijan Ma
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with Anna Visvizi and Ronald Bee
Contact Information
Colette Mazzucelli
Adjunct Professor cgm7@nyu.edu 19 University Place, 5th FloorNew York, NY 10003