• [ 04/12/2025 – current ] Italian lecturer, Romance Studies, University of Rostock, as part of a mandate from MAECI (Ministero degli Affari Esteri e Cooperazione Internazionale) – Diplomazia Culturale
• [ 01/09/2001 – 03/12/2025 ] Ministry of Education (Ministero dell'Istruzione e del Merito) – Catania, Italy                       Modern languages teacher secondary school
  Subject: German language and literature
• [ 05/10/1997 – 31/08/2001 ] Ministry of Education (Ministero Pubblica Istruzione) – Catania, Italy
  Primary school teacher, Linguistic and anthropological field
• [ 14/12/1995 – 29/06/1997 ] Ministry of Education (Ministero Pubblica Istruzione) – Trento, Italy
  Modern languages teacher secondary school
  Subject: German language and literature
• [ 20/10/1990 – 31/05/1994 ] Linguistic high school (Liceo Linguistico Leg. Ric. "V. Hugo") – Catania, Italy                   Modern languages teacher secondary school
  Subject: German language and literature
• [ 31/08/1988 – 27/06/1989 ] Ministry of Education - Cultural Exchanges Directorate (Ministero Pubblica Istruzione) – Speyer, Germany
  Secondary school teaching assistant
  Italian L2 assistant, linguistic field

• In Arbeit: PhD in Sozialwissenschaften an der Universität von Granada
   
• Forschungen im Bereich der Soziologie zu folgenden Themen:
• Methoden der Gruppenorganisation und -steuerung (z. B. Soziokratie)
• soziale Permakultur sowie neorurale intentionale Gemeinschaften
• Interessen: Soziologie, Filme, Theater spielen und Zeichnen

CREATIVE WORKS

• [ 2006 ] Theatre Video: "Niklas der Fisch" Video of the theatre piece, winner of the national competition “Il teatro in lingua” (Goethe-Institut di Torino)
  [ 2010 ] Documentary: "Mi ricordo quando sei partita" Video (Shot in Sicily and Australia), part of the final paper at the
  Academy of Fine Arts
  Link: www.youtube.com/watch
  [ 2015 ] Short film: "Funny Boys" Video shot in Sri Lanka, inspired by Shyam Selvadurai’s novel Funny Boy. Official selection at the 6th edition of Sicilia Queer Filmfest, Palermo.

PUBLICATIONS

• Bertino, M. (2008). “Niklas der Fisch.” Scenario: A Journal of Performative Teaching, Learning, Research, 2(1), 99-110.
  Link: https://journals.ucc.ie/index.php/scenario/article/view/scenario-2-1-6
• Bertino, M., & Martín-Lagos López, M. D. (2025). "Nueva visión ecológica en tiempo de crisis. Discursos de permacultores en Sicilia (Italia)". Ager: Journal of depopulation and rural development studies, (41), 213-243. Link zur Datei (DOI: 10.4422/ager.2025.07).
• Bertino, M., & Martín-Lagos López, M. D. (2025). “Ecological resistance in intentional communities. A case study of sociocratic governance in an ecovillage in Navarre (Spain)”. SocietàMutamentoPolitica, 16(32), 99–108. https://doi.org/10.36253/smp-16189.