Future by Quality. Healthcare and the future of society: how to sustain a One Health approach
The relationship between health, sustainability, and economic development can no longer be addressed through sector-specific policies and fragmented visions. The transformations underway clearly indicate that (…)Future by Quality. Healthcare and the future of society: how to sustain a One Health approach
Piano Mattei and higher education as a lever for cooperation and development
The Piano Mattei represents Italy’s most significant strategic initiative to redefine its relationship with Africa and the Mediterranean basin. It is not just an economic (…)Piano Mattei and higher education as a lever for cooperation and development
The competitiveness of Italy’s northeast in the new geopolitical and economic scenario
The Italian Northeast is at a crossroads. The region’s location is strategic: it is a manufacturing hub integrated into European value chains, a logistical hub (…)The competitiveness of Italy’s northeast in the new geopolitical and economic scenario
Scientific progress and technological innovation
In the debate on scientific progress and innovation, Europe was dominated for years by the idea of copying a typically American model—one built on startups, (…)Scientific progress and technological innovation
Tax Nomadism: people, businesses, and countries
Tax nomadism is a clear sign of a rapidly changing global economy. It no longer concerns only large multinationals or extremely wealthy people; tax nomadism (…)Tax Nomadism: people, businesses, and countries
Demographic shifts and economic challenges in a fragile social context
Italy is undergoing a profound and silent transformation in which demographic, economic, and social dynamics are intertwined. The shocks of recent years – the pandemic, (…)Demographic shifts and economic challenges in a fragile social context
New jobs, new training: Italy as a global hub for attracting talent
The Fourth Annual Report of the Permanent Observatory “New Jobs = New Training” is an important platform for discussion by Italian talent abroad, the business (…)New jobs, new training: Italy as a global hub for attracting talent
Focus on industry: challenges, opportunities, and policies for business
Europe must revitalize economic growth to ensure the well-being of its citizens and maintain its role as a major global player. And this process will (…)Focus on industry: challenges, opportunities, and policies for business
Permanent Observatory on the Adoption and Integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI2)
The number of Italian firms actively including artificial intelligence in their business practices has doubled. The 2025 Report by Aspen Institute Italia’s Permanent Observatory on (…)Permanent Observatory on the Adoption and Integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI2)
Territories, Culture, Youth: Challenges and Opportunities for Economic and Social Growth
Today’s global scenario calls for a strategic reflection on Italy’s role in the world: the country needs to address system-level challenges related to demographics, competitiveness, (…)Territories, Culture, Youth: Challenges and Opportunities for Economic and Social Growth
A new water culture: climate change, efficiency, infrastructure and innovation
The events of the past four years, from global epidemics to armed conflicts, have highlighted how rapidly the sociopolitical conditions under which water is supplied, (…)A new water culture: climate change, efficiency, infrastructure and innovation
Aspen Seminars for Leaders 2024
Aspen Institute Italia celebrated 40 years of activity during the 43rd edition of the Aspen Seminars for Leaders, held in the traditional setting of Venice. (…)Aspen Seminars for Leaders 2024
Transdisciplinarity and academies: new jobs, new training
Education is essential to a work world undergoing rapid change as it keeps pace with the digital revolution. This necessary evolution poses a two-fold challenge (…)Transdisciplinarity and academies: new jobs, new training
Southern Italy: business, culture, innovation
Anyone who knows anything about history knows that the Mediterranean Sea has been a setting for both conflict and commerce for millennia; even the discovery (…)Southern Italy: business, culture, innovation
Coping with uncertainty: managing the present, planning the future
Uncertainty has become a structural part of daily life. This lack of fixed points of reference is having a major impact on people’s lives as (…)Coping with uncertainty: managing the present, planning the future
Finance, business, territory: the role of Italian banking foundations
Italian banking foundations provide a virtuous model that is studied around the world. These private institutions, subsidiaries of both community and public bodies, have the (…)Finance, business, territory: the role of Italian banking foundations
Hi-tech sectors in Italy: a driver of growth
The United States/China rivalry that has dominated the international scenario for some years now, and its multiple economic and geopolitical effects, finds its foremost arena (…)Hi-tech sectors in Italy: a driver of growth
Focus on Industry: notes on Industry 5.0
The seminar focused on three dimensions where Artificial Intelligence (AI) is seen as having a significant impact on industry. The first of these was regulation. (…)Focus on Industry: notes on Industry 5.0
Global emergencies, new jobs, new training
Global emergencies and historic changes have combined to challenge contemporary economies and societies at an increasingly rapid rate. The impact of this on the work (…)Global emergencies, new jobs, new training
Challenges for businesses in Italy’s northeast
The importance of the Italian northeast to the nation’s overall economy is immediately evident from a glance at a map of nighttime illumination, which reveals (…)Challenges for businesses in Italy’s northeast
Culture, business and local development: a new soft power for Italy
Italy has a major competitive edge based not only on its unparalleled historic heritage but also on a deep-rooted tradition of knowhow that has long (…)Culture, business and local development: a new soft power for Italy
New jobs = New (remote) training
New jobs and new training can form a virtuous cycle in which the market’s demand for innovative professional figures fuels the demand for training, which (…)New jobs = New (remote) training
New jobs = New training
Even before the pandemic hit, a general reconsideration was already underway of various ongoing global phenomena in labor, such as the rise of new professions, (…)New jobs = New training
Making the most of Italy’s energy resources
The focus of both the G20 in Rome in October and of the COP26 in Glasgow in November was the energy transition. Italy continues to (…)Making the most of Italy’s energy resources
Space: The new frontier for economy and research
The history of human presence in space consists mainly of two phases. The first of these, more political – and in hindsight, military – in (…)Space: The new frontier for economy and research
The rise of the silver economy
Population ageing is a global trend affecting all the world’s foremost economies. The phenomenon is have an especially significant impact on China and Europe and (…)The rise of the silver economy
Digital markets and the real economy
Italian industry is compelled to face the prospect of a future digital market, along with the continuing paradigm shifts that technological transformation is imposing on (…)Digital markets and the real economy
Global trade and protectionism: a new balance post-Covid
The pandemic has not halted global trade and, with recovery now in sight, the data offer an encouraging picture. Nevertheless, the scenario has changed dramatically. (…)Global trade and protectionism: a new balance post-Covid
Post pandemic Italy’s banking sector: new challenges, new opportunities for the real economy
As it leaves the health emergency behind, Italy is focusing on economic recovery. The European resources of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan offer major (…)Post pandemic Italy’s banking sector: new challenges, new opportunities for the real economy
The Power of Resilience in a Changing World
Globalization, new technologies, social media, migrations, racial tensions, and now the Covid-19 pandemic, have completely changed the face of society and are revolutionizing the business (…)The Power of Resilience in a Changing World
A recipe to relaunch Italy’s economy
Italy must not underestimate the challenge of generating economic recovery using Next Generation EU resources. Europe, after so many years of hesitancy, made a decided (…)A recipe to relaunch Italy’s economy
Southern Italy: the key to relaunching the Italian economy?
Southern Italy needs a new vision for the future built on consideration of its system strongpoints and on a deeper scrutiny of its problems, with (…)Southern Italy: the key to relaunching the Italian economy?
Generational turnover in Italy
Business is the fundamental agent in the recovery of an economy struck as dramatically by the pandemic as Italy’s has been. To determine whether that (…)Generational turnover in Italy
Building an interconnected society: infrastructure, investment, innovation and integration
The pandemic has had a considerable impact on lifestyles, both temporarily and longer term (structurally). Even after the arrival of an anti-coronavirus vaccine, an interconnected (…)Building an interconnected society: infrastructure, investment, innovation and integration
How the audiovisual industry can stimulate economic growth and social cohesion
The Covid-19 emergency has hit the audio-visual sector at a moment of profound transition, and has accelerated a series of trends. The lockdown has had (…)How the audiovisual industry can stimulate economic growth and social cohesion
Government, finance and business team up on economic recovery and competitiveness
Italia ed Europa stanno provando a superare la fase dell’emergenza legata alla pandemia di coronavirus. Si tratta di un frangente delicato in cui gli Stati, (…)Government, finance and business team up on economic recovery and competitiveness
AI: a new alliance between technology, business and society
The Artificial Intelligence debate, which started back in the 1950s, has become particularly topical today. The benefits of AI are recognized as undeniable but, at (…)AI: a new alliance between technology, business and society
Foreign investments as a driver of growth in Italy
Italy has great potential to attract investments but many factors still hinder the influx of foreign capital. Data on the presence of multinationals offer a (…)Foreign investments as a driver of growth in Italy
Labour market: innovation and skills development
The global economy is undergoing deep and rapid changes that are revolutionizing how production is organized. The very concept of the “job market” seems outdated (…)Labour market: innovation and skills development
The requalification of industrial areas in crisis: a vision for the future.
The crises of 2008 and 2011 had a greater impact on Umbria than they did on other parts of Italy and Europe. Conditions had already (…)The requalification of industrial areas in crisis: a vision for the future.
Efficiency, innovation and sustainability in the water industry
Water is an undeniable human right essential to the life and health of all citizens. Its distribution, however, is a complex process that presupposes the (…)Efficiency, innovation and sustainability in the water industry