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 cooperation program, but an attempt to build a new geopolitical architecture founded on reciprocity, co-responsibility, and shared development.
The Past, Present, and Future of Research: What Humanists, Artists, and Scientists Can Learn from Each Other.
The starting point for this original interdisciplinary dialogue was to bring together a group of experts from different disciplines to reflect on the theme of (…)The Past, Present, and Future of Research: What Humanists, Artists, and Scientists Can Learn from Each Other.
The Aspen Institute Italia Seminars
For the twentieth consecutive year, two seminars were held, as part of a series inspired by the central and highly successful program of The Aspen (…)The Aspen Institute Italia Seminars
Leadership in a complex world
Complexity, a global constant, has taken on an unprecedented shape and scope as a result of the sharp acceleration in the changes affecting today’s globalized (…)Leadership in a complex world
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
The first “Beppe Cattaneo” Scholarship is awarded to Michele Camilli
Michele Camilli, an engineering graduate, is the winner of the first edition of the Scholarship. Created to honor the memory of Dr. Giuseppe “Beppe” Cattaneo (…)The first “Beppe Cattaneo” Scholarship is awarded to Michele Camilli
The state of the scientific research in Italy
For some time the Institute has been following the world of science in its various forms by producing and disseminating research studies and reports. In (…)The state of the scientific research in Italy
Aspen Award 2025 – Award ceremony
Venice can tackle the challenges posed by climate change through an integrated approach to the resilience of coastal communities facing natural disasters. The research project (…)Aspen Award 2025 – Award ceremony
Job training and the labor market: choices and challenges for youth
Anyone making the transition from academic studies to employment faces a significant challenge. Today, the historical period is particularly complex: the concept of “crisis” has (…)Job training and the labor market: choices and challenges for youth
Conquering the Universe. Research, technology and economics in space
A “mission impossible” style challenge: geopolitics and scientific research, competition and exploration, economy, industry and market, with the prospect of future military conflict looming. The (…)Conquering the Universe. Research, technology and economics in space
A toolbox for tomorrow’s leaders. Technologies, skills and behavior in a changing work environment
The legitimation of leadership is historically founded on adherence to a well-defined axiological system, and the figure of the leader has traditionally been a clear (…)A toolbox for tomorrow’s leaders. Technologies, skills and behavior in a changing work environment
Focus on industry: the EU and new industrial policies
Boosting economic growth in Europe is increasingly acknowledged as a necessary requirement for promoting development and the prosperity of citizens. At the same time, the (…)Focus on industry: the EU and new industrial policies
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
The future of pure science: the case for moral sciences
Science – pure or basic – was the focus of the “Pure and Applied Research in the Moral Sciences” (in Italian) report presented during the (…)The future of pure science: the case for moral sciences
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 involving the academic world on the one hand – from pre-school through university – and the economy on the other.
Aspen Award Ceremony 2024 – Supercomputing as a strategic resource
The Aspen Institute Italia Award for scientific research and collaboration between Italy and the United States, now in its ninth edition, was awarded to seven (…)Aspen Award Ceremony 2024 – Supercomputing as a strategic resource
Aspen Institute Italia Award – Award Ceremony
The 8th Aspen Institute Italia Award for scientific research and collaboration between Italy and the United States went to a study on a new synthetic (…)Aspen Institute Italia Award – Award Ceremony
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
In Favor of Pure Science
The conference is part of the broader “Aspen Global Initiative in Favor of Pure Science”, the result of the first-ever collaboration of all the Aspen Institutes around the world. The meeting set itself the goal of focusing attention on future attempts to raise awareness among public and private decision makers and the entire civil society of the need for increased financial and human investments on behalf of pure science.