EVENTS

19 SEPTEMBER 2025

CONNECT lectures

DOGE-ing USAID: why and what next for humanitarianism and global development

Aula Poeti, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna

Professor Emma Mawdsley (University of Cambridge) delivers a CONNECT lecture with the title: "DOGE-ing USAID: why and what next for humanitarianism and global development".

14 OCTOBER 2025

CONNECT seminars

East Asia and Russia's War against Ukraine

Aula Romei

Prof. Matteo Dian (Unibo) presents his research on East Asian states and their responses to Russia’s war against Ukraine.

07 NOVEMBER 2025

CONNECT lectures

Trump: A New Age of American Capitalism?

Aula Poeti, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna

Prof. Jonathan Levy (Sciences Po Paris) delivers a CONNECT lecture with the title: "Trump: A New Age of American Capitalism?".

11 NOVEMBER 2025

CONNECT seminars

Mirroring Strengths and Weaknesses: Economic Statecraft in the US and EU in Response to the Chinese Challenge

Aula Romei, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna

Dr. Fabio Bulfone (University of Leiden) presents his research on the economic statecraft and industrial policy strategies deployed by the US and EU in confronting the Chinese challenge.

09 DECEMBER 2025

CONNECT seminars

The Institutionalization of Beliefs from Policy Debates to Legislative Outputs: The Reform of EU Migration and Asylum Policy

Aula Romei, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna

Dr. Laura Mastroianni (Unibo) presents her research on how policy debates institutionalize beliefs and influence legislative outcomes in EU migration and asylum reform.

13 JANUARY 2026

CONNECT seminars

Geopolitics and migration: the EU’s perspective

Aula Romei, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna

Prof. Michela Ceccorulli (Unibo) presents her research on the European Union's stance on the interconnections between migration and the broader geopolitical context.

10 FEBRUARY 2026

CONNECT seminars

American Capitalism and the Transnational Thought of C.L.R. James (1938-1953)

Aula Romei, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna

Prof. Matteo Battistini (Unibo) presents his research on C.L.R. James’s American years, highlighting his transnational critique of capitalism and its links to workers’, Black, and women’s struggles.

10 MARCH 2026

CONNECT seminars

Migration Law and the Grammar of Inequality

Aula Romei, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna

Anusheh Faraht (University of Vienna) presents her research on migration law and the grammar of inequality underpinning it.

14 APRIL 2026

CONNECT seminars

The geopolitics of space exploration in Africa: navigating planetary futures with the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope

Aula Romei, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna

Dr. Davide Chinigò presents his research on the geopolitics of space exploration in Africa through the case of the SKA radio telescope.

12 MAY 2026

CONNECT seminars

Ecological Law: A Contribution to a Relational and Ecosystemic Theory of Law

Aula Romei, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna

Prof. Silvia Bagni (Unibo) presents her research on theorising ecological law, advancing a relational and ecosystemic approach.

09 JUNE 2026

CONNECT seminars

Hybrid Trajectories of Transnational Islamism: Spaces, Relations, and Struggles Beyond the State System

Aula Romei, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna

Dr. Ester Sigillò (Unibo) presents her research on the trajectories of diffusion of transnational Islamism across Europe, Africa, North America and the MENA region.

Concluded events

10 JUNE 2025

CONNECT seminars

The primacy of politics: globalization, debts and power in Western Asia and North Africa, 1979-1992

Aula Romei, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna

Massimiliano Trentin (University of Bologna) presents his ongoing research on the politics of debt crises and debt negotiations in Western Asia and North Africa.