EVENTS

07 OCTOBER 2026

CONNECT outreach

L'Europa in un ordine transatlantico che cambia

Centro Studi Americani a Roma, Via Michelangelo Caetani 32, Roma

Un dibattito sulle sfide del rapporto transatlantico: sicurezza, autonomia strategica e politiche industriali europee. Evento organizzato da CONNECT in collaborazione con il Centro Studi Americani.

09 OCTOBER 2026

CONNECT learning

Recounting Genocide Thirty Years Later: The Role of Testimony and Memory in the Podcast Enclave – Surviving Srebrenica.

Aula Ardigò, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna

Marking thirty years since Srebrenica, this event explores how podcasts use memory and storytelling to recount tragedies of global scope, with the creators of Enclave – Surviving Srebrenica.

13 OCTOBER 2026

CONNECT seminars

Genre, politics, and the crisis of democracy in the U.S.

Aula Romei, Palazzo Hercolani, Via dei Bersaglieri 6, Bologna

George Schulman (New York University) discusses how literary and cultural genres illuminate the current crisis of American democracy.

16 OCTOBER 2026

CONNECT lectures

The New Trilemma of Advanced Capitalism: Growth, Democracy, or Climate Action?

Aula Poeti, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna

In this talk, Aidan Regan (University College Dublin) draws on his recent research to argue governments can no longer pursue growth, democracy, and climate action all at once.

20 OCTOBER 2026

CONNECT seminars

Emerging lessons on the political economy of climate finance in the Global South

Aula Romei, Palazzo Hercolani, Via dei Bersaglieri 6, Bologna

Ruth Carlitz (University of Amsterdam) presents her research on the political dynamics shaping climate finance flows to countries in the Global South.

11 NOVEMBER 2026

CONNECT seminars

From mafia mobility to mafia ubiquity: understanding how organized crime groups transform, survive, or unravel while they move

Aula Romei, Palazzo Hercolani,Via dei Bersaglieri 6, Bologna

Anna Sergi (University of Bologna) discusses her research on the transnational diffusion of organized crime groups

18 NOVEMBER 2026

CONNECT outreach

La fine del neoliberismo: il ritorno della politica e l'occasione europea.

Aula Jemolo, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna

Una lezione di Marco Simoni (Istituto Affari Internazionali) con discussione di Renaud Dehousse (Johns Hopkins University - SAIS Europe)

18 NOVEMBER 2026

CONNECT learning

Jobs Outside Academia: A View from the Policy World

Aula Jemolo, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna

A talk on career paths beyond academia, with Stefania Lenoci (World Bank Group) and Marco Simoni (Istituto Affari Internazionali and Luiss University) sharing insights from the policy world.

02 DECEMBER 2026

CONNECT lectures

Bounded Sovereignty: Economic Policy in an Era of Global Fragmentation

Aula Poeti, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna

Keynote by Stephanie Rickard (LSE) for the Winter School "Sovereignty and Global Economic Interdependence in an Age of Rivalry" organized with Johns Hopkins University - SAIS Europe.

03 DECEMBER 2026

CONNECT lectures

The Politics of Efficiency: Growth Models, Global Imbalances, and the Limits of Rules-Based Order

SAIS Europe, Via Beniamino Andreatta 3, Bologna

Keynote by Jonas Nahm (Johns Hopkins University) for the Winter School "Sovereignty and Global Economic Interdependence in an Age of Rivalry" organized with Johns Hopkins University - SAIS Europe.

09 DECEMBER 2026

CONNECT seminars

Affective polarization and its electoral consequences in a comparative longitudinal perspective

Aula Romei, Palazzo Hercolani, Via dei Bersaglieri 6, Bologna

Diego Garzia (University of Bologna) gives a talk about the impact of affective polarization at the electoral level

Concluded events

22 SEPTEMBER 2026

CONNECT seminars

Telling stories with numbers: data for policy in historical perspective

Aula Romei, Palazzo Hercolani, Via dei Bersaglieri 6, Bologna

Federico D'Onofrio (University of Bologna) presents his research on how statistics have shaped policymaking over time.