EVENTS

11 MARCH 2025

CONNECT seminars

Gatekeepers to International Refugee Law? The Role of Courts in Shaping Access to Asylum

Aula Romei, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna

Madalina Moraru (University of Bologna) present research findings from her ERC-funded project ACCESS on the role of courts in interpreting the right to asylum.

07 APRIL 2025

CONNECT outreach

Democracy and Human Rights in the Era of AI

Aula 6, Teaching Hub, Viale Filippo Corridoni 20, Forlì

A roundtable on democracy and human rights in the era of AI, with Oreste Pollicino (Università Bocconi); Laura Sartori (Università di Bologna) and Marco Bassini (Tilburg University).

08 APRIL 2025

CONNECT seminars

Successes and Failures of Peace Processes

Aula Romei, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna

Prof. Karina Korostelina (George Mason University) presents her research on strategies that create a foundation for successful peace processes.

11 APRIL 2025

CONNECT lectures

The Power of Ideas and Discourse in the Rise of Populism: A Transatlantic Perspective

Aula Poeti, Palazzo Hercolani

Prof. Vivien Schmidt (Boston University) delivers a CONNECT Lecture titled "The Power of Ideas and Discourse in the Rise of Populism: A Transatlantic Perspective".

13 MAY 2025

CONNECT seminars

Contextualizing Cleaning Platforms: The role of labor market and welfare institutions. An explorative analysis of six European Cities

Aula Romei, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna

Rebecca Paraciani and Giovanni Amerigo Giuliani (Unibo) present their ongoing research on cleaning platforms and their impact on local labour markets and working conditions across Europe.

21 MAY 2025

CONNECT outreach

L’Europa e il ritorno della politica industriale

Sala Incontri, Nomisma, Strada Maggiore 44, Bologna

Tavola rotonda aperta alla cittadinanza con Filippo Andreatta (Università di Bologna), Patrizio Bianchi (Università di Ferrara), Lucio Poma (Nomisma) e Lucia Quaglia (Università di Bologna)

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.

Concluded events

14 FEBRUARY 2025

CONNECT lectures

Experimentalist Governance: Retrospect and Prospect

Aula Poeti, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna

Prof. Jonathan Zeitlin (University of Amsterdam) delivers a keynote lecture titled 'Experimentalist Governance: Retrospect and Prospect’.

11 FEBRUARY 2025

CONNECT seminars

Political support and anti-liberal attitudes in pandemic times. Evidence from Western Europe

Aula Romei, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna

Nicola Maggini (University of Bologna) presents his research on the political impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic in Western Europe.

03 FEBRUARY 2025

CONNECT learning

Learning Policy Advice in International Affairs and Diplomacy

Aula Jemolo, Palazzo Hercolani

Giulio Venneri (European Commission) delivers a training session for Master and PhD students on how to effectively translate academic knowledge into policy advice, based on his new book.

14 JANUARY 2025

CONNECT seminars

Mozambique, CONCP and transnational solidarities: Third-worldism from the Cold War to the challenge of the “Global South” in the 21st century

Aula Pezemo, Palazzo Hercolani

Corrado Tornimbeni (University of Bologna) discusses his research on South-South political and economic cooperation in historical and contemporary perspective, with a focus on the case of Mozambique.

10 DECEMBER 2024

CONNECT seminars

Studying Environmental Politics in Middle Eastern and North African Autocracies

Aula Romei, Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna

Giulia Cimini (University of Bologna) discusses her research on autocracies’ environmental commitment in the MENA region.