EVENTS

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.

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?".

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.

06 OCTOBER 2025

CONNECT talks

America First or America Alone? La fine dell'ordine liberale globale

Via Michelangelo Caetani 32, 00186, Roma

CONNECT e il Centro Studi Americani ospitano un evento congiunto sul nuovo ordine globale presso il CSA a Roma

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".

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.

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)

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.

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".

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 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.

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’.