Mapping Italy: scenario and political risks (July 2020)
The political path forward for Giuseppe Conte is getting narrower. If the States General for the economy have helped the government get through the summer, many political and economic problems will arise for Conte in the autumn, when it will be necessary to decide on the 2021 budget. A SoG monthly report.
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Mapping Italy: scenario and political risks (July 2020)
August 16, 2020
The political path forward for Giuseppe Conte is getting narrower. If the States General for the economy have helped the government get through the summer, many political and economic problems will arise for Conte in the autumn, when it will be necessary to decide on the 2021 budget. A SoG monthly report.
August 4, 2020
Many of the changes that mark contemporary societies have increasingly been linked to the ways by which computing and communication technologies have and continue to become integrated into the lives of people. An analysis about the control of data
Re-connecting Authority and Democratic Legitimacy in the EU: the Promises and Challenges of Next Generation EU
July 31, 2020
“It seems that the more EU authority expands, the more the democratic legitimacy of the Union is in trouble”. The analysis by Daniele Gallo and Cristina Fasone
Tourists’ activity patterns and variety seeking behavior: innovative tools
July 14, 2020
Tourism has been “locked down” everywhere and is still suffering dramatically from recent circumstances and the pandemia that has developed worldwide. An analysis by Pierpaolo D’Urso, Alberto Marcati and Riccardo Massari.
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The persistence of Online Black-Markets: an investigation on the generativity of digital infrastructures operating under adverse conditions
July 13, 2020
an Analysis by Bendik Bygstad, Federica Ceci and Paolo Spagnoletti about the Online Black Markets, anonymous e-commerce platforms that connect buyers and vendors interested in the exchange of illegal products and services.
July 9, 2020
“The EU perspective of a new, deeper and broader, idea of reciprocity opens the door to new understandings of trade’s cultural impact, on the one hand, and, on the other, on multiple and various forms of cooperation reviving multilateralism by new ways”. An Analysis by Mario Telò about the Europe trade policy and multilateralism
People, Technology, and Processes: A further reflection in pandemic times
June 27, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced organizations to change the way they work. An analysis by Antonio Daood and Luca Giustiniano about the new way of thinking “People, Technology, and Processes”.
Rethinking Religion and Politics: Reflections on Italy’s Christian Democracy
June 13, 2020
An analysis by Rosario Forlenza about how Catholic ideas have framed hermeneutics of democracy and political modernity in Italy
Direct Effect and the Nature of EU Law
June 1, 2020
“What is direct effect of EU law and what are its core elements, today? Is direct effect still a useful doctrine of EU law aimed at governing the relationships between the European legal order and domestic legal orders?” The analysis by Daniele Gallo.
May 22, 2020
For a long time, Western Europe was a land of stability for parties and party systems. In the late 1960s, Lipset and Rokkan even qualified these party systems as ‘frozen’, in that the respective party landscape reflected a more or less unchanging environment over the previous 40 years. The last decade has shown a radically different story, with unparalleled changes occurring in different areas.
Too smart to be good? The dark side of consumer-smart object relationship
May 21, 2020
Smart objects (such as smart speakers or smartwatches) are spreading among consumers but not as fast as expected. Thinking of them as being similar to people, sometimes even with a negative social role to play, might also be a barrier to their consumption, says a forthcoming paper
The future is efficient Algorithms for harnessing networked Data
May 20, 2020
According to Professor Italiano, the research project AHeAD is meant to produce new powerful algorithmic tools to handle massive network analytics. From supporting police in their investigation of criminal networks to fighting tax evasion, these algorithmic methodologies will make a social impact in several ways
