Newsletter Vol. 2 | November-December 2018

English Summary

In Focus:

COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICAL ECONOMY series organized by the Department of Economics:

Second event: Citizen's Income or Income for Social Inclusion? A comparison of benefits, costs and inconveniences.

Monday, November 19th from 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm

Venue: Oratorio San Filippo Neri, Via Manzoni 5

Speaker: Stefano Feltri (Vicedirector Fatto Quotidiano and author of the book: Reddito di Cittadinanza: Come. Quando. Perché (ed. PaperFIRST, 2018).

Discussant:

• Emanuele Ranci Ortigosa (President Emeritus and Director of IRS, Milano)
• Stefano Toso (University of Bologna).

Chair: Alberto Orioli (Vice-director, Il Sole-24 Ore).

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Third event: “Reforming the Fornero Law. Who will pay the pensions of young people?”

Monday, December 3rd from 5.00 pm to 7.00 pm

Venue: Oratorio San Filippo Neri, Via Manzoni 5

Speaker:

• Alberto Brambilla (Centro studi Itinerari Previdenziali),
• Giampaolo Galli (Luiss-SEP, Roma)
• Andrea Roventini (Scuola Sant’Anna, Pisa).

Chair: Alessandro Barbera (La Stampa).

For more information please visit the webpage: https://eventi.unibo.it/gtpe

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Other Events:

• November 8th, from 11.00 to 13.00 seminar “Globalization and Environment: Threat or Opportunity?” (in the Aula 1, Teaching Hub, School of Political Science, Forli) organized by Natalia Montinari and Cecilia Vergari. Speakers: Giovanni Marin (Urbino University), Alessandra Bonoli (Bologna University), Elisa Magnani (Bologna University). Link: https://corsi.unibo.it/laurea/ScienzeInternazionaliDiplomatiche/bacheca/globalizzazione-e-ambiente-minaccia-o-opportunita For info please contact:  Natalia Montinari (natalia.montinari2@unibo.it)

• November 21st, from 15.00 to 18.00: in the Aula Alberti 7, Rimini Campus, will take place the first inaugural lecture of the Corso di Laurea Magistrale Resource Economics and Sustainable Development will be held by Prof. Lucas Bretschger (ETH, Zurich) on: “Greening the Economy, Graying the Society”. For info please contact: Prof. Elettra Agliardi (elettra.agliardi@unibo.it)

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VISITING FELLOWS

https://dse.unibo.it/en/department/people/visiting-professor-and-researchers

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NEW COLLEAGUES

Maria Bigoni, full professor of Economics. On December the 19^th from 13.00 to 14.00 Maria Bigoni will give her open lecture in the Aula Seminari, Piazza Scaravilli, 2 - https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/maria.bigoni/en

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PRIZES AND AWARDS

• October: Prof. Maria Bigoni was awarded the "Best Referee Award" by the Società Italiana degli Economisti (SIE)

• November: Prof. Anastasios Xepapadeas (Athens University of Economics and Business, University of Bologna): Plenary Speech at the FSR Climate Annual conference on the Economic Assessment of European Climate Policies, organized by the FSR Climate, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute Link http://fsr.eui.eu/event/fsr-climate-annual-conference-2018/

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MEDIA COVERAGE

• September 13th, Prof. Stefano Toso: invited speaker on the topic “From Income for Social Inclusion to the Citizen's Income” in Rome at the Camera dei Deputati, Sala Nilde Iotti. Link: http://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/551489/presentazione-del-volume-a-cura-di-giampaolo-arachi-e-massimo-baldini-la-finanza

• September 26th Prof. Patrizia Battilani (https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/patrizia.battilani/en)  participated in the TV programs: Buongiorno Regione (Rai 3) and to the TGR Emilia-Romagna (Raic3).
  • Link to the interview at Buongiorno Regione (minute 6:02) --> https://www.rainews.it/…/emiliaromagna/notiziari/index.html…
  • Link to the interview at TGR Emilia Romagna (minute 11.48) --> https://www.rainews.it/…/emiliaromagna/notiziari/index.html
• September 28th Prof Maria Bigoni participation to The Night of Researchers http://nottedeiricercatori-society.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/PROGRAMMA-NDR2018-versione-digitale.pdf
• October 5th, prof. Stefano Toso (https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/stefano.toso) participation to the radio show: Tutta la città ne parla (RAI Radio3) on the topic: “Citizen's Income and Employment Centers”.
• October 16th, prof. Stefano Toso (https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/stefano.toso)  participation to the radio show  “Radio anch’io” (RAI Radio1) on the topic “Budget Law and Citizen's Income”.
• October 12th, prof Patrizia Battilani (https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/patrizia.battilani/en)  participation to the workshop “Women and Tourism” jointly organized with the CAST at the Fiera Di Rimini. Link: https://www.ttgincontri.it/eventi/programma/seminari-e-convegni/e10323064/laboratorio-su-donne-e-turismo-nel-sistema-economico-riminese.html

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PARTICIPATION TO EXTERNAL EVENTS

• November 6th (15:00 - 18:00, Sala Acero 1° piano padiglione A6, Fiera di Rimini) The Corso di Laurea magistrale “Resource economics and sustainable development” participation to: “Economia circolare, nature based solutions, imprese” organized within the event ECOMONDO (https://www.ecomondo.com/)
• December 13th and 14^th, the Department of Economics is among the sponsor the 29th (EC)^2 Conference on Big Data Econometrics with Applications organized in Rome https://www.side-iea.it/events/seminars/29th-ec2-big-data-econometrics-applications
• November- December prof. Flavio Delbono and Prof. Stefano Zamagni “Contemporary Economics: Trends and Scenarios” seminar series organized by Confartigianato.
  • Prof. Delbono - November 22nd, 2018 - 20.45 “Social Cohesion and Inequalities”
  • Prof. Zamagni - December 6th, 2018 - 20.45 “2008-2018: The Great Crisis” and November 8th - 20.45 “Economics 4.0”