The School of International Studies contributes to the organization of events directed to students and researchers, as well as the general public.
In addition to Conferences and Research Workshops, and other events for the general public, the School organizes a lively series of Guest Lectures held by academics of international standing, Conversations with professional practitioners working in distinguished international organizations, and Professional Workshops and Labs.
All the events taking place in the current semester are listed below. Unless indicated otherwise, all lectures will be held in Palazzo Paolo Prodi, via Tommaso Gar 14, Trento.
Past Events, Past Conversations with Professional Practitioners and Past Guest Lectures can be found on a dedicated webpage.
Spring Semester 2021/2022
Monday 31 January 2022, 18:00 - 19:45 Book launch (in Italian)
La partita dell'euro. Italia-Germania tra cronaca e storia
Mauro Battocchi, Ambasciatore d'Italia presso la Repubblica del Cile
Fall Semester 2021/2022
Monday 20 September 2021, 09.30-17.00 (MISS Opening Seminar 2021)
Covid-19. Assessing impacts, foreseeing solutions
Tuesday 28 September 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)
Digital Media, Climate Change, and Democracy
Suay Melisa Ozkula, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellow on the project Digi-EMP at SIS Trento
Tuesday 5 October 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 Book launch (in italian)
Il Regno Unito alla prova della BREXIT. Come sta cambiando il sistema politico britannico
Gianfranco Baldini (UNIBO), Edoardo Bressanelli (SSSA – Pisa) e Emanuele Massetti (UNITN)
Thursday 7 October 2021, 18:00 - 19:30 (Guest Lecture)
Dopo le elezioni e 16 anni di Angela Merkel: la Germania al bivio?
Silvia Merler (Algebris, UK), Gabriele D’Ottavio (UNITN), Jens Woelk (UNITN)
Tuesday 12 October 2021, 14:00 - 17:00
Graduate Student Conference - 36° cohort
Thursday 14 October 2021, 12:30 - 14:00 (SIS-EURAC Annual Lecture on Federalism)
State Nationalism and Territorial Accommodation: Founding Moments and their Legacies in Spain and India
Daniel Cetrà (Centre on Constitutional Change – University of Edinburgh)
Tuesday 19 October 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)
The Role of Women in Peace Negotiations: Reflections on South Sudan
Sara Formisano, International Consultant in conflict prevention, peace building and gender
Tuesday 26 October 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Rotari Annual Lecture)
Green windows of opportunity for latecomer development in renewable energies
Roberta Rabellotti - Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Università di Pavia
Thursday 4 November 2021, 12:30 - 13:30 (Guest Lecture - Webinar in collaboration with the Department of Humanities)
China and Africa during the Pandemic: What is New?
Haifang Liu - Peking University, School of International Studies
Friday 5 November 2021, 09.30:12.30 (Research Conference in partnership with Confindustria Trento)
Fondi di investimento e imprese: nuove prospettive e investimento sostenibile in Trentino
Tuesday 16 November 2021, 14:00 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)
What to expect from the Conference on the Future of Europe
Prof. Alberto Alemanno - Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law and Risk Regulation at Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) Paris and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges.
Tuesday 23 November 2021, 14:00 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)
Teaching (In)Equality through Formal Curriculum: A closer look at the Grade 4 and 5 Social Studies Textbooks in Afghanistan.
Spogmai Akseer - International Consultant
Martedì 30 Novembre 2021, 14:00 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)
The emperor’s new clothes: COP 26 and the climate struggle
Dr. Anneleen Kenis - Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)
Thursday 2 December 2021, 12:30 - 14:00 (Book launch)
The Impact of Populism on European Institutions and Civil Society
Discussants: Luisa Antoniolli, Carlo Ruzza (UNITN)
Tuesday 7 December 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture Series)
The exclusion of migrants and refugees from welfare programs in European host countries: a comparative perspective.
Irene Landini, School of International Studies (UNITN)
Tuesday 14 December 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture Series)
Leading change by changing leadership – campaigning to promote women’s voices and Feminist organizing
Jacqueline Hale, Brussels director of Crisis Action
Spring Semester 2020/2021
Tuesday 9 February 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (IMSISS Opening Lecture - Webinar)
A Relational Perspective on Radicalization: Individual Pathways, Group-dynamics and Radical Milieus
Lasse Lindekilde, Aarhus University (Denmark)
Tuesday 9 March 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture Series - Webinar)
Social Europe: irrelevant, catching-up, or dangerous?
Amandine Crespy, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium)
Recording available here
Thursday 11 March 2021, 18:00 - 19:30 (Career talk - Webinar)
Career and internship opportunities in the EU
Recording available here
Tuesday 16 March 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture Series - Webinar)
Peacekeeping and Environmental protection
Marina Bizzotto, Carabinieri - Coespu
Recording available here
Thursday 18 March 2021, 18:15 - 19:30 (Guest Lecture Series - Webinar)
Nations and Markets
Harlan Grant Cohen, University of Georgia Law School
Recording available here
Tuesday 23 March 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture Series - Webinar)
Infra-Legalities and Global Security: Thinking Law and Infrastructure Together
Gavin Sullivan, Edinburgh Law School
Tuesday 30 March 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture Series - Webinar)
Forgotten Conflicts: From Congo to Syria
Valentina Falco, United Nations
Recording available here
Tuesday 13 April 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Career talk - Webinar)
EUISS traineeship programme: 2021-2022 call
Giovanni Faleg, The European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)
Thursday 15 April 2021, 18.00 - 19.30 (Guest Lecture Series - Webinar)
The journey of an international career in a relevant and demanding industry: an example from Pharma
Massimiliano Di Domenico, Vice President - Communication, Government Affairs and Market Access for Europe, GSK
Recording available here
Tuesday 20 April 2021, 14.15 - 16.00 (Guest Lecture Series - Webinar)
Police Cooperation in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: situated insights from cross-border police cooperation
Monika Weissensteiner, Utrecht University and University of Hamburg
Thursday 29 April 2021, TBD (Guest Lecture Series - Webinar)
Basic concepts in digital currencies
Priscilla Toffano, IMF
Tuesday 4 May 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture Series - Webinar)
Assembling Security Assistance: Knowledge, Networks and Materiality of a Global Practice
Simone Tholens, Cardiff University, UK
Tuesday 11 May 2021, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture Series - Webinar)
Brexit - The Great Divide: Britain in Turmoil 2015-20
Malcolm Murfett, King's College London (UK)
Recording available here
Thursday 20 May 2021, 12.30-14:00 (Guest Lecture Series - Webinar)
Climate change litigation and human rights
Annalisa Savaresi, University of Stirling (UK)
Tuesday 25 May 2021, 16:30 - 18:00 (Guest Lecture Series - Webinar in collaboration with the Department of Humanities)
The Missing Memorials to the Victims of Gendered Violence in War Time in Europe
Andrea Pető, Central European University
Thursday 27 May 2021, 18.00 - 19.30 (Guest Lecture Series - Webinar in collaboration with the Department of Humanities)
Presiding over a Divided World: China's Global Position Post the COVID-19 Pandemic
Kerry Brown, Lau Institute, King’s college
Thursday 1 June 2021, 14:15 -16:00 (Guest Lecture Series - Webinar)
Chinese Economic Law in the “New Era”. The State, the Market and the Party.
Gianmatteo Sabatino, Sino-Italian Institute of the Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, China
Tuesday 22 June 2021, 14.00 - 16.00 - Award ceremony
Brett William Campbell PhD Thesis Prize in International Studies
Europeanization of Foreign Aid: A Managing post-9/11 Fragile, Conflict-affected States
James Flint, University of Plymouth
Recording available here
Fall Semester 2020/2021
Wednesday 9 September 2020, 18:00 - 19:30 (SIS Alumni - Students Webinar)
Post-MA expectations and experiences
Speakers: Laura Festa Cilveti, Ginevra Fontana, Mattia Frizzera, Pietro Quercia, Cristian Stroia
SIS-Alumni referent: Emanuele Massetti
Tuesday 22 September 2020, 14:30 - 19:00 (MISS Kick-off Event, SSSA)
Opening Conference on “African crossroads: Security challenges and partnership opportunities
Tuesday 29 September 2020, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture Series - Webinar)
Multiple stakes in a successful refugee response: lessons from Uganda
Sara de Simone, SIS UNITN
Tuesday 6 October 2020, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture Series - Webinar)
Composing Peace: Does UN missions’ diversity matter?
Andrea Ruggeri, University of Oxford (UK)
Tuesday 6 October 2020, 16:00 - 18:00 (Webinar)
SIS PhD Graduate Student Conference - I session
Tuesday 13 October 2020, 14:00 - 16:00 (Webinar)
SIS PhD Graduate Student Conference - II session
Tuesday 20 October 2020, 14:15 - 16:00 (Book launch - Webinar)
Project Europe: A History
Kiran Klaus Patel, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich
Tuesday 27 October 2020, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture Series - Webinar)
Odious Debt. Reconciling ethics, economics, and international law
Ugo Panizza, The Graduate Institute (Geneva)
Recording available here
Tuesday 3 November 2020, 14:15 - 16:00 (Book launch - Webinar)
Between Politics and Finance: Hong Kong's "infinity war"?
Alessia Amighini - ISPI, Giulia Sciorati - ISPI, Guido Samarani - Cà Foscari
Tuesday 10 November 2020, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture Series - Webinar)
Federalism as a tool in conflict areas
Eva Maria Belser, University of Fribourg (CH)
Recording available here
Thursday 12 November 2020, 17:30 - 19:00 (Book Launch - Webinar)
Contemporary Domestic and Foreign Policies of Iran
Pejman Abdolmohammai - Giampiero Cama
Tuesday 17 November 2020, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture Series - Webinar)
African Conflicts and the EU
Giovanni Faleg, European Union Institute for Security Studies (Paris)
Recording available here
Thursday 19 November 2020, 17:30 - 19:00 (Debating the news - Webinar)
Understanding the 2020 US Presidential Elections
Umberto Tulli - University of Trento, Angela Santese - University of Bologna
Recording available here
Monday 23 November 2020, 18:00 - 19:30 (Club Alpbach Trentino - Lighthouse Reports Joint Workshop - Webinar)
EU Arms Project: Humanitarian Crisis and Open Source Investigation
Tuesday 1 December 2020, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture Series - Webinar) TO BE RESCHEDULED
The economics of climate change and the ECB role
Laura Parisi, European Central Bank
Thursday 3 December 2020, 17:30 - 19:00 (Guest Lecture Series - Webinar)
Delivering climate neutrality by 2050: the manageable challenges of the European Green Deal
Irina Kustova - Energy and Climate House at Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Recording available here
Tuesday 15 December 2020, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture Series - Webinar)
Coping with crises: economic analysis in a multinational enterprise-facing Covid-19, Brexit and a trade war
Randall McGuire, Novartis International AG in Basel (Switzerland), University of Freiburg (Germany)
Wednesday 16 December 2020, 10:00 - 11:30 (SIS-Eurac Annual Lecture- Webinar)
From Imperial Frontier To Sovereign Territory: Discovering The (Anti)Federal Idea In China’s Modern Territorial Constitutional Imaginary
Ming-Sung Kuo, University of Warwick