Past events

21 January 2026, 8:45-16:30

Defending Art. Italy and the International Security of Cultural Heritage

Scientific Committee: Alessandra Russo and Camilla Pagani
Conference 

24 February 2026, 14-16 Palazzo Prodi

Breaking Climate Borders. ‘Climate borderscapes’ and the limits of state-centric approaches to climate migration

Giovanni Bettini (Lancaster University)
Guest Lecture*

10 March 2026, 14-16 Palazzo Prodi

Narrating the World in the New Global Order | series Women in International Affairs

Laura Silvia Battaglia (freelance journalist)
Guest Lecture*

17 March 2026, 14-16 Palazzo Prodi

From Policy to Investigation: Researching War, Power, and Accountability in the Sahel | series Women in International Affairs

Delina Goxho (EGMONT Royal Institute for International Relations)
Guest Lecture*

26 March 2026, 18-19 Sala Falconetto - Comune di Trento

Il mondo delle ONG | series Women in International Affairs

Ileana Bello (Amnesty International Italia) and Elda Baggio (Medici Senza Frontiere Italia)
Outreach Activity

31 March 2026, 14-16 Palazzo Prodi

International Investment Law and the Rule of Law: Ideals, Fractures and the 'Turbulent Future'?

Velimir Zivkovic (Warwick University)
Guest Lecture*

9 April 2026, 18-19 Palazzo Prodi

China’s Blueprint for Global Leadership: GSI, GDI, GCI and Xi Jinping's Vision for the International Order (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025)

Matteo Dian (University of Bologna) 
Book Launch 

16 April 2026, 18-19 Palazzo Prodi

Why bridging the gap between research and policy still matters, in an era of AI and geopolitical volatility: skills for effective policy advice in international affairs, diplomacy and EU policymaking

Giulio Venneri (European Commission)
Practitioner Talk* 

21 April 2026, 14-16 Palazzo Prodi

From Automation to Algorithmic governance. Discussions of control, democracy and the quality of working life from the 1970s into our days

Daniel Maul (University of Oslo)
Guest Lecture*

23 April 2026, 18-19 Palazzo Prodi

Shaping Europe's Future: The European Commission at Work

Marialuisa Dal Poz (European Commission)
Practitioner Talk*

30 April 2026, 18-19 Fondazione CARITRO

Rapporto IAI 2025 sulla Politica Estera Italiana

Michele Valensise and Leo Goretti (IAI)
Outreach Activity

8 May 2026, 17 Bookique

I 5 sguardi sull'Europa

Jens Woelk, Luisa Antoniolli, Stefano Schiavo, Louisa Parks and Gianmatteo Sabatino (SIS)
Outreach Activity

14 May 2026, 18-19 Palazzo Prodi

Conflict, International Intervention and Local Agency. Education in a Changing Global Order

Ervjola Selenica (University of Bologna) 
Book Launch 

26 May 2026, 14-18 Palazzo Prodi

PhD Chapter Presentation
Other event

14 October 2025, 14-17:30 (Room 001 - Palazzo Prodi)

Graduate Student Conference

16 October 2025, 18:00-19:00 - Practitioner Talk (Room Cambi - Palazzo Prodi)

Enforcing human rights in private security companies: from practice to theory and back again

Antoine Perret (International Code of Conduct Association - ICoCA)

21 October 2025, 14:00-16:00 - Guest Lecture (Room Cambi - Palazzo Prodi)

Supporting policy through rigorous impact evaluations: FAO's evidence-based policy support

Antonio Scognamillo (FAO)

28 October 2025, 14:00-16:00 - Guest Lecture (Room 001 - Palazzo Prodi)

Gender Equality in Times of Backlash

Zoe Lefkofridi (University of Salzburg)

4 November 2025, 14:00-16:00 - Rotari Lecture (Conference Room - Department of Economics and Management)

Italy's economic diplomacy at a time of geopolitical instability

Mauro Battocchi (MAECI)

6 November 2025, 18:00-19:00 - Practitioner Talk (Room 001 - Palazzo Prodi)

The actions of diplomacy in attracting foreign investment

Andrea Pompermaier (MAECI)

18 November 2025, 14:00-16:00 - Guest Lecture (Room 001 - Palazzo Prodi)

Radical right populism, fascism, or...?

Carlos de la Torre (University of Florida)

21 November 2025, 14:30-18:45 - Roundtable (Piscopia Room - Palazzo Prodi)

Populism in Europe and Beyond. Causes and Effects on the Economy and the Rule of Law

In collaboration with Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence 

25 November, 18-19:30 - Conference (Conference Room Economics Building)

Intelligenza artificiale. Opportunità e regole per il futuro

Antonino Alì (SIS); Vittorio Calaprice (DG CNECT Commissione Europea); Silvia Marchesi (UMSE per l'IA)

26 November, h 6-7.30 p.m. - Conference (Conference Room Economics Building)

Difesa europea. Sicurezza e cooperazione in tempi di incertezza

Sondra Faccio (SIS); Alessandro Giordani (DG COMM Commissione Europea)

2 December 2025, EU-Prox annual Lecture, 14-16:00 (Room 001, Palazzo Prodi)

EU Values Without EU Flags. A Year of Students’ Protests in Eurosceptic Serbia. 

Jovan Teokarević (University of Belgrade, Serbia) 

11 December 2025, 14:00-16:00 - Book presentation (Room 006 - Palazzo Prodi)

In the shadow of the Vatican Texas Evangelical Missionaries in Cold War Italy

Mario Del Pero (Sciences Po University)

12 December 2025 - 10:00 -12:00, Sala Falconetto - Comune di Trento

L'America di Trump un anno dopo il voto

Mario Del Pero (Sciences Po University)

12 December, h 18-19:30, Conference Room Fondazione CARITRO di Trento

Sicurezza del cibo. Dall'autosufficienza alimentare alla sostenibilità

Michela Faccioli (SIS); Massimo Pronio (Rappresentanza Commissione UE); Alberto Spagnolli (EFSA); Maja Minuz (Risto3)

25 February 2025, 14:00 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)

Is the Disorder of Our Times Unprecedented?

Ayse Zarakol - University of Cambridge

6 March 2025, 18:00 - 19:00 (Public meeting)

Women in International Affairs
Informare il mondo: il ruolo delle donne tra media, relazioni internazionali e diplomazia

Incontro con Marina Sapia, Capo esteri per RAI Direzione Editoriale e In Mezz’Ora su RAI 3
Moderano le dottorande Francesca Ceccherini, Laura Chiara Cecchi e Maddalena Valacchi (Università di Trento)

11 March 2025, 14:10 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)

Women in International Affairs
(Re)Shaping International Relations: Women's Leadership in Academia and Global Policy. Conversation with APSIA Deans

With Marie-Laure Salles (Director, Geneva Graduate Institute) and Štěpánka Zemanová (Prague University of Economics and Business)
Chair Stefano Schiavo (Università di Trento)

20 March 2025, 18:00 - 19:00 (Book launch)

Women in International Affairs
Erased. A History of International Thought Without Men

Book presentation with the author Patricia Owens (Oxford University)
Chair Sara Lorenzini (Università di Trento)

27 March 2025, 18:00 - 19:00 (Public meeting)

Women in International Affairs
Strategie globali e leadership femminile: il ruolo della NATO a 25 anni dalla Risoluzione 1325

Incontro con Irene Fellin (Rappresentante Speciale del Segretario Generale della NATO per Donne, Pace e Sicurezza e per la Sicurezza Umana)
Modera Paola Siano (Università di Trento)

1 April 2025, 14:00 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)

How Overlap Interacts with Delegation: Evidence from the African Complex of Economic Organizations

Tobias Lenz - Leuphana University of Lüneburg

10 April 2025, 18:00 - 19:00 (Public meeting)

Rapporto IAI sulla politica estera italiana

15 April 2025, 14:00 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)

Resilience, recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine

Davide La Cecilia - Ministero degli Esteri

6 May 2025, 14:00 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)

The Pillars of Refugee Protection: a Reality Check

José H. Fischel de Andrade - Università degli Studi di Milano

13 May 2025, 14:00 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)

The Role of Indigenous People in International Economic Law

Sergio Puig De La Parra - EUI

15 May 2025, 18:00 - 19:00 (Brett Campbell PhD Award Ceremony)

Bordering Humanness, Securing Whiteness: Race, Colonialism and Violence at the European Borders

Tarsis Brito - LSE

27 May 2025, 14:00 - 18:00 (PhD)

Chapter Presentation 38° cohort

8 October 2024, 14:15 - 16:00 (Targetti Lecture)

The European Union in a Trouble World

Arancha González Laya - Paris School of International Affairs (Sciences Po)

22 October 2024, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)

Energy Dependence: Influence and Power in International Politics

Filip Černoch & Jan Osička - MUNI Masaryck University

29 October 2024, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)

China-Africa Relations in the New Era of Great Power Competition

Chris Alden - LSE

5 November 2024, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)

Refugee Finance: What Implications for International Protection?

Daria Davitti - Lund University

12 November 2024, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)

The regulation of critical minerals in international treaties

Lorenzo Cotula - International Institute for Environment and Development

19 November 2024, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)

The future of biotechnology governance: an international environmental law
and policy perspective

Elissavet Tsioumani - University of Liège

3 December 2024, 14:15 - 16:00 (Rotari Annual Lecture)

A Diplomat’s Thoughts on Today’s Global Affairs

Marco Marsilli - Fondazione Campana dei Caduti

12 March 2024, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)

A Critical Assessment of the Women-Peace-Security Agenda

Elisa Piras - Center for Advanced Studies - Eurac Research

19 March 2024, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)

Disarmament as Ontological Politics: Towards a Process-Relational and Radical Pragmatist Theory of Disarmament

Mike Bourne - Queen’s University Belfast

26 March 2024, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)

Law and War: Paradoxes of a Civilizing Project

Marrti Koskenniemi - University of Helsinki

9 April 2024, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)

Metagoverning interactive governance arenas to negotiate the Northern Ireland peace process

Giada Lagana - University of Cardiff

16 April 2024, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)

When (and how) should businesses leave a situation of armed conflict?

Tara Van Ho - University of Essex

30 April 2024, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)

Activating European Citizens: Process-related, informal and emotional aspects of trust in representative democracy

Ann-Kathrin Reinl - European University Institute

21 May 2024, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)

Future Outlook: What Role of the European Parliament

Alessandro Chiocchetti - Secretary-General of European Parliament

26 September 2023, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)

European Private Law as the New Driver of European Integration

Irina Domurath - Universidad Adolfo Ibanez (Chile)

3 October 2023, 14:15 - 16:00 (Targetti Lecture)

Europe and the Crisis of Democracy

Renaud Dehousse - European University Institute

10 October 2023, 14:00 - 16:30 (Graduate Student Conference)

Graduate Student Conference - 38° Cohort

13 October 2023, 10:45 - 17:45 (International Conference)

Breakdowns and (de)democratization in South America and beyond

17 October 2023, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)

The Future of EU Enlargement

Jovan Teokarevic - Belgrade University

24 October 2023, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)

Identity is Everywhere... but How Should We Study It?

Jeffrey Checkel - European University Institute

31 October 2023, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)

Is Weaponized Interdependence a Threat or a Bluff? A Critical Analysis of the Limits of Economic Statecraft in the Twenty-First Century

Francesco Giumelli - University of Groningen

7 November 2023, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)

Natural Resource Management and Conflict in Refugee Emergencies

Marco De Gaetano - FAO

14 November 2023, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)

Anti-Feminist Backlash in the United Nations: The Transnational Mobilization of the Conservative NGOs

Jelena Cupac - WZB-Berlin Social Science Center

21 November 2023, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture)

Perceived Legitimacy of Agricultural Support Payments

Klaus Glenk - Scotland's Rural College

28 November 2023, 14:15 - 16:00 (Rotari Annual Lecture)

Europe: Today’s Challenges and Tomorrow’s Prospects

Michele Valensise - President of the Italian-German Center for European Dialogue "Villa Vigoni"

5 December 2023, 14:15 - 16:00 (Guest Lecture Series - GreenDealNET)

Carbon Pricing and the Equitable Transition of International Shipping

Goran Dominioni - Dublin City University