Events

Upcoming IEP@BU Events

Brussels
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A New EU/UK Partnership for a New European Security Era

The roundtable will discuss the progress and challenges in building an EU-UK security and defense partnership, focusing on obstacles due to the UK's third-country status, defense industry cooperation, and broader implications for security and economic cooperation. Read more...

Zoom Webinar
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Can We Make Digital Platforms’ Algorithms Less Harmful?

How can the EU effectively manage the influence of Big Tech platforms while fostering European digital platforms that better serve societal interests? A policy proposal for a voluntary certification for algorithms and business practices 

Sala Lettura EGEA, v.le Bligny 22
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Come garantire la sicurezza in Europa?

L’instabilità delle relazioni transatlantiche e il mutamento degli equilibri geo-strategici pongono sfide cruciali all’Unione europea. Quali strategie mettere in atto per la propria difesa?

Velodromo Building, room N04
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Workshop on  feasibility and desirability of a European Defense Union

The goal is to explore the feasibility and desirability of a European defense union, examining the forms it could take and how it compares to the politically simpler—yet likely ineffective—reinforcement of individual national armies.

SDA Bocconi - Via Sarfatti 10, Milano
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Sustainability disclosure: red tape or strategic tool for the future of business?

Is sustainability disclosure a strategic tool that helps investors, consumers, and civil society assess companies, as emphasized during the approval of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), or a bureaucratic burden to be streamlined, as the “omnibus” decree seems to suggest?

SDA Bocconi - Via Sarfatti 10, Milano
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Sustainability disclosure: red tape or strategic tool for the future of business?

Is sustainability disclosure a strategic tool that helps investors, consumers, and civil society assess companies, as emphasized during the approval of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), or a bureaucratic burden to be streamlined, as the “omnibus” decree seems to suggest?

ISPI, Palazzo Clerici (Via Clerici, 5)
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Satelliti e intelligenza artificiale: la guerra è tecnologica

L’instabilità delle relazioni transatlantiche e il mutamento degli equilibri geo-strategici pongono sfide cruciali all’Unione europea. Come affrontare la minaccia di una guerra tecnologica?

EGEA, Sala Lettura, v.le Bligny 22
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L’allargamento può salvare l’UE o la distruggerà?

L’instabilità delle relazioni transatlantiche e il mutamento degli equilibri geo-strategici pongono sfide cruciali all’Unione europea. Cosa può succedere con l’allargamento a Est?

Past Events

ISPI, Palazzo Clerici (Via Clerici, 5)
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L’Europa può sopravvivere a 4 anni di Trump?

L’instabilità delle relazioni transatlantiche e il mutamento degli equilibri geo-strategici pongono sfide cruciali all’Unione europea. Come affronterà l’Unione europea 4 anni di presidenza Trump?

Aula Manfredini, Via Sarfatti 25
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Minimum wage and the role of social partners in light of the EU Directive

Directive 2022/2041 aims to establish a minimum wage framework across the EU. The transposition deadline passed in November 2024, but few countries have fully implemented it. The seminar will assess its impact, focusing on social partners' role in setting wage standards. Read more...

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The Acceleration of History: How Europe Can Survive in the New World

The crises confronting Europe are evolving at such a rapid pace that politics struggles to respond effectively. These include the war in Ukraine, escalating tensions in the Middle East, and the Taiwan Strait. A digital event with Thomas Gomart (IFRI), Monica Perosino (La Stampa), and Stefano Feltri (IEP@BU) 

Alesina Seminar Room (5.e4.sr04), 5th floor, Roentgen Building
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From research to policy brief - IEP@BU monthly brainstorming sessions

IEP@BU is conducting monthly hybrid meetings, in which IEP@BU Fellows are able to present projects they either want to publish or have already published as IEP@BU Policy Briefs.

The goal of these meetings is to foster engagement among IEP@BU Fellows, thereby leading to collective learning, increased policy-relevance and hopefully future collaborations within the IEP@BU community. As such, we strongly encourage in-person presence despite the hybrid format.

SDA Bocconi @ Rome
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China-EU Relations in a Trumpian World

The arrival of Donald Trump and the protectionist shift of the United States are forcing the European Union and China to redefine their relations. Could the American administration’s aggressive approach to trade encourage a rapprochement between the EU and China? Or does it make it even more necessary for Europe to pursue strategic autonomy and a risk-reduction strategy to mitigate dependence on unreliable trading partners?

Aula Magna, Via Röntgen 1
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Europe‘s Place in a Changing International Order

At a time of fast changing international power dynamics, when alliances are giving way to transactional relations and the return of spheres of influence, where the economy is heavily weaponized and liberal democracies are under pressure from outside and from within, Europe faces a stark choice: take its future in its hands or have its future designed by the USA, China or Russia. Be a shaper or become a follower. Europe has what it takes: capital, talent, industry, deep markets and hard and soft power. Will Europe have the political courage?

WEBINAR
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When Will Germany Be Back?

Join us as we debrief the European implications of the German federal elections with Wolfgang Munchau (Eurointelligence, author of the book Kaput: The End of the German Miracle), Diana Pieper (Die Welt, IEP@BU Media Fellow), Stefano Feltri, (IEP@BU)

Velodromo Building, 3rd floor, room N37, Bocconi University.
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Big Tech, Antitrust, and Democracy: How to Navigate the Trump-Musk Moment

What are the consequences for the American economy and democracy? And how might this US government Tech alliance impact the European Union?

We will discuss these questions with Nilanjana Dutt (Professor of Strategy in the Department of Management and Technology at Bocconi, IEP@BU), and  Luigi Zingales  (Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, IEP@BU)

The seminar is co-organized with ICRIOS and IGIER.

WEBINAR
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Deterrence, Diplomacy, and Risk of Conflict: the Taiwan Challenge for the EU

What role can the EU play in a global deterrence strategy to prevent a conflict between the US and China over Taiwan? How might the EU effectively de-risk its relationship with the Taiwanese semiconductor industry? A conversation with Bill Emmott (author of the book Deterrence, Diplomacy, and the Risk of Conflict over Taiwan), Mariangela Pira (SkyTg24), and Stefano Feltri (IEP@BU)

Alesina Seminar Room (5.e4.sr04), 5th floor, Roentgen Building
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From research to policy brief - IEP@BU monthly brainstorming sessions

IEP@BU is conducting monthly hybrid meetings, in which IEP@BU Fellows are able to present projects they either want to publish or have already published as IEP@BU Policy Briefs.

The goal of these meetings is to foster engagement among IEP@BU Fellows, thereby leading to collective learning, increased policy-relevance and hopefully future collaborations within the IEP@BU community. As such, we strongly encourage in-person presence despite the hybrid format.