Summer School ‘War, Peace and the World Order’

Contribution List

1. Welcome and presentation of the School and of the participants

Alessandro Saggioro (Sapienza Università di Roma, Coordinator of the National PhD in Peace Studies), Mario Pianta (Scuola Normale Superiore and Università di Firenze)

9/29/25, 10:00 AM

2. The world system: capitalism, hegemony, conflicts

Mario Pianta (Scuola Normale Superiore)

9/29/25, 11:00 AM

3. The war system: (dis)armament and international relations

Francesco Strazzari (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna)

9/29/25, 2:00 PM

4. The Russia-Ukraine war and the European order

László Andor (former EU Commissioner, FEPS Brussels), Volodymyr Ishchenko (Freie Universität in Berlin)

9/29/25, 4:30 PM

23. Politics, war and peace

Lorenzo Bosi (Scuola Normale Superiore)

9/30/25, 10:00 AM

5. Patterns of conflicts

Siri Aas Rustad (Peace Research Institute Oslo)

9/30/25, 10:05 AM

6. Intervention and the use of force in world politics: continuity and change

Mats Berdal (Kings College London)

9/30/25, 1:00 PM

7. Israel's genocide in Palestine: the global architecture of injustice

Francesca Albanese (UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory)

9/30/25, 3:30 PM

20. The Israel-Palestine question: history and dynamics

Paola Caridi (Scholar and author)

9/30/25, 4:30 PM

8. Law and ethics of war

Matthew Evangelista (Cornell University)

10/1/25, 10:00 AM

9. The environment and conflicts in Africa

Luca Raineri (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna)

10/1/25, 12:00 PM

10. Tutoring session: Researching war and peace issues

10/1/25, 3:30 PM

Speakers and tutors discuss key approaches and methologies for war and peace research

19. Presentations by participants

Daniela Musina (Scuola Normale Superiore)

10/1/25, 4:30 PM

Parallel sessions with short presentations of participants’ research projects and feedback discussion with speakers and tutors

Group A: International relations, warfare, violence, conflict resolution
16:30 – 16:55 COLOMBO, Roberto. Redefining Blood Revenge in Pro-Insurgent Violent Mobilisation: Insights from the Russian-Chechen Wars
16:55 – 17:20 PASCUAL PECINA, Sara. The Persistence of...

11. The military economy: arms expenditures, industry, exports

Raul Caruso (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)

10/2/25, 10:00 AM

12. The military programmes in Europe and Italy

Francesco Vignarca (Rete Italiana Pace e Disarmo), Futura D'Aprile (Scuola Normale Superiore), Marco Stamegna (Scuola Normale Superiore), Paolo Maranzano (Università di Milano Bicocca)

10/2/25, 11:45 AM

13. The military-digital complex digital technologies and the new world (dis)order

Dario Guarascio (Sapienza Università di Roma)

10/2/25, 2:30 PM

14. Artificial Intelligence and the erosion of human control on warfare

Guglielmo Tamburrini (Università di Napoli Federico II)

10/2/25, 4:30 PM

27. Peace-making

Enza Pellecchia (Runipace, Università di Pisa), Mario Pianta (Scuola Normale Superiore)

10/20/25, 9:30 AM

15. Peace and solidarity mobilisations for Palestine

Donatella Della Porta (Scuola Normale Superiore)

10/20/25, 9:45 AM

24. Discussants

Federica Stagni (Scuola Normale Superiore), Ghadir M.a. Abumiddain (Scuola Normale Superiore)

10/20/25, 10:15 AM

16. Conflict resolution and peace-making from below

Mauro Garofalo (Comunità di Sant'Egidio, Roma)

10/20/25, 11:15 AM

25. Discussants

Federica Frazzetta (Scuola Normale Superiore), Martin Köhler (Campagna Sbilanciamoci!)

10/20/25, 11:45 AM

26. Video "Gerusalemme: Time for peace 1990"

10/20/25, 12:30 PM

28. I movimenti per la pace, presentazione

Guglielmo Meardi (Scuola Normale Superiore)

10/20/25, 2:00 PM

17. I movimenti per la pace in Europa

Donatella Della Porta (Scuola Normale Superiore), Luciana Castellina (già Parlamentare europea)

10/20/25, 2:10 PM

18. Il pacifismo in Italia

Flavio Lotti (Fondazione Perugia-Assisi), Gianni Alioti (WeaponsWatch), Giulio Marcon (Campagna Sbilanciamoci!), Raffaella Bolini (Arci/Pace in movimento)

10/20/25, 4:15 PM