Spring School "Political economy of production and labour"

Contribution List

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

16/03/2026, 10:00

2. Political economy beyond economics

Mario Pianta (Scuola Normale Superiore)

16/03/2026, 11:00

3. Political economy and social blocs

Bruno Amable (University of Geneva)

16/03/2026, 14:00

4. Mechanisms of income inequality

Michele Raitano (Sapienza Università di Roma)

16/03/2026, 16:30

5. Wealth inequality and policies

Salvatore Morelli (Università Roma Tre)

16/03/2026, 17:30

6. Economics from a South perspective (online)

Jayati Ghosh (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

17/03/2026, 10:00

7. Technology, demand and employment

Marco Vivarelli (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)

17/03/2026, 11:45

8. Labour markets and wages

Lia Pacelli (Università di Torino)

17/03/2026, 13:00

9. Industrial policy, sustainability and politics

Antonio Andreoni (School of Oriental and African Studies, London)

17/03/2026, 15:00

10. Data and methodologies

17/03/2026, 17:15

Speakers present information on databases, methodologies and research trajectories

11. Labour relations in the global economy

Sarosh Kuruvilla (Cornell University)

18/03/2026, 09:30

12. Labour and comparative political economy

Vincenzo Maccarrone (Scuola Normale Superiore)

18/03/2026, 11:45

24. Doing research in the interest of workers: challenges and limitations

Maurizio Atzeni (Queen Mary University of London)

18/03/2026, 15:00

13. Frontline research: Labour and unions in global production systems

Clelia Li Vigni (Scuola Normale Superiore), Dario Di Conzo, Lorenzo Lodi, Nicolò Deiana

18/03/2026, 16:00

14. Understanding power resources in labour relations

Guglielmo Meardi (Scuola Normale Superiore)

19/03/2026, 10:00

15. Presentations by participants, thematic discussion groups, meetings with speakers

19/03/2026, 13:15

16. The purple economy: gender, care and labour (online)

İpek İlkkaracan (Istanbul Technical University)

19/03/2026, 16:00

17. Labour in the digital age

Armanda Cetrulo (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna)

20/03/2026, 10:00

18. Labour in the digital age

Valeria Cirillo (Università di Bari)

20/03/2026, 10:30

19. Labour in the digital age

Dario Guarascio (Sapienza Università di Roma)

20/03/2026, 11:00

20. Labour in the digital age

Sarrah Kassem (Scuola Normale Superiore)

20/03/2026, 11:30

21. Labour activism

Donatella Della Porta (Scuola Normale Superiore)

20/03/2026, 12:15

22. The macro level: macroeconomic and labour policies

Francesco Saraceno (Sciences Po, Paris)

20/03/2026, 15:00

23. The local level: economic and labour policies in the (small) global city of Florence with local policy makers and civil society

20/03/2026, 16:30