Monday 16 March
10-11 | Welcome and presentation of the School and of the participants
Political economy today
11-13 | Political economy beyond economics
Mario Pianta, Scuola Normale Superiore
14-16 | Political economy and social blocs
Bruno Amable, University of Geneva
16.30-17.30 | Mechanisms of income inequality
Michele Raitano, Sapienza Università di Roma
17.30-18.30 | Wealth inequality and policies
Salvatore Morelli, Università Roma Tre
Discussants
Gabriele Beretta, Scuola Normale Superiore
Gemma Gasseau, Scuola Normale Superiore
Tuesday 17 March
The world economy and labour
10-11.30 | Economics from a South perspective
Jayati Ghosh, University of Massachusetts Amherst (online)
11.45-13 | Technology, demand and employment
Marco Vivarelli, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
13-14 | Labour markets and wages
Lia Pacelli, Università di Torino
Discussants
Donato Romano, Università di Firenze
Michele Bavaro, Scuola Normale Superiore
Industrial policy and politics
15-17 | Industrial policy, sustainability and politics
Antonio Andreoni, School of Oriental and African Studies, London
Discussants
Francesco Crespi, Università Roma Tre
Marco Stamegna, Scuola Normale Superiore
17.15-18.30 | Data and methodologies
Speakers present information on databases, methodologies
Wednesday 18 March
Global production, global labour
9.30-11.30 | Labour relations in the global economy
Sarosh Kuruvilla, Cornell University
11.45-13.30 | Labour and comparative political economy
Vincenzo Maccarrone, Scuola Normale Superiore
Discussant
Arianna Tassinari, Università di Bologna
Frontline research: Labour and unions in global production systems
15-16 | Doing research in the interest of workers: challenges and limitations
Maurizio Atzeni, Queen Mary University of London
16-18
Dario Di Conzo, Scuola Normale Superiore
Nicolò Deiana, Scuola Normale Superiore
Clelia Li Vigni, Scuola Normale Superiore
Lorenzo Lodi, Scuola Normale Superiore
Thursday 19 March
Labour studies today
10-12 | Understanding power resources in labour relations
Guglielmo Meardi, Scuola Normale Superiore
Discussants
Iraklis Dimitriadis, Scuola Normale Superiore
Lucia Amorosi, Università di Trento
13.15-15.30 | Presentations by participants, thematic discussion groups, meetings with speakers
Gender and labour
16-18.30 | The purple economy: gender, care and labour
İpek Ilkkaracan, Istanbul Technical University (online)
Discussants
Emanuela Lombardo, Scuola Normale Superiore
Giulia Giraudo, Scuola Normale Superiore
Friday 20 March
10-12 | Labour in the digital age
Armanda Cetrulo, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa
Valeria Cirillo, Università di Bari
Dario Guarascio, Sapienza Università di Roma
Sarrah Kassem, Scuola Normale Superiore
12.15-14 | Labour activism
Donatella Della Porta, Scuola Normale Superiore
Discussants
Lorenzo Cini, Università Federico II, Napoli
Alba Arenales Lopez, Scuola Normale Superiore
Policy challenges
15-16 | The macro level: macroeconomic and labour policies
Francesco Saraceno, Sciences Po, Paris
16:30-18:30 | The local level: economic and labour policies in the (small) global city of Florence
with local policy makers and civil society
