Spring School "Political economy of production and labour"
from
Monday, 16 March 2026 (10:00)
to
Friday, 20 March 2026 (18:30)
Monday, 16 March 2026
10:00
Welcome and presentation of the School and of the participants
Welcome and presentation of the School and of the participants
10:00 - 11:00
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
11:00
Political economy beyond economics
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Mario Pianta
(
Scuola Normale Superiore
)
Political economy beyond economics
Mario Pianta
(
Scuola Normale Superiore
)
11:00 - 13:00
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
14:00
Political economy and social blocs
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Bruno Amable
(
University of Geneva
)
Political economy and social blocs
Bruno Amable
(
University of Geneva
)
14:00 - 16:00
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
16:30
Mechanisms of income inequality
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Michele Raitano
(
Sapienza Università di Roma
)
Mechanisms of income inequality
Michele Raitano
(
Sapienza Università di Roma
)
16:30 - 17:30
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
17:30
Wealth inequality and policies
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Salvatore Morelli
(
Università Roma Tre
)
Wealth inequality and policies
Salvatore Morelli
(
Università Roma Tre
)
17:30 - 18:30
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
Tuesday, 17 March 2026
09:30
Economics from a South perspective (online)
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Jayati Ghosh
(
University of Massachusetts Amherst
)
Economics from a South perspective (online)
Jayati Ghosh
(
University of Massachusetts Amherst
)
09:30 - 10:45
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
11:00
Technology, demand and employment
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Marco Vivarelli
(
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
)
Technology, demand and employment
Marco Vivarelli
(
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
)
11:00 - 13:00
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
13:00
Labour markets and wages
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Lia Pacelli
(
Università di Torino
)
Labour markets and wages
Lia Pacelli
(
Università di Torino
)
13:00 - 14:00
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
15:00
Industrial policy, sustainability and politics
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Antonio Andreoni
(
School of Oriental and African Studies, London
)
Industrial policy, sustainability and politics
Antonio Andreoni
(
School of Oriental and African Studies, London
)
15:00 - 17:00
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
17:00
Industrial policy, sustainability and politics
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Francesco Crespi
(
Università Roma Tre
)
Industrial policy, sustainability and politics
Francesco Crespi
(
Università Roma Tre
)
17:00 - 17:10
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
17:10
Data and methodologies for the study of political economy and labor: an Introduction
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Martin Portos
(
Scuola Normale Superiore
)
Data and methodologies for the study of political economy and labor: an Introduction
Martin Portos
(
Scuola Normale Superiore
)
17:10 - 17:20
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
17:20
Data and methodologies
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Martin Portos
(
Scuola Normale Superiore
)
Marco Stamegna
(
Scuola Normale Superiore
)
Data and methodologies
Martin Portos
(
Scuola Normale Superiore
)
Marco Stamegna
(
Scuola Normale Superiore
)
17:20 - 18:30
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
Wednesday, 18 March 2026
09:30
Labour relations in the global economy
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Vincenzo Maccarrone
(
Scuola Normale Superiore
)
Labour relations in the global economy
Vincenzo Maccarrone
(
Scuola Normale Superiore
)
09:30 - 11:15
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
11:30
Labour relations in the global economy
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Sarosh Kuruvilla
(
Cornell University
)
Labour relations in the global economy
Sarosh Kuruvilla
(
Cornell University
)
11:30 - 13:30
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
15:00
Doing research in the interest of workers: challenges and limitations
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Maurizio Atzeni
(
CEIL/CONICET, Argentina and Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile
)
Doing research in the interest of workers: challenges and limitations
Maurizio Atzeni
(
CEIL/CONICET, Argentina and Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile
)
15:00 - 16:00
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
16:00
Frontline research
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Dario Di Conzo
(
Scuola Normale Superiore e Università di Napoli L'Orientale
)
Nicolò Deiana
Lorenzo Lodi
Clelia Li Vigni
(
Scuola Normale Superiore
)
Frontline research
Dario Di Conzo
(
Scuola Normale Superiore e Università di Napoli L'Orientale
)
Nicolò Deiana
Lorenzo Lodi
Clelia Li Vigni
(
Scuola Normale Superiore
)
16:00 - 18:15
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
Thursday, 19 March 2026
10:00
Understanding power resources in labour relations
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Guglielmo Meardi
(
Scuola Normale Superiore
)
Understanding power resources in labour relations
Guglielmo Meardi
(
Scuola Normale Superiore
)
10:00 - 12:00
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
13:15
Presentations by participants, thematic discussion groups, meetings with speakers
Presentations by participants, thematic discussion groups, meetings with speakers
13:15 - 15:30
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana, aula Simone del Pollaiolo, aula Filippo Strozzi
WG 1: Production and Labour in Global Value Chains; Geography and Industrial Policy; International Political Economy Coordinators: Michele Bavaro (SNS) Dario Di Conzo (SNS, Università di Napoli "L'Orientale".) Nicolò Canal, TU Delft Matilde Ciani, Kiel Institute for the World Economy Iole De Simone, Università di Ferrara Arsène Perrot, Gran Sasso Science Institute Lina Sawaqed, World Bank Group WG 2: Gender & Intersectionality, Social Reproduction in the Labour Market; Racial Capitalism; Ecosocial issues and approaches Coordinators: Iraklis Dimitriadis (SNS), Sarrah Kassem (SNS) Amaleehah Aslam Forrester, SAIS Bologna Alina Dambrosio Clementelli, Università Statale di Milano Soeun Jeon, Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University Giulia Magnano, Università di Padova Shloka Murarka, Berlin School of Economics Denise Padula, Università di Roma La Sapienza WG 3: Comparative Political Economy; Macroeconomic Regimes and Policies; Twin Transitions; Labour Politics Coordinators: Gemma Gasseau (SNS), Gabriele Beretta (SNS) Stephen Gaffney, ULB Bruxelles Kevin Gawora, SOAS London Laura Leonelli, Università Statale di Milano João Monteiro, Universitat Autònoma Barcellona
16:00
The purple economy: gender, care and labour (online)
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İpek İlkkaracan
(
Istanbul Technical University
)
The purple economy: gender, care and labour (online)
İpek İlkkaracan
(
Istanbul Technical University
)
16:00 - 18:30
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
Friday, 20 March 2026
10:00
Labour in the digital age_Digital technologies for worker management and implications for safety and health
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Armanda Cetrulo
(
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
)
Labour in the digital age_Digital technologies for worker management and implications for safety and health
Armanda Cetrulo
(
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
)
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
10:30
Labour in the digital age_The labour impact of digital platforms
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Valeria Cirillo
(
Università di Bari
)
Labour in the digital age_The labour impact of digital platforms
Valeria Cirillo
(
Università di Bari
)
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
11:00
Labour in the digital age_Artificial Intelligence and Labour: theory, empirics and challenges ahead
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Dario Guarascio
(
Sapienza Università di Roma
)
Labour in the digital age_Artificial Intelligence and Labour: theory, empirics and challenges ahead
Dario Guarascio
(
Sapienza Università di Roma
)
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
11:30
Labour in the digital age
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Sarrah Kassem
(
Scuola Normale Superiore
)
Labour in the digital age
Sarrah Kassem
(
Scuola Normale Superiore
)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
13:15
Labour as social movements
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Donatella Della Porta
(
Scuola Normale Superiore
)
Labour as social movements
Donatella Della Porta
(
Scuola Normale Superiore
)
13:15 - 15:15
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
15:30
The macro level: macroeconomic and labour policies
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Francesco Saraceno
(
Sciences Po, Paris
)
The macro level: macroeconomic and labour policies
Francesco Saraceno
(
Sciences Po, Paris
)
15:30 - 17:00
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
17:00
IN ITALIAN_Quali politiche del lavoro nella global city di Firenze? Tra overturismo, deindustrializzazione e filiere frammentate
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Nicola Sciclone
(
Director of IRPET
)
Vincenzio Maria Pizzolo
(
Vicepresidente del Consiglio Comunale di Firenze
)
Silvia Russo
(
Segretaria Generale CISL Toscana
)
IN ITALIAN_Quali politiche del lavoro nella global city di Firenze? Tra overturismo, deindustrializzazione e filiere frammentate
Nicola Sciclone
(
Director of IRPET
)
Vincenzio Maria Pizzolo
(
Vicepresidente del Consiglio Comunale di Firenze
)
Silvia Russo
(
Segretaria Generale CISL Toscana
)
17:00 - 18:30
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana