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
-
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
10:00
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
)
10:00 - 11:30
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
11:45
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
)
11:45 - 13:00
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
13:00
Labour markets and wages
-
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
-
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
17:15
Data and methodologies
Data and methodologies
17:15 - 18:30
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
Speakers present information on databases, methodologies and research trajectories
Wednesday, 18 March 2026
09:30
Labour relations in the global economy
-
Sarosh Kuruvilla
(
Cornell University
)
Labour relations in the global economy
Sarosh Kuruvilla
(
Cornell University
)
09:30 - 11:30
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
11:45
Labour and comparative political economy
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Vincenzo Maccarrone
(
Scuola Normale Superiore
)
Labour and comparative political economy
Vincenzo Maccarrone
(
Scuola Normale Superiore
)
11:45 - 13:30
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
15:00
Doing research in the interest of workers: challenges and limitations
-
Maurizio Atzeni
(
Queen Mary University of London
)
Doing research in the interest of workers: challenges and limitations
Maurizio Atzeni
(
Queen Mary University of London
)
15:00 - 16:00
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
16:00
Frontline research: Labour and unions in global production systems
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Dario Di Conzo
Nicolò Deiana
Clelia Li Vigni
(
Scuola Normale Superiore
)
Lorenzo Lodi
Frontline research: Labour and unions in global production systems
Dario Di Conzo
Nicolò Deiana
Clelia Li Vigni
(
Scuola Normale Superiore
)
Lorenzo Lodi
16:00 - 18:00
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
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
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Armanda Cetrulo
(
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
)
Labour in the digital age
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
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Valeria Cirillo
(
Università di Bari
)
Labour in the digital age
Valeria Cirillo
(
Università di Bari
)
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
11:00
Labour in the digital age
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Dario Guarascio
(
Sapienza Università di Roma
)
Labour in the digital age
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
12:15
Labour activism
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Donatella Della Porta
(
Scuola Normale Superiore
)
Labour activism
Donatella Della Porta
(
Scuola Normale Superiore
)
12:15 - 14:00
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
15:00
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
)
15:00 - 16:00
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana
16:30
The local level: economic and labour policies in the (small) global city of Florence with local policy makers and civil society
The local level: economic and labour policies in the (small) global city of Florence with local policy makers and civil society
16:30 - 18:30
Room: Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, sala Altana