Bologna Institute For Policy Research

Mark Blyth, Fellow, Watson Institute for International Studies; Professor of International Political Economy, Brown University, Providence, USA spoke on "Risky Rules: Uncertain Times Produce Desperate Measurements" as part of the Risk Series

Nadia Urbinati, Kyriakos Tsakopoulos Professor of Political Theory and Hellenic Studies, Columbia University, New York, USA, spoke on "Surviving but not Governing... Intellectuals in Italy's Second Republic" as part of the Patrick MacCarthy Memorial Series on Intellectuals and Politics

William B. Ginsberg, Former President and CEO, Cellular Communications International Inc., USA, spoke on "Doing Business in a Regulated Industry: The Case of Cellular Communications" as part of the Law Series

Geir Lundestad, Director, Norwegian Nobel Institute, Secretary, Norwegian Nobel Committee, spoke on "When will China overtake the United States in Great Power Terms?" as part of the International Relations Series

Jonathan Brooks, Senior Agricultural Policy Analyst, Development Division, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), spoke on "What is the Role for Agricultural Policy in Raising Incomes and Reducing Poverty in Developing Countries" as part of the Economics Series

Robert W. Jenkins, External member, Interim Financial Policy Committee, Bank of England spoke on "Too Complex to Contemplate" as part of the Risk Series

Johannes Linn, Resident Senior Scholar, the Emerging Markets Forum; Non-resident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, The Brookings Institution, Washington DC, USA spoke on "Central Asian Regional Integration and Cooperation - Reality or Mirage?" as part of the Economics Series

Richard Gilmore, President/CEO, GIC Group, Alexandria VA, USA; Special External Adviser to the White House and USAID for the Private Sector/Global Food Security; Managing Director of the Global Food Safety Forum (GFSF), Beijing, China, spoke on "Global Agriculture in the 21st Century" as part of the Law Series

Thanos Skouras, Professor Emeritus, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece, spoke on "Reflections on the Euro Crisis, What Have We Learned?" as part of the Economics Series

Nikola Spatafora, Senior Economist, Research Department, IMF, Washington DC, USA, spoke on "Economic Growth and the Sophistication of Production" as part of the Economics Series

Piero Ignazi, Professor of Comparative Politics, Department of Political Science, University of Bologna, Italy, spoke on "Italian Intellectuals and the End of Marxism" as part of the Patrick McCarthy Memorial Series on Intellectuals and Politics

Marco Cesa and John L. Harper spoke on "Machiavelli and International Politics" as part of the Patrick McCarthy Memorial Series on Intellectuals and Politics

Yoshihiro Tsuranuki, Professor of International Relations, Faculty of Economics, Hosei University, Japan, spoke on "Market Driven Institution Building as a Response to the European Financial Crisis" as part of the Economcis Series

Eric G. Wright, Counsel, Stites and Harbison, Alexandria, Virgina, USA, spoke on "Invention, Technoeconomic Potential and Technopoly Cascade Theory" as part of the Economics Series

Peter Wilson, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Department of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, spoke on "The English School's Understanding of International Institutions: A Conceptual Dead-End?" as part of the International Relations Series

Christopher Hill, Sir Patrick Sheehy Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), University of Cambridge, UK ,spoke on "Crossing Borders: Foreign Policy and Approaches to Multiculturalism in Europe" as part of the European and Eurasian Studies Series

Marco Montanari, Electoral Advisor to EU Special Representative for Afghanistan, spoke on "The Electoral Dimension of Internatioal Relations (Part III of a Three-part Series)"as part of the International Relations Series

Marco Montanari, Electoral Advisor to EU Special Representative for Afghanistan, spoke on "The Electoral Dimension of Internatioal Relations (Part II of a Three-part Series)" as part of the International Relations Series

Holger Nehring, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary European History, University of Sheffield, UK; Co-Editor of the Journal Contemporary European History, spoke on "Thinking Nuclear Death. Intellectuals, the Cold War and the Peace Movement in 1980s Germany" as part of the Patrick McCarthy Memorial Series on Intellectuals and Politics

Marco Montanari, Electoral Advisor to EU Special Representative for Afghanistan, spoke on "The Electoral Dimension of Internatioal Relations (Part I of a Three-part Series)" as part of the International Relations Series