Pour « gagner les cœurs et les esprits«  de ses concitoyens, l’Union européenne doit mettre en avant le patrimoine culturel commun qui fonda sa vocation universelle, estime, dans une tribune au « Monde », un collectif d’intellectuels et d’artistes parmi lesquels...

If we really want to move Europe forwards today and overcome nationalist impulses, we need a Plan for the Cultural Recovery of Europe in addition to a financial Recovery Plan. In collaboration with the Groupe d’Études Géopolitiques (GEG), Giuliano da Empoli (the...

« Insurgents: Inside a New Generation of Progressive Leadership » is a brand new collection of essays featuring contributions from progressive policy thinkers from Canada, New Zealand, the United States, Italy, France, Hungary and the UK. Curated by Global Progress...

Volta is a partner of the Progressive Governance Digital Summit 2020, from 15 to 19 June 2020. What will be the social, economic and political consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic? How will the pandemic change the futures of individuals, communities and places? What...

We’ve spent years obsessing over the populist leaders we see onstage. Giuliano Da Empoli’s new book Les ingénieurs du chaos instead shines the spotlight backstage on populist strategists. International press review: 7/03/2019 – La Stampa: “Gli ingenieri del caos...

"In terms of culture, national populists have become the new establishment. This means that pro-Europeans must become the new rebels." The new article published by Giuliano da Empoli in the French newspaper "Le Monde":...

In the face of nationalists and populists, Volta supports "Renaissance", the project aimed at transforming Europe, launched by Emmanuel Macron. It is a vision of the Europe we want to build, an appeal for mobilisation and a citizens’ action platform. The initiative...

French writer, philosopher and political activist Bernard-Henri Levy wrote and self-produced the solo play "Looking for Europe". His proposal is to plead for Europe and against a new tendency which is spreading all over Europe: illiberal democracy. The play will be...

On December 12th, 2018, in Rome, Volta organized a seminar to present the paper “La politica quantistica”, written by Giuliano da Empoli. Paper abstract in Italian and in French: Abstract in Italian: In Italia come altrove, i protagonisti della nuova stagione politica...

This interview with the former Trump advisor Steve Bannon was published by Giuliano da Empoli in the newspaper "Il Foglio".  To read the full article: https://www.ilfoglio.it/esteri/2018/10/01/news/il-diavolo-veste-bannon-216448/

On July 16th, 2018, in Rome, and in collaboration with the Center for American Progress, Volta organized a seminar to present the Italian translation of the paper "Europe's Populist Challenge". The paper, written by Matt Browne (Center for American Progress), Dalibor...

“La città è una stupenda emozione dell’uomo. La città è un’invenzione, anzi: è l’invenzione dell’uomo.” Renzo Piano On January 27th, 2018, in Florence, at Villa la Pietra - NYU, Volta organized a workshop with Italian and international innovators, managers and policy...