Europe’s Populist Challenge (Origins, Supporters, and Responses)
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...
read moreThe cities they are a-changin’ / Dove atterra l’innovazione in città: meeting with Italian and international innovators, managers and policy makers
“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...
read more“The future is no longer what it was / Il futuro non è più quello di una volta”, in Rome
Volta organized, on December 1st, 2017, in Rome, the Global Progress event “The future is no longer what it was / Il futuro non è più quello di una volta”. This gathering, organized in partnership with the Center for American Progress, Canada 2020 and Policy Network,...
read moreGlobal Progress 2017 Summit
As a member of the Global Progress network, Volta took part in the Global Progress 2017 Summit from September 15 to 17, 2017 in Montreal, Quebec. Organized by Canada 2020 in partnership with the Centre for American Progress, Policy Network and Volta, under the...
read moreThe paper “”Sharing Economy – Un’occasione da condividere” was mentioned in the newspaper Il Foglio
According to Paolo Barberis, founder of the start-up incubator Nana Bianca and Advisor for Innovation to the Prime Minister of Italy, and Lorenzo Chiriatti, telecommunications and digital legal expert, platforms such as Uber, AirBnb & co. can have a positive...
read moreA political and cultural dimension for the European Union
After the Brexit referendum, the French newspaper Libération asks Volta how to relaunch the European project. To read the interview of Giuliano da Empoli, President of Volta: Libération
read moreThe paper “Generating the future – Culture and policies to generate a positive birth rate” mentioned in the newspaper La Repubblica
Some solutions that both are highly innovative and sustainable to promote the positive choices that are involved in raising a family and investing in the future. This article was published in the newspaper La Repubblica, on March 16th, 2016: Congedi di maternità...
read moreThe italian model of immigration
Thanks to its distinctive model of immigration, in Italy there are no "urban ghettos" comparable to the French or Belgian banlieues. A new Volta paper by Roberto Volpi provides an in-depth analysis of the distribution of the immigrant populations in the country and...
read moreAn alternative to the “banlieue”?
An article published in the newspaper La Stampa, on May 1st, 2017, about Roberto Volpi's paper written for Volta: "Il modello di immigrazione diffusa, un'alternativa alle banlieue?". Se l’Italia s’è risparmiata il fenomeno delle banlieu intrise di odio come a Parigi,...
read moreJason Furman: “Focus less on debt and more on GDP”
Jason Furman, the top economic adviser to Barack Obama, was Volta's guest in Rome. The newspaper La Repubblica interview published on April 7th, 2016, entitled: "Europe and Italy need an expansionary fiscal policy to re-launch investment and productivity". L’economia...
read moreThe Tg1 video report about Odysseus
Can Italy reinvent Europe?
An article by Giuliano da Empoli, published in the Italian newspaper Il Foglio, on February 26th, 2016. C’è un brutto film di qualche anno fa in cui Nicholas Cage cerca disperatamente di andar via da un villaggio infame del Midwest e non ci riesce. Ogni volta che...
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