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"Multilateralism Contested"

TRENTO, 3-5 SEPTEMBER

Plenary, Semi-Plenary Sessions and Roundtables

11:00–12:45 | Plenary Session

Ripensare la VQR. Un confronto aperto e plurale

📍 Palazzo Prodi Auditorium (Ground Floor)


13:45–15:30 | Semi-Plenary Session

Regimi politici e cambiamenti di regime: approcci disciplinari a confronto

Chairs: Tiziana Corda (University of Milan), Chiara Maritato (University of Turin)

Speakers: Gianni Del Panta (Italian Society for Middle Eastern Studies), Mara Morini (University of Genoa), Stefano Palestini (University of Trento)

📍 Kessler Lecture Hall (DSRS – Ground Floor)


16:00–17:45 | Semi-Plenary Session

Cos’è importante insegnare, oggi, sull’analisi comparata dei sistemi politici. Un esercizio di discussione a più voci assistita dall’AI

Chair: Francesco Raniolo (University of Calabria)

Speakers: Marcello Carammia (University of Catania), Emidio Diodato (University for Foreigners of Perugia), Elisabetta De Giorgi (University of Trieste), Sonia Lucarelli (University of Bologna), Damiano Palano (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore), Simona Piattoni (University of Trento), Salvatore Vassallo (University of Bologna)

Coordinators: Selena Grimaldi (University of Macerata), Enrico Borghetto (University of Florence)

📍 Kessler Lecture Hall (DSRS – Ground Floor)


18:00–19:30 | Welcome Ceremony and Plenary Session

The European Union and the War

Chair: Simona Piattoni (University of Trento)

Keynote: Sergio Fabbrini (LUISS Guido Carli)

Discussant: Sonja Puntscher-Riekmann (University of Salzburg)

📍 Palazzo Prodi Auditorium (Ground Floor)

09:00–10:45 | Roundtable

Sections “Public Policies and Public Administration” & “Methods for Political Science”

From Analytical Approaches to Methods: Status Quo, Challenges and Innovations in Public Policy

Speakers: Giovanni Esposito (Université libre de Bruxelles), Jonathan Kamkhaji (European University Institute), Anna Malandrino (University of Turin), Erica Melloni (Universitas Mercatorum), Fedra Negri (University of Milano-Bicocca)

📍 Kessler Lecture Hall (DSRS – Ground Floor)


11:15–13:00 | Semi-Plenary Session

The Far Right: Conceptualizing Social Movements, Parties, Networks, Leadership and Transnational Mobilization

Chair: Manuela Caiani (Scuola Normale Superiore)

Speakers: Mario Diani (University of Trento), Alberta Giorgi (University of Bergamo), Naoto Higuchi (Waseda University, Tokyo), Emanuela Lombardo (Scuola Normale Superiore), Manès Weisskircher (Dresden University)

Discussant: Jens Rydgren (Stockholm University)

📍 Kessler Lecture Hall (DSRS – Ground Floor)


14:00–15:45 | Semi-Plenary Session

Governare o riscrivere le regole? Politica, giustizia e Costituzione dopo il referendum

Chair: Stefania Profeti (University of Bologna)

Speakers: Giorgia Bulli (University of Florence), Cristina Dallara (University of Bologna), Lorenzo De Sio (LUISS Guido Carli), Luigi Rullo (University of Naples Federico II)

📍 Kessler Lecture Hall (DSRS – Ground Floor)


14:00–15:45 | Roundtable

Section “Politics and Religion”

Religion, Politics and Society in Modern Turkey: A Roundtable Discussion with Istar Gözaydin

Speakers: Istar Gözaydin (Independent Scholar), Erdi Öztürk (London Metropolitan University), Chiara Maritato (University of Turin), Luca Ozzano (University of Turin)

Roundtable organised with the contribution of the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society of the University of Turin

📍 Room 16 (DSRS – Second Floor)


16:15–18:00 | Second Plenary Session

Repairing a Fragmented World: Power Politics, Contestation and the Future of International Order

Speakers: Anna Caffarena (University of Turin), Sonia Lucarelli (University of Bologna), Steven E. Miller (Harvard Kennedy School)

Discussant: Daniela Sicurelli (University of Trento)

📍 Palazzo Prodi Auditorium (Ground Floor)


18:00–18:30 | Presentation of the 2027 Congress Activities: SISP Annual Congress and IPSA World Congress

📍 Palazzo Prodi Auditorium (Ground Floor)


18:30–19:30 | SISP General Assembly

📍 Palazzo Prodi Auditorium (Ground Floor)

09:00–10:45 | Roundtable

Section “International Relations”

Rethinking the International from the “Middle East”: Gaza, Iran and the Post-Multilateral Global Order

Chair: Alessandra Russo (University of Trento)

Speakers: Abdolrasool Divsallar (UNIDIR – United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research), Daniela Huber (Roma Tre University), Matteo Legrenzi (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice), Andrea Teti (University of Salerno)

📍 Kessler Lecture Hall (DSRS – Ground Floor)


11:15–13:00 | Semi-Plenary Session

Fare ricerca oggi: libertà accademica, vulnerabilità e responsabilità dopo Giulio Regeni

Chair: Alessandra Russo (University of Trento)

Speakers: Irene Bono (University of Turin), Ester Gallo (University of Trento), Daniela Irrera (Centre for Higher Defence Studies), Giuseppe Teti (University of Salerno)

📍 Kessler Lecture Hall (DSRS – Ground Floor)