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Technomonarchs – book presentation

Thursday, February 26, 2026, at 11.30-13.00
Sala Misiti – CNR-IRPPS, via Palestro 32, Rome

Alessandro Mulieri, directeur de recherche at the CNRS in France, will present his latest book “Technomonarchs – The ideologues of the new right attacking democracy”, published by Donzelli, in dialogue with researchers Marco Cellini (CNR-IRPPS) and Tommaso Visone (Link University, CNR-IRPPS), and with journalist Francesca De Benedetti (Il Domani), moderated by Prof. Daniele Archibugi (Mercatorum, CNR-IRPPS).

We have entered the era of technomonarchs. A new reactionary revolution, conceived between Silicon Valley and American right-wing intellectual circles and based on sophisticated surveillance and control technologies, has today become a political program in Washington. Its protagonists are tech entrepreneurs, ideologues, and politicians driven by a worldview based on the return to archaic ideas of inequality, natural hierarchy, and absolute monarchy. Their goal? The end of democracy. (Donzelli editore book profile)

The Economics of Data and Digital Infrastructures. Evidence and Policy

Thursday, February 5, 2026, at 08.30-18.00
Room 203, Luiss Campus, Viale Romania 32, Rome
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The final workshop of the PRIN project The Economics of Data and Digital Infrastructures. Evidence and Policy brings together leading scholars and policymakers to discuss the economic and policy implications of data and digital infrastructures. The event explores how data-driven innovation, digital trade, and technological sovereignty influence competitiveness and employment. With contributions from Luiss, the OECD, the CNR, and international universities, the workshop promotes dialogue between research and policy for the digital transition.

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Gender and Cyberviolence – Book Presentation

Friday, January 16, 2026, at 11.30-13.00
Sala Misiti – CNR-IRPPS, via Palestro 32, Rome
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Claudia Capelli and Chiara Gius (University of Bologna) present the volume “Genere e cyberviolenza. Media, politiche e narrazioni giovanili”, published by Carocci, in conversation with Caterina Peroni (CNR-IRPPS) and Simona Tirocchi (University of Turin).

Introduction and moderation by Angela M. Toffanin (CNR-IRPPS)

Gender-based violence also manifests through digital technologies, intertwining online and offline dimensions and redefining practices, boundaries, and meanings. Genere e cyberviolenza. Media, politiche e narrazioni giovanili analyzes the cultural roots and socio-technical nature of the phenomenon from an interdisciplinary perspective. The volume brings theoretical reflection and empirical research into dialogue, focusing on youth representations, institutional and activist responses, and the role of the media, reconstructing the public discourse on digital gender-based violence. The result is an articulated framework that conveys the complexity of the phenomenon and highlights its structural dimension.

The book is aimed at those who study and work on the themes of gender-based violence, communication, and digital transformations, offering analytical tools useful for understanding and interpreting one of the crucial challenges of the present.

The initiative is part of the activities of the PRIN2022 project “Social representations of cyber-violence against women and girls: advancing knowledge on an under-conceptualized issue”, funded under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) – Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 1.1.

Table of Contents:

Introduction, by Chiara Gius, Angela Toffanin and Valentina Cremonesini

Part One: Definitions, Policies, and Practices

Technology in the continuum: challenges and opportunities starting from a study on gender-based violence perpetrated through digital technologies, by Chiara Gius
Regulatory frameworks: perspectives on gender-based cyberviolence in Europe, Italy, France, and Spain, by Angela M. Toffanin, Tatiana Motterle and Eleonora Gea Piccardi
Beyond the screen: youth perspectives on online gender-based violence, by Chiara Gius, Rosa Sorrentino and Claudia Capelli
Decoding violence: expert voices on the fight against gender-based cyberviolence, by Tatiana Motterle and Angela Maria Toffanin
Social campaigns on male cyberviolence against the female gender, by Saveria Capecchi

Part Two
Media Narratives

Teen dramas as a form of representation and discussion of cyberviolence against women and girls (cyber-vawg), by Antonella Mascio
Silences and distortions. Journalistic representation of cyber-violence against women, by Valentina Cremonesini
In-depth analysis, sensationalism, and self-criticism. The press’s pursuit of digital violence against women, by Valentina Cremonesini, Simona De Carlo and Angelo Galiano
Digital gender-based violence in social media information: narratives, actors, visibility, by Claudia Capelli and Rosa Sorrentino

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State of the Art and Developments in Telemedicine and E-Health in Italy – National Meeting

Thursday, December 11, 2025, at 9.45-13.30
G. Marconi Library Room – CNR, P.le Aldo Moro 7, Rome
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As part of the collaboration between the SALSOC group of CNR-IRPPS and the Italian Association of Telemedicine and Medical Informatics (AITIM), the meeting will be an opportunity to discuss the latest results in the sector.

The proceedings of the last AITIM conference can be viewed and downloaded here.

Identity politics that makes you laugh: on Shipilay, a new ‘eironym’ from urban Peruvian Amazonia

Thursday, 11 December 2025, 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Sala Misiti – CNR-IRPPS, Via Palestro 32, Rome
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As part of the ERC project Illicit Labour (ID: 101077766), Angela Giattino (University of Oxford) will present her research on “Identity Politics That Make You Laugh: On Shipilay, a New ‘Eironym’ from Urban Peruvian Amazonia”.

She will discuss the topic with Angela Toffanin (CNR-IRPPS), with Anwesha Aditi moderating.

Ethnonyms are a serious matter. As historical, seemingly immutable markers of allegiance to an ethnicity which is often regarded as sacred, they carry profound significance. Yet, in contemporary urban Peruvian Amazonia, young and educated members of the Indigenous ethnic group known as Shipibo have coined a humorous ethnonym —Shipilay— to refer to themselves. Shipilay is anything but timeless or absolute. Instead of millennia of history, it is deliberately ephemeral. Rather than essentializing, it is contingent. Far from demanding unwavering loyalty, its attachment is at best ambivalent. Above all, Shipilay is highly ironic: its mismatched etymology comically blends ‘Shipi-’ (from Shipibo) with the invented suffix ‘-lay’, which evokes modernity, urbanity, and “coolness,” eliciting laughter. For this reason, I term Shipilay an ‘eironym’, which materializes the very tension faced by young Shipibo in intercultural educational settings: the simultaneous persistence of a traditional Indigenous identity and an aspiration toward global modernity and change. I argue that the ironic force and fleeting and contingent nature of Shipilay crystallize the uneven, contested negotiations of ethnicity and indigeneity undertaken by young, educated, and urban Indigenous people in contemporary Amazonia.

Dr. Angela Giattino is a socio-cultural anthropologist specialising in education, ethnicity, epistemology, youth, sustainability, migration, and health, with a longstanding focus on Latin America, particularly Peruvian Amazonia, as well as the Mediterranean, primarily southern Italy. Dr. Giattino was until recently a UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Fellow in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. In November 2025, Dr. Giattino will begin a three-year Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship in the Department of International Development at the University of Oxford. She holds a PhD in Anthropology from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and has also trained in Geography and History in the UK, the US, and Italy. She has held teaching positions at the University of Cambridge, UCL (University College London), San Francisco State University, and LSE —where she was awarded a Highly Commended Class Teacher Award in 2023. Dr. Giattino’s research has been funded by the ESRC (UKRI), the LSE Department of Anthropology, the LSE Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, the University of Cambridge (AHSS), the Laura Bassi Foundation, and the Leverhulme Trust.

Awareness, (Mis)trust, Vulnerability – Presentation of the research on foreign women’s perception of gender-based violence and the anti-violence system

Thursday, November 27, 2025, at 17.30
Sala Misiti – CNR-IRPPS, via Palestro 32, Rome
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Presentation: Towards a New Social Pact. Labor, Welfare, and Ecological Sustainability in the Twin Transition

Thursday, November 13, 2025, at 10.00-12.00
Sala Misiti – CNR-IRPPS, via Palestro 32, Rome
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Andrea Ciarini, Associate Professor of Economic and Labor Sociology at Sapienza University of Rome, will present his latest book “Towards a New Social Pact. Labor, Welfare, and Ecological Sustainability in the Twin Transition”, published by Donzelli, in conversation with Enrica Morlicchio, University of Naples “Federico II”, Mimmo Carrieri, Sapienza University of Rome, and Angelo Salento, University of Salento.

The meeting will be moderated by Mattia Vitiello (CNR-IRPPS).

Sustainability issues have fully entered the political and economic agenda. Yet, the twin transition—ecological and digital—is proving to be anything but linear, and even less equitable. The promises of green growth and technological innovation are clashing with the emergence of new inequalities, which add to existing ones, fueling insecurity and tension. Those most affected are social groups who fear losing their acquired status or being penalized by transformations perceived as uncontrollable. The intertwining of environmental, economic, and social issues can no longer be addressed simply as a matter of sustainable development policies, nor reduced to compensatory measures for those at risk of being left behind. Rather, it is the testing ground on which the interests at stake and the profound transformations radically redefining the landscape of work and social protection systems are measured. Hence the urgency of a new social pact that can bring together economic needs, social justice, and environmental sustainability. Starting from a critical analysis of current policies and their limitations, this volume proposes an alternative perspective, indicating concrete solutions to make the transition not only just but also desirable in terms of quality of life and collective well-being.

Andrea Ciarini is Associate Professor of Economic and Labor Sociology at the Department of Social and Economic Sciences of Sapienza University of Rome, where he teaches Economic Sociology and Sociology of Welfare. His books include Politiche di welfare e investimenti sociali (2020) and Le politiche sociali nelle regioni italiane. Costanti storiche e trasformazioni recenti (2013), both published by il Mulino.

Presentation of the Report on Research and Innovation in Italy

Monday, November 3, 2025, at 11.00-13.00
Marconi Hall – CNR, Piazzale Aldo Moro 7, Rome
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On Monday, November 3 at 11:00 AM, the President of the CNR Andrea Lenzi and the Director of the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, Cultural Heritage of the CNR Salvatore Capasso will present the Fifth Report on Research and Innovation in Italy, produced in collaboration with the Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies (CNR-IRPPS), the Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth (CNR-IRCrES), and the Institute for the Study of Regional Federalism and Self-Government (CNR-ISSIRFA).

Participation is free while seats last, with on-site registration.

The Report on Research and Innovation provides quantitative analyses and case studies to inform the debate and policy choices regarding research and innovation. This fifth edition sheds light on the state of technology transfer within the NRRP and patents in Italy, changes in the university system, the effects of evaluation processes on research, and European Research Council projects.

The Report is coordinated by Daniele Archibugi, Emanuela Reale, and Fabrizio Tuzi.

Presentation of the book “Building Peace in a World at War”

Thursday, October 30, 2025, at 11.30-13.00
Sala Misiti – CNR-IRPPS, via Palestro 32, Rome
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As part of the Science and Dialogue for Peace Laboratory of the CNR-DSU, Valentina Bartolucci (University of Pisa) will present the volume Building Peace in a World at War, published by Mondadori Università and co-authored with Giorgio Gallo (University of Pisa).

Joining the author in discussion: Daniele Archibugi (CNR-IRPPS and Mercatorum University), and Ugo Melchionda (Italian correspondent for the OECD International Migration Outlook, secretary of Last20). The meeting will be introduced and moderated by Adriana Valente (CNR-IRPPS).

Today, discussing conflict and peace is more urgent than ever. We wish to live in a peaceful world, yet we continually witness the outbreak of new, increasingly violent wars. This book is an essential guide to understanding contemporary conflicts, seeking to reveal their complexity and dynamism. With an interdisciplinary approach, a systemic vision, and an international scope, the text represents a fundamental tool for scholars and peacebuilders who, lacking the proper tools, sometimes find themselves unprepared to face complex conflicts and intervene effectively in crisis situations. Only through a deep understanding of conflict is it possible to avoid superficial or inadequate solutions. This allows for interventions that promote sustainable peace, which is not only a desirable goal but a true necessity for the survival of the world.

Book presentation: Vite ferme. Storie di migranti in attesa

Wednesday, September 17, 2025, at 11:30-13:00
Sala Misiti – CNR-IRPPS, Via Palestro 32, Rome
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As part of the PRIN 2022 project “The subjective well-being of immigrants and natives: Italy in the European context (WELL-MIG)“, Paolo Boccagni (University of Trento) will present the book Vite ferme. Storie di migranti in attesa (Il Mulino).

The meeting will be moderated by Angela Paparusso (CNR-IRPPS), with contributions from Stefano degli Uberti (CNR-IRPPS) and Aurora Massa (University of Perugia).

Based on patient ethnographic work at a reception center, the book tells the daily lives of migrants in their own words—of desires and frustrations, dreams and nightmares, presence and absence. Most are young men in their twenties, Black, African, asylum seekers, survivors of so-called “journeys of despair,” still waiting to know if they will be granted permission to live in the country where they have already spent years.

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