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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)

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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
  • Download the program.

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.

INTRODUCTION Andrea Lenzi | President of CNR PRESENTATION Presentation of the Report chapters Technology Transfer in the NRRP: the state of implementation of system measures The Italian university system between migration, innovation, and demographic crisis | Mediobanca Research Area The effects of evaluation on research work Italian technology seen through patents Enhancing gender aspects in competitive funding for Research and Development Winners of European Research Council grants Salvatore Capasso | Director DSU-CNR 10:00 AM | Registration Giovanni Cannata | Rector of Universitas Mercatorum Carlo Doglioni | Vice President of Accademia dei Lincei Valentina Meliciani | Dean of Luiss Research Center for European Analysis and Policy, Luiss University of Rome ROUND TABLE Laura Ramaciotti President of the Conference of Italian University Rectors 12:00 PM

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