War, peace and the world order

Organized by Scuola Normale Superiore in cooperation with National PhD Programme in Peace Studies, coordinated by Sapienza Università di Roma and RUNIPACE, Rete delle università italiane per la pace, the Summer School is funded by the PNRR through the MERITA, the network for talent project*.

The First Edition of the Summer School “War, Peace and the World Order” will gather 50 PhD and Master’s students, researchers, practitioners from NGOs and international organizations, civil society actors, activists, and policymakers, together with about 20 distinguished speakers and guests, for five days of intensive courses to analyze, understand, and study the issues, causes, and dynamics of conflict and violence, as well as alternative solutions and collective social practices of peacemaking, conflict resolution and non-violence.

Programme

Monday 29 September

10-11 Welcome and presentation of the School and participants
Mario Pianta | Scuola Normale Superiore
Alessandro Saggioro | Sapienza Università di Roma, Coordinator of the National PhD in Peace Studies (online)

The world system

Chair
Francesco Strazzari | Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

11-13
Mario Pianta | Scuola Normale Superiore
The world system: capitalism, hegemony, conflicts

14-16
Francesco Strazzari | Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
The war system: (dis)armament and international relations  

16.30-18.30
László Andor | former EU Commissioner, FEPS Brussels, Volodymyr Ishchenko | Freie Universität in Berlin
The Russia-Ukraine war and the European order 

Discussants
Maria Chiara Franceschelli | Scuola Normale Superiore
Andrey Maliuk | Università di Trieste
Daniela Musina | Scuola Normale Superiore

Tuesday 30 September
Politics, war and peace

Chair
Lorenzo Bosi | Scuola Normale Superiore

10-12
Siri Aas Rustad | Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Patterns of conflicts 

13-15
Mats Berdal | Kings College London
Intervention and the use of force in world politics: continuity and change

Palestine and Israel

Chair
Donatella Della Porta | Scuola Normale Superiore

15.30-16.30
Francesca Albanese | UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory (online)
Israel's genocide in Palestine: the global architecture of injustice

16.30-18.30
Paola Caridi | Scholar and author
Anna Foa | Sapienza Università di Roma (online)
The Israel-Palestine question: history and dynamics 

Discussants
Lorenzo Bosi | Scuola Normale Superiore
Arees Bishara | Scuola Normale Superiore
Hadeel Karkar | Scuola Normale Superiore

Wednesday 1 October
International law and environmental conflicts

Chair
Luigi Pellizzoni | Scuola Normale Superiore

10-11.45
Matthew Evangelista | Cornell University
Law and ethics of war 

12-14
Luca Raineri | Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
The environment, and conflicts in Africa 

Discussants
Laura Berlingozzi | Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
Giuliano Garavini | Università Roma Tre
Luigi Pellizzoni  | Scuola Normale Superiore

15.30-16.15
Tutoring session: Researching war and peace issues. Speakers and tutors discuss key approaches and methologies for war and peace research

16.30-18.30
Presentations by participants
Parallel sessions with short presentations of participants’ research projects and feedback discussion with speakers and tutors
Group A. IR, Peacebuilding, Conflict Resolution and Mediation, Warfare, Violence and Armed Groups
Group B. International Law, Human Rights, Gender, Non-violence, Social Movements and Civil Society
Tutor: 
Daniela Musina | Scuola Normale Superiore

Thursday 2 October 
The political economy of war

Chair
Mario Pianta | Scuola Normale Superiore

10-11.45
Raul Caruso | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
The military economy: arms expenditures, industry, exports | 

12-13.30
Futura D’Aprile| Scuola Normale Superiore, Francesco Vignarca | Rete Italiana Pace e Disarmo

Technologies and infrastructures of war

Chair
Hans-Jörg Trenz | Scuola Normale Superiore

14.30-16
Dario Guarascio | Sapienza Università di Roma
The military-digital complex digital technologies and the new world (dis)order

16.30-18.30
Guglielmo Tamburrini | Università di Napoli Federico II
Artificial Intelligence and the erosion of human control on warfare 

Discussants
Marco Stamegna | Scuola Normale Superiore
Paolo Maranzano | Università di Milano Bicocca

Monday 20 October
Peace-making

9.30-9.45
Chair
Mario Pianta | Scuola Normale Superiore
Opening
Enza Pellecchia | Runipace | Università di Pisa (online)

9.45-11.00
Donatella della Porta | Scuola Normale Superiore
Peace and solidarity mobilisations for Palestine 

Discussants
Ghadir M.a. Abumiddain | Scuola Normale Superiore
Federica Stagni | Scuola Normale Superiore

11-11.15 Break

11.15-12.30
Mauro Garofalo | Comunità di Sant’Egidio Roma
Conflict resolution and peace-making from below  

Discussants
Federica Frazzetta | Scuola Normale Superiore
Martin Köhler | Campagna Sbilanciamoci!​ (online)

12.30-13
Showing of the video Gerusalemme: Time for peace 1990

13.00-14.00 Lunch break

I movimenti per la pace
Sessione in italiano

Chair
Guglielmo Meardi | Scuola Normale Superiore

14-16
Luciana Castellina, già Parlamentare europea
Donatella della Porta | Scuola Normale Superiore
I movimenti per la pace in Europa  

16.15-18.30
Raffaella Bolini | Arci/Pace in movimento (online)
Giulio Marcon | Campagna Sbilanciamoci! (online)
Il pacifismo in Italia 

Interventi
Gianni Alioti | WeaponsWatch
Flavio Lotti | Fondazione Perugia-Assisi
 

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* MERITA, the network for talent project is the result of a collaboration between five Italian academic institutions: the Scuola Normale Superiore, the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, the Collegio Superiore dell’Università di Bologna, the Scuola Galileiana di Studi Superiori dell’Università di Padova and the Scuola Superiore di Studi Avanzati della Sapienza Università di Roma.
The MERITA project is funded within the Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza (PNRR), Missione 4 – Istruzione e Ricerca, Componente 1, Investimento 3.4 "Didattica e competenze universitarie avanzate"- "Rafforzamento delle Scuole universitarie superiori". (National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), Mission 4 – Education and Research, Component 1, Investment 3.4 "Advanced university teaching and competences" - "Enhancement of the institutions for higher education").