30 September 2026 – Wednesday
30 September 2026 – Wednesday

Why Does the Future Look So Familiar? 

Monday Briefing 28/09/2026

Too Big to be Seen: Leonardo’s Salvator Mundi and the $450 Million Silence 

Conversation with Sofia Fiorini, Bocconi’s Own European Champion in Race Walking

Monday Briefing 21/09/2026

The ESBS Open Seminar: Stories, Statistics, and Memory

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Technology is advancing at an extraordinary speed. Still, our creativity and imagination seem to be fashionably stuck in a twenty-year-old aesthetic, with Y2K fashion, endless sequels, revivals and familiar forms dominating our cultural landscape. Even though we are racing towards the future, we seem increasingly interested in making it look like the past.
Look around.   Your phone is a black rectangle. Your laptop is a slightly larger black rectangle. Your car is probably white, black, or grey and, most likely, closely resembles the one parked next to it. There is no doubt regarding the technological relevance of all of these objects. Still, they seem to have nothing to say. This hasn’t always been the case. During the 1960s, an Italian lamp could…
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Monday Briefing 14/09/2026

Classes are back and so is the Monday Briefing. In the first issue of the semester, we analyse the diplomatic crisis between the United States and its largest neighbour, Canada. Then, we discuss at American intervention in Venezuela, a failed mutiny in Niger, and the legacy of the 9/11 attacks.
Classes are back and so is the Monday Briefing. In the first issue of the semester, we analyse the diplomatic crisis between the United States and its largest neighbour, Canada. Then, we discuss at American intervention in Venezuela, a…
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Young Ventures Hits Campus: Backing the Next Generation of Founders

On September 1, 2026, Young Ventures will officially launch, introducing a student-led platform designed to support innovative founders at the earliest stages of their entrepreneurial journey.The initiative was founded by Davide Franchini, a third-year management student at Bocconi, with…

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Conversation with Sofia Fiorini, Bocconi’s Own European Champion in Race Walking

On the 15th of August 2026, at the European Athletics Championships, our fellow Bocconi student Sofia Fiorini won the Gold Medal for the Marathon in race walking, setting the world record in the meantime. Since Tra i Leoni managed to reach out and contact our champion, I had the pleasure to interview her as soon as the semester started again.
On the 15th of August 2026, at the European Athletics Championships, our fellow Bocconi student Sofia Fiorini won the Gold Medal for the Marathon in race walking, setting the world record in the meantime….
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Monday Briefing 21/09/2026

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The ESBS Open Seminar: Stories, Statistics, and Memory

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Monday Briefing 28/09/2026

Today’s Monday Briefing highlights the restart of the extremely deadly Ethiopian civil war. Here in Italy, we discuss rhetoric around fashion and feminism. Around the world, we cover a dispute between Anthropic and the US government, the effects of Houthi attacks on Middle Eastern diplomacy, and lacklustre education results in Latin America.
Today’s Monday Briefing highlights the restart of the extremely deadly Ethiopian civil war. Here in Italy, we discuss rhetoric around fashion and feminism. Around the world, we cover a dispute between Anthropic and the US government, the effects of…
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Too Big to be Seen: Leonardo’s Salvator Mundi and the $450 Million Silence 

Discover the story of the Salvator Mundi, the most expensive work in art history. From its record-breaking $450 million sale to its current mysterious disappearance, the "Last Da Vinci" has transformed from a painting into a globally recognized asset. It is the ultimate example of the "Too Big to Fail" phenomenon, where the power of the "Leonardo Brand" turns a masterpiece into a financial and political necessity.
In this article, we’ll discuss the most expensive work in the history of art: Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi. Indeed, beyond the record-breaking price the work sold for at auction, the debate around it is fuelled by its dubious…

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