Reading time: 3 minutes Amongst the tragic news of war, dramatic food shortages, droughts, price rises and other disasters worldwide, a shining announcement got lost in the dimness of it all. On March 14th, [ … ]
Tag: covid-19
Loneliness – Dementia’s breeding ground
Reading time: 3 minutes Loneliness – one of the pandemic’s many symptoms. Its price for our welfare states will be high, if not addressed with great vigilance. A new study from the US has [ … ]
The virus of authoritarianism in Europe
Reading time: 9 minutes “The pandemic teaches us that we needed not only a vaccine against COVID-19, but also that we are in desperate need of vaccination against non-democratic tendencies in some parts of [ … ]
State of Emergency
Reading time: 5 minutes The role of institutions across Europe was redefined during the pandemic. As the world moves towards a Covid-free reality, we must ask ourselves, is this the start of a new [ … ]
T20 Day 3: the greatest challenges for policymakers
Reading time: 4 minutes For many, COP26 could be the most important climate summit since the Paris Agreement. In prevision of this venue, Bocconi University held the Think20 summit, a 3-day event bringing influential [ … ]
Il ruolo sociale degli influencer sta cambiando?
Reading time: 2 minutes Durante la pandemia abbiamo assistito a un’evoluzione nel ruolo sociale ricoperto dagli influencer, esemplare il caso di Chiara Ferragni e Fedez. Tra i vari risvolti e cambiamenti che ha portato [ … ]
Contact tracing in incognito mode
Reading time: 3 minutes The introduction of contact tracing apps has brought digital privacy into the forefront of the public mind. Many consider whether the risks of data breach outweigh the benefits for public [ … ]
La disoccupazione tecnologica nell’era post-Covid
Reading time: 5 minutes La pandemia da Covid-19 ha impresso un’enorme accelerazione al processo di automazione delle attività produttive. Si tratta di un percorso di graduale evoluzione verso un modello di “smart factory” fondato [ … ]
COVID-19: the painful story of rise in racism
Reading time: 6 minutes After a year in quarantines and lockdowns, the threats posed by COVID-19 seem to be affecting not only the health of the people. With the outbreak of the pandemic there [ … ]
The demographic crisis due to covid-19 and its effects on the pension system
Reading time: 8 minutes Drop in births after the spread of Covid-19 Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, a remarkable downward trend in births has been registered all over the world, [ … ]