Rome, Sub-Saharan Africa. National structural issues in the never ending “questione meridionale”
by Matteo Bocci
Exactly two years ago I was in Kenya for a meeting with some colleagues. After a few bottles of local beer, a clever lady from Zimbabwe finally took the courage and asked me: “how comes you Italians are not even capable of managing urban waste?” That remark sounded particularly embarrassing to me, as in those days two issues apparently were spreading in newspapers worldwide [...]
The Politics and Economics oh Happiness: a new approach to existing problems
What should societies – and policy makers – look for? Is “progress” still a valid notion towards which science and economy should be oriented? Can happiness be an effective alternative to GDP when it comes to measuring quantity of well being and the fairness of its distribution? These are some of the basic questions at the basis of Vision's new project.
Events
On February the 12th, in Birmingham, Vision took part to the English follow up of "The B Factor". Click here to watch the conference.
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Next Issue
Within the next issue of Vision’s web magazine we will focus on communication technologies, and the way social networks in particular are changing the relationship among people and the concept of “Democracy” itself. You can write to info@vision-forum.org should you like to write an article or know more.
University performance in the 21st century
Next event on University is planned to be held on 2010 October 18th, in Turin. Last April conference produced very good results both in terms of media coverage (here you can see Vision’s press coverage ) and products (you can download the paper here). You can send an email to university@vision-forum.org, should you like to take part to the project.
Intelligent Cities in the Post Copenhagen Era
After the launching, “framework” conference held in Naples last April, the project “Kyoto of the Cities” continues its activities. Following next is the conference focusing on the first of the three areas of intervention that Vision identified in order to tackle the problem of Climate Change: “Intelligent Cities” and the issue of Public Participation as a solution to the urban congestion. [...]
Vision in Facebook
Now you can join the Vision Group on facebook and be constantly updated in real time on all projects and initiatives underway. The facebook group is "Vision - The Italian Think Tank".
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