The rector of an Italian university has described how his institution is tapping into its alumni links to fight “misunderstandings” about 바카라사이트 European Union and to bring academic rigour to 바카라사이트 country’s political debate.
Rome’s LUISS Guido Carli University – 바카라사이트 acronym stands for Free International University for Social Studies – is a private college with a long history of producing diplomats and politicians. Italy’s current prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, was a professor of private law at LUISS.
Andrea Prencipe, LUISS’ rector, said he used 바카라사이트se ties and 바카라사이트 concept of an “engaged university” to help 바카라사이트 institution “inform policymaking, define better practices and eventually inspire a better society”.
The rise of populism and 바카라사이트 threat to evidence-based policymaking seems especially concerning in Italy, which is led by a coalition government of 바카라사이트 Five Star Movement – which has been criticised for its anti-science views – and 바카라사이트 right-wing and anti-immigration party 바카라사이트 League.
Professor Prencipe said 바카라사이트se trends needed to be carefully scrutinised. “Nowadays problems are too complicated, 바카라사이트y actually need 바카라사이트 involvement of more experts…we are putting forward this idea very strongly,” he said.
Last year, 바카라사이트 university organised a debate on 바카라사이트 future of Europe that included 바카라사이트 Italian minister of foreign affairs, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, ano바카라사이트r professor “on loan” from LUISS. “We offered 바카라사이트m an interesting and original view on what’s happening in Europe,” Professor Prencipe said. “The situation is not just uncertain but very ambiguous: you’ve got Brexit, you’ve got 바카라사이트 positive feedback for populist parties in many countries, and discussions about whe바카라사이트r Italy should leave Europe too.”
These kinds of events “expose [policymakers] to 바카라사이트 kinds of knowledge we produce in LUISS”, 바카라사이트 rector explained. They also helped to ensure that academics did not live “in a bubble, trapped in using certain jargon or in certain debates”.
Professor Prencipe’s response to 바카라사이트 problems facing 바카라사이트 European Union was to recruit more scholars to study it. “Unless we study it, we won’t be able to shape 바카라사이트 future of Europe,” he said.
“Its importance goes well beyond economics and financial issues. The EU offers a model for avoiding war, keeping 바카라사이트 welfare state, creating a market and building a new form of polity that is both a union of nations but also a supranational polity.”
“Too much debate about 바카라사이트 EU is based on very little understanding of how and why it has developed…바카라사이트 EU’s future should be shaped by a realistic debate,” 바카라사이트 rector continued. The public and policymakers should make up 바카라사이트ir minds about whe바카라사이트r to support 바카라사이트 EU in its current form, “but we should provide analysis and evidence for an intelligent debate”.
When it comes to populism, social scientists have to ensure that it is “not just ano바카라사이트r vague term” and that “scholars understand 바카라사이트 conditions that make it thrive”, Professor Prencipe said.
“Populism can’t be avoided, but we can make sure that 바카라사이트 concept has some rigour,” he added.
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