Iseo Summer School hits record enrolment figures

Among the keynote speakers are Nobel Laureates in Economics James Heckman (University of Chicago, Nobel Prize 2000), who will analyse the causes and economic consequences of the global decline in fertility, and Michael Spence (Stanford Business School, NYU and Honorary President of the I.S.E.O. Foundation, Nobel Laureate 2001), whose talk will focus on the shocks to the global economy caused by current conflicts. Joining them on the podium will be Valentina Bosetti, an expert in environmental economics and climate change at Bocconi University, who will take stock of mitigation strategies and the costs of inaction on climate change, and Lisandra Flach, Director of the ifo Center for International Economics and lecturer at LMU Munich, who will examine new trade policies and negative reactions to globalisation. The programme will also feature Kamiar Mohaddes, Professor of Economics and Politics at Cambridge Judge Business School and a consultant to the World Bank, who will lead an interactive session on navigating macroeconomic uncertainty; Christopher Rauh, lecturer in Economics & Data Science at the University of Cambridge and the Barcelona School of Economics, who will explain how to measure geopolitical and economic risks in the age of artificial intelligence and conflict; and finally, Robert F. Wescott, former economic adviser to US President Clinton and former official at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), who will explore the link between the rise of ultra-nationalism and the social and economic discontent of the younger generations.

“At a time in history marked by international tensions and geopolitical barriers,” explains Riccardo Venchiarutti, President of the Iseo Foundation, “seeing Iseo become a global hub where the world’s leading experts and young talents come together to discuss the future of the economy is a sign of enormous hope. “In such a critical year, our Summer School has reached a record attendance of 100 participants, confirming that knowledge and constructive dialogue are the only tools capable of overcoming divisions and charting a course towards sustainable and inclusive global development.”