The Bologna Institute for Policy Research organizes regular seminar series at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies Bologna Center. Lecture summaries, three-question video interviews and event audio content are posted online when available following each seminar.
Seminars are open to the public, view calendar for upcoming events.
Jonathan Brooks, Senior Agricultural Policy Analyst, Development Division, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Robert W. Jenkins, External Member, Interim Financial Policy Committee, Bank of England; Senior Advisor, CVC Capital Partners; Independent Director, Aberdeen All Asia Investment Trust; Adjunct Professor of Finance, London Business School, UK
Johannes Linn, Resident Senior Scholar, the Emerging Markets Forum; Non-resident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, The Brookings Institution, Washington DC, USA
Richard Gilmore, President/CEO, GIC Group, Alexandria VA, USA; Special External Adviser to the White House and USAID for the Private Sector/Global Food Security; Managing Director of the Global Food Safety Forum (GFSF), Beijing, China
Christopher Hill, Sir Patrick Sheehy Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), University of Cambridge, UK
Stefano Guzzini, Senior Researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark; Professor of Government, Uppsala University, Sweden
Jens Woelk, Associate Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, University of Trento, Italy; Senior Researcher, Institute for Studies on Federalism and Regionalism, European Academy, Bolzano, Italy
Frederic Bozo, Professor of Contemporary History and International Relations, Institute of European Studies, University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France
Gunther Hellmann, Professor of Political Science, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Adjunct Professor of International Relations, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center, Italy
Donal J. Donovan, Adjunct Professor, University of Limerick, Ireland; Visiting Lecturer, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland; Former Deputy Director, Policy and Review Department, International Monetary Fund
Charles Pearson, Professor of Economics and Environment, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Austria; Professor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Washington DC, USA
Thomas Stelzer, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations; Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations
Charles Pearson, Professor of Economics and Environment, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Austria; Professor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Washington DC, USA
Charles Pearson, Professor of Economics and Environment, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Austria; Professor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Washington DC, USA
Tony Cavoli, Senior Lecturer and Associate Director, Centre for Asian Business, School of Commerce, University of South Australia; Visiting Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center, Italy
Michael Plummer, Head, Development Division, Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); ENI Professor of International Economics, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center, Italy
Gary Sick, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, NY, USA
Gary Sick, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, NY, USA
Paolo Calzini, Senior Advisor, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI), Milan, Italy; Adjunct Professor of European Studies, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center, Italy
Gary Sick, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, NY, USA
David J. Jhirad, HRH Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Professor of Environmental Policy, Director of the Energy, Resources and Environment (ERE) Program, Johns Hopkins University SAIS, Washington DC, USA
Gary Sick, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, NY, USA
Karim Mezran, Director, Center for American Studies, Rome, Italy; Adjunct Professor of Middle East Studies, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center, Italy
Charles F. Doran, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of International Relations, Director of the Global Theory and History Program, Director of the Center for Canadian Studies, Johns Hopkins University SAIS, Washington DC, USA
Vera Negri Zamagni, Chair and Professor of Economic History, University of Bologna, Italy; Professor of Economic History, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center, Italy
Anna Ottani Cavina, Professor of Art History and Chair of the Department of Visual Arts, University of Bologna, Italy; Director, Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna, Italy; Adjunct Professor of Italian Art History, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center, Italy
Gianfranco Pasquino, Professor of Political Science, University of Bologna, Italy; Senior Adjunct Professor of European Studies, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center, Italy
Romano Prodi, President, Foundation for Worldwide Cooperation. Chairman, United Nations-African Union Panel for Peacekeeping in Africa. Former President of the European Commission (1999-2005). Former Prime Minister of Italy (1996-1998 and 2006-2008)
Fawaz A. Gerges, Professor of Middle Eastern Politics and International Relations, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Best-selling Author of Journey of the Jihadist: Inside Muslim Militancy and The Far Enemy: Why Jihad Went Global
Gary Sick, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs; Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Gary Sick, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs; Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Gary Sick, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs; Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Gary Sick, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs; Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Thomas Stelzer, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations. Alumnus BC 1983
Kenneth N. Waltz, Ford Professor of Political Science Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley and Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, Columbia University
Kenneth N. Waltz, Ford Professor of Political Science Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley and Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, Columbia University
Ambassador Carlo Trezza, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the UN Secretary General for Disarmament Matters. Former President of the Conference on Disarmament (2003). Alumnus BC 1969 DC 1970
Tariq Ramadan, Professor of Islamic Studies, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford; Senior Research Fellow, Doshisha University (Kyoto, Japan) and Lokahi Foundation (London). President of the European think tank: European Muslim Network (EMN) in Brussels.
Olivier Roy, Joint Chair RSCAS, Professor of Social and Political Theory, European University Institute, Florence; Professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris and Senior Researcher, French National Centre for Scientific Research
David Calleo, Dean Acheson Professor and Director of the European Studies Program, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Washington, D.C.
