The Bassetti Foundation approaches longevity not simply as a biomedical ambition to extend human life, but as a broad social, political, ethical and technological challenge. Our central concern is what happens when increased life expectancy interacts with innovation, demographic change and unequal access to resources and influence. This perspective shifts attention from simply “curing ageing” ... A society for all ages

Francesco Samorè

Authored by Mario Pansera (whose work regular readers will know) and Javier Lloveras, Co Director of the Post Growth Innovation Lab, Post Growth Innovation: Resisting the Pursuit of Endless Economic Growth is an open access Research Short published by Bristol University Press. This short, easy to read book is based upon research that was funded ... Post Growth Innovation

Jonathan Hankins

The Elgar Encyclopedia of Economic Anthropology is edited by long standing Bassetti Foundation collaborator Cristina Grasseni, alongside Erik Bähre, Douglas R Holmes and Coco Kanters. In their introduction, the editors describe the porous and changing boundaries of the discipline of economic anthropology, alongside recent developments in the landscape that have led to a host of new ... Elgar Encyclopedia of Economic Anthropology

Jonathan Hankins

As regular readers will know, Gabriele Giacomini is a long-time friend of the Bassetti Foundation. Alongside his own multi-media production carried on the website, readers can also find a review of his recent book The Arduous Road to Revolution. Resisting Authoritarian Regimes in The Digital Communication Age, which very much sets the stage for his ... The Habeas Mentem Principle, Gabriele Giacomini

Jonathan Hankins

The current issue (Volume 26) of the Journal of Responsible Technology carries a book review written by Bassetti Foundation Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Hankins. Hankins reviews the open access publication The fragility of responsibility. Norway’s transformative agenda for research, innovation and business, Edited by Giovanni De Grandis and Anne Blanchard, volume 9 of De Gruyter studies ... The Fragility of Responsibility, a Book Review

Redazione FGB

On 8 April 2026 Steward.exe released their first album Humanwear Cuts, free to listen to here and across all streaming platforms. As regular readers will know, this is a project that I am involved in myself, both as a drummer and percussionist and philosophical investigator. Together with Luca Severino (and with live performance from Lisa ... Steward.exe Release their First Album

Jonathan Hankins

On Friday 10 April, Foundation contributors Jonathan Hankins and Cristina Grasseni participated in a workshop to test the CULTIVATE Food Sharing Calculator. The event also saw the launch of the Costs and Benefits of Food Sharing in Utrecht publication, the third in a series that includes similar reports about Barcelona and Milan. Cultivate is a ... CULTIVATE: Food Sharing Calculator and Report

Redazione FGB

On Friday 5th March, Cristina Grasseni and Myself accepted an invitation from long-time friends of the Foundation Jeff Ubois and Smiljana Antonijevic to attend a book talk with Peter B. Kaufman at the Internet Archive Europe in Amsterdam, of which Jeff is a Board Member. Internet Archive Europe has been preserving European digital materials since ... Peter B. Kaufman at Internet Archive Europe

Jonathan Hankins

Living Together with AI Samenleven met AI (Living with AI) is the latest book by Lija and Rodolfo Groenewoud van Vliet, published by Bot Uitgevers in Dutch language version in November of 2025. Regular readers will know Lija and Rodolfo from their 2021 participation in the Bassetti Foundation’s Art in Responsible Innovation series, in which ... Samenleven met AI (Living with AI)

Jonathan Hankins

A Year of Celebration 2025 was a year of great celebration at the Bassetti Foundation, as President Piero Bassetti was awarded the 22nd International Vittorino Colombo Award, the Foundation opened its Digital Documentation Centre and developed its Metaverse! Vittorino Colombo Prize The Vittorino Colombo Prize which bears the name of the late President of the ... Looking Back over 2025

Redazione FGB

On Wednesday 12 November 2025, the Leveraging Geographical Indications for Sustainability and Fairness Workshop was held at Utrecht University and online. The workshop launched the Follow the Food Signature Project which critically examines if and how GIs can be used as tools for promoting fairness and sustainability in the global food system. In his introduction ... Workshop: Leveraging Geographical Indications for Sustainability and Fairness

Jonathan Hankins

On 23–24 October I attended the End-of-Year 1 Meeting of the Place Based Circular Society Innovations project. The event included project partners, the Advisory Board, and members of the broader Knowledge Action Network, bringing a very interesting and open-minded group together. I participated as a member of the Advisory board, wearing both my hat as responsible ... Circular Neighbourhoods: Heston in the Loop

Jonathan Hankins