JONATHAN HANKINS
Author, Speaker
Post Growth Innovation
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
2026 4mn
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Elgar Encyclopedia of Economic Anthropology
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
2026 5mn
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The Habeas Mentem Principle, Gabriele Giacomini
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
2026 4mn
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Steward.exe Release their First Album
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
2026 4mn
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Peter B. Kaufman at Internet Archive Europe
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
2026 2mn
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Samenleven met AI (Living with AI)
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)
2026 7mn
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Workshop: Leveraging Geographical Indications for Sustainability and Fairness
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
2025 15mn
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Circular Neighbourhoods: Heston in the Loop
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
2025 6mn
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Development Aid and Geographical Indications
On Wednesday 11 September 2025, Martijn Huysmans’ (Utrecht University, School of Economics) presented From Champagne to Kampot pepper: EU development aid to export the idea of Geographical Indications, as part of the Utrecht University Applied Economics seminar series. The speaker is Principal Investigator of the Utrecht University ‘Follow the food: Leveraging Geographical Indications for Sustainability ... Development Aid and Geographical Indications
2025 4mn
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Follow the food: Leveraging Geographical Indications for Sustainability and Fairness
The Bassetti Foundation is pleased to announce its involvement in the Utrecht University ‘𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝: 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬’ Pathways to Sustainability Signature Project. The project aims to challenge the globalized, unsustainable and unfair agri-food system (especially for smallholders and subsistence farmers) by studying and enhancing the potential of Geographical Indications ... Follow the food: Leveraging Geographical Indications for Sustainability and Fairness
2025 3mn
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Artificial Intelligence in the Journal of Responsible Innovation
To celebrate the release of the Bassetti Foundation White Paper on Artificial Intelligence, Jonathan Hankins reviews several recent Journal of Responsible Innovation articles that address the topic of AI from different perspectives and points of view. In A systemic perspective on bridging the principles to-practice gap in creating ethical artificial intelligence solutions – a critique of ... Artificial Intelligence in the Journal of Responsible Innovation
2025 6mn
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Collaboration with the Lombardy Regional Forum for Innovation
Between February and May (2025) the Bassetti Foundation collaborated with the Lombardy Regional Forum for Innovation to bring discussion about responsibility in innovation to secondary schools within the region of Lombardy. I partnered Forum member and long-time Foundation collaborator Cristina Grasseni on a tour of five schools, while Foundation staff member Tommaso Correale Santacroce joined ... Collaboration with the Lombardy Regional Forum for Innovation
2025 3mn
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