FONDAZIONE GIANNINO BASSETTI

Liberal Innovation In ICT

In this post we take Gabriele Giacomini's Liberal Innovation proposal from The Arduous Road to Revolution and some of Sarah Lamdan's 'multifaceted solutions' from her Data Cartels book to look for similarities and divergencies. - Leggi 

The Arduous Road to Revolution. Resisting Authoritarian Regimes in The Digital Communication Age.

Jonathan Hankins reviews The Arduous Road to Revolution. Resisting Authoritarian Regimes in The Digital Communication Age, the latest book from Gabriele Giacomini. - Leggi 

Making Networks Happen: Cooperation for Sustainability Transitions

Cristina Grasseni and Maurizio Bettiga held a workshop focused on sustainability transitions in and for the cooperative world, its limits and potentials for Confcooperative Lombardia. - Leggi 

TRANSFORM at the 19th European Week of Regions and Cities. A Review.

The European Week of Regions and Cities is the biggest annual Brussels-based event dedicated to cohesion policy. 2021 saw representatives of the Bassetti Foundation participate, as Angela Simone and the TRANSFORM team held a participatory lab in which they presented their project. - Leggi 

Nel 2050, Passaggio al Nuovo Mondo - Book review

In 2050, Passage to the New World, is the latest book from Paolo Perulli, published in Italian by Il Mulino, Bologna, in March 2021. In this post Jonathan Hankins offers his thoughts. - Leggi 

Glocalism. Beyond Democracy: Innovation As Politics, review of the journal.

The latest edition of the journal Glocalism has just been released. The issue is titled Beyond Democracy: Innovation As Politics, an argument that as readers will know very much reflects the Foundation's standpoint. - Leggi 

The 2013 SAGE Conference: Place, Politics & Potential

The 2013 SAGE Conference: Place, Politics & Potential, was held on November 9th and 10th 2013 in Worcester Massachusetts, and Jonathan Hankins attended on behalf of the Bassetti Foundation. - Leggi 

A Conversation with Pallavi Phartiyal - part 2

In this post Jonathan Hankins speaks to Pallavi Phartiyal of the Union of Concerned Scientists about their new Center for Science and Democracy. (Part 2) - Leggi 

A Conversation with Pallavi Phartiyal - part 1

In this post Jonathan Hankins speaks to Pallavi Phartiyal of the Union of Concerned Scientists about their new Center for Science and Democracy. - Leggi 

A threat to internet democracy?

Last week George Monbiot's blog hosted by the Guardian UK featured an interesting follow on article about the problem of astroturfing. Astroturfing is the action of taking fake identities to post comments on blogs in favour of or against political arguments and issues. - Leggi 

Practicing Responsibilities: social engagement, controversy and innovation

At the Trento EASST conference, held 1-4th September 2010, workshop/track 32. "Practicing Responsibilities" was co-chaired by Cristina Grasseni (University of Bergamo / Bassetti  Foundation); Luca Guzzetti (University of Genova) and Giuseppe Pellegrini (University of Padova) within the theme "social engagement, controversy and innovation". - Leggi 

Open Culture

The website Open Culture describes itself as "The best free cultural & educational media on the web". A claim that certainly sounds worthy of investigation. In this posting we take a quick look at some of the articles posted on the site that may be of interest to the Bassetti Foundation. - Leggi 

Different forms of expertise

On Monday 3rd of May a seminar was held in The Bassetti Foundation conference suite with Dr Wiebe E. Bijker, Professor of Technology and Society at The University of Maastricht in Holland. we now make the video and audio recordings of the seminar available in English. - Leggi 

Seminario di Wiebe Bijker in FGB

Lunedi 3 maggio a Milano Wiebe Bijker (Università di Maastricht) discuterà con Piero Bassetti, Cristina Grasseni, Paolo Volonté e Alessandro Blasimme il suo ultimo libro "The Paradox of Scientific Authority, The Role of Scientific Advice in Democracies", pubblicato insieme a Roland Bal e Ruud Hendriks nel 2009, presentando gli ultimi risultati della sua ricerca sulle diverse forme di "expertise" nei processi di democratizzazione delle culture tecnologiche. - Leggi 

Professor Wiebe E. Bijker in Giannino Bassetti Foundation

On May 3rd, 2010, the foundation has the honour of hosting Professor Wiebe E. Bijker in its Milan seat, via Michele Barozzi 4, at 15.30. Prof Bijker is currently Professor of Technology and Society at The University of Maastricht where his research focuses on the relationship between technology, society and science. - Leggi 

Il Professor Wiebe E. Bijker in Fondazione Giannino Bassetti

Lunedi 3 maggio alle 15.30 la fondazione Bassetti ha l'onore di ospitare il professor Wiebe E. Bijker alla sua sede di Milano in via Michele Barozzi 4 . Wiebe Bijker insegna Tecnologia e Società all'università di Maastricht e la sua ricerca verte principalmente sulle relazioni tra scienza, tecnologia e società. - Leggi 

Daniel P. Mulhollan in FGB

Daniel Mulhollan, Director of the US Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress visited the Bassetti Foundation on Wednesday 3 December 2008 as part of the IRER (Regional Research Unit of Lombardy), "consultation forums as instruments of trust", coordinated by Alessandro Colombo, Director of Research. - Leggi 

Responsible Innovation and Participatory Democracy. Daniel P. Mulhollan in FGB

Daniel Mulhollan, Director of the Congressional Research Service at the Library of the US Congress, will be the guest of the Giannino Bassetti Foundation in Milan on 3rd December 2008, within the scientific framework of the research project I forum consultivi come strumento di fiducia, promoted by IRER - the Regional Research Institute of Lombardy. - Leggi 

Technoscientific Innovation

"Responsibility and New Models of Democracy in Science and Society Relationship" I libri della Fondazione Giannino Bassetti, Bubbettino, 2008. Edited by Giuseppe Pellegrini. The rhythm and all pervading nature of techno-scientific innovation and its products pose new questions for politicians, at a historical moment when decisions concerning public property and citizens' life cannot be taken by élite decision makers alone, in agreement with scientists or experts in various sectors. - Leggi 

Citizen Participation in Science and Technology

In this posting I would like to have a look at the work of the CIPAST project and a report published late last year by Chloe Alexander of the University of Padova in which she describes and analises the workings and perceived effectiveness of the project. - Leggi 

Building a bridge between science and society

By Roberta Gabbatore. On Thursday 14th February 2008 in the splendid setting of the ex monastery of Saint Augustine (now part of the University) in Bergamo's upper town the conference "Building a bridge between science and society. Looking for the foundations of the communication of science" took place. - Leggi 

New Rites For Democracy?

On February 15th 2008, at the premises of the Bassetti Foundation in Milan, the sociologist of science Brian Wynne opened the seminar chaired by Piero Bassetti and Mariachiara Tallacchini about the report for the European Commission, Taking European Society Seriously (2007), now translated in Italian under the auspices of the Bassetti Foundation (Scienza e Governance. La società europea della conoscenza presa sul serio. Rubbettino, 2008). What follows is my own reconstruction of the main arguments and issues raised at the seminar. - Leggi 

Nuovi riti di democrazia?

Il 15 febbraio 2008, alla sede della Fondazione Bassetti, il sociologo della scienza Brian Wynne ha aperto il seminario presieduto da Piero Bassetti e Mariachiara Tallacchini sul report per la Commissione Europea, Taking European Society Seriously (2007), ora edito in italiano per iniziativa della Fondazione Bassetti (Scienza e Governance. La società europea della conoscenza presa sul serio. Rubbettino, 2008). Propongo una sintesi dell'intervento di apertura del prof. Wynne, e del ricco e partecipato dibattito che ne è seguito (in lingua inglese). - Leggi