2025 International Festival of Economics

Events hosted at Collegio Carlo Alberto | Turin, May 30 – June 2

Discover the events of the 2025 International Festival of Economics hosted by Collegio Carlo Alberto: a rich program featuring key voices in today’s economic debate.

The topic of the 4th edition is "The New Citizens of the World".

The Collegio Carlo Alberto is one of the main venues in this year’s edition and will host 29 events.

Free attendance to all lectures and debates. Registration is required for the workshops by YouTrend (reserved to under-35).

Simultaneous translation service provided for events in English.

Festival Preview - 29 MAY 2025

LUCA D'AGLIANO LECTURE

Common Room - 10:30

CITIES AND THE HOUSING CRISIS

with Edward Glaeser - introduced by Thierry Verdier

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30 MAY 2025

VISIONS

Auditorium - 17:15

SOCIAL NETWORKS, SOCIAL CAPITAL, AND ECONOMIC
MOBILITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY

with Matthew O. Jackson - introduced by Flavio Pino

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VISIONS

Common room - 18:30

A NEW ECONOMIC VISION FOR EUROPE

with Michael Spence

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31 MAY 2025

VISIONS

Common room - 10:30

WHY DOES THE U.S. HAVE THE BEST RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES? WHY MIGHT THIS COME TO AN END?

with Miguel Urquiola - introduced by Gianluca Orsatti

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FUTURE ECONOMY

Classroom 3 - 11:00

ELECTION SURVIVAL HANDBOOK: FROM THE IDEA TO THE VOTE

moderated by YouTrend Team

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HISTORY OF IDEAS

Auditorium - 11:00

IS DIVERSITY A SOURCE OF ECONOMIC PROGRESS?

with Joel Mokyr - introduced by Marco Gilli

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VISIONS

Common room - 12:00

BRILLIANT BUT BENCHED: THE UNTAPPED POTENTIAL OF GEN Z WOMEN

with Rachel Ngai - introduced by Valeria DI Cosmo

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DIALOGUES

Common room - 15:00

NAVIGATING TAIL RISKS IN EUROPE

with Elena Carletti, Pierre Gramegna and Federico Ravenna moderated by Mario Calvo-Platero

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AT THE FRONTIER

Auditorium - 15:30

WALLS OR BRIDGES? THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL EFFECTS OF IMMIGRATION

with Marco Tabellini - introduced by Francesco Passarelli

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VISIONS

Common room - 16:30

GOING FOR GREEN GROWTH

with Philippe Aghion - introduced by Giorgio Barba Navaretti

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VISIONS

Auditorium - 18:00

HOW MUCH MONEY IS A GOOD TEACHER WORTH?

with Jonah Rockoff - introduced by Dalit Contini

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VISIONS

Common room - 18:30

FROM AN AGEING SOCIETY TO A LONGEVITY SOCIETY

with Andrew J. Scott - introduced by Chiara Pronzato

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1 JUNE 2025

VISIONS

Common room - 10:30

A NEW ERA IN THE ECONOMICS OF FERTILITY

with Matthias Doepke - introduced by Giandomenica Becchio

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FUTURE ECONOMY

Classroom 3 - 11:00

DATA THAT SPEAKS: COMMUNICATING WITH NUMBERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

moderated by the Youtrend team

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AT THE FRONTIER

Auditorium - 11:00

BUILDING A GENDER EQUAL WORLD: A UTOPIA

with Camille Landais - introduced by Cristina Marullo

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VISIONS

Common room - 12:00

WHY CAN'T EUROPE CREATE THE NEXT GOOGLE?

with Luis Garicano - introduced by Antonio Spilimbergo

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AT THE FRONTIER

Auditorium - 12:30

THE LONG-TERM SCARS OF RECESSIONS

with Samuel Bentolila - introduced by Anna D'Ambrosio

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VISIONS

Common room - 15:00

MISSING TALENT? AN INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON

with Caroline Hoxby - introduced by Nadia Campaniello

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DIALOGUES

Auditorium - 15:30

THE FUTURE OF DEI

(Online) Iris Bohnet - with Paola Profeta - moderated by Ilaria Sotis

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AT THE FRONTIER

Common Room - 16:30

THE RADIUS OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY: EVIDENCE FROM YOUNG ADULT MIGRATION

with Nathaniel Hendren - introduced by Elisabetta Ottoz

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ALAN KRUGER LECTURE

Auditorium - 17:00

PRICING THE PRICELESS: HOW ECONOMISTS ASSIGN VALUE TO LIFE AND TIME

with Alexander Mas - introduced by Tito Boeri

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VISIONS

Common Room - 18:00

WHAT DOES TRUMP’S ANTI-GLOBALISM MEAN FOR THE WORLD?

with Harold James - introduced by Stefano Sacchi

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2 JUNE 2025

VISIONS

Common room - 10:30

BORN RICH, BORN POOR: CAN ONE REALLY CHANGE DESTINY?

with Gianluca Violante - introduced by Florian Oswald

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FUTURE ECONOMY

Classroom 3 - 11:00

ELECTION SURVIVAL HANDBOOK: FROM THE IDEA TO THE VOTE

moderated by the Youtrend team

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VISIONS

Auditorium - 11.00

OPTIMAL POPULATION: AN EMPTY PLANET OR 100 BILLION PEOPLE?

with Charles I. Jones - introduced by Pietro Garibaldi

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DIALOGUES

Common Room - 12.00

BRAIN RETURN AND CAREERS

with Giuseppe Ippedico, Matteo Paradisi and Virginia Stagni - moderated by Nicola Saldutti

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VISIONS

Auditorium - 12.30

GENDER IN LABOUR MARKETS OF THE 21ST CENTURY

with Barbara Petrongolo - introduced by Carlo Cambini

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INET LECTURE

Common Room - 15:30

CLIMATE CHANGE: THE STERN REVIEW, 20 YEARS LATER

NICHOLAS STERN (Online)

introduced by (Online) Robert Johnson

with Valentina Bosetti

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MEET THE AUTHOR

Auditorium - 15.30

The Empire of the Dollar

with Kenneth Rogoff and Antonio Spilimbergo 

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Events promoted by CCA

DEBATES

Palazzo Costa Carrù - 1 June 2025 @ 14:30

FROM A DEGREE TO A JOB: PRESSURES, AMBITIONS AND REALITIES OF THE MARKET

by Associazione Allievi della Fondazione Collegio Carlo Alberto, in collaboration with Rethinking Economics, Bocconi students

introduced by FRANCESCA ALCINI, MONICA DI MURO
with EDOARDO DI LELLA, BARBARA ROMANO,
GIOVANNI VALOTTI
moderated by LETIZIA MERINGOLO

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PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS @CCA

Throughout the duration of the Festival, two photography exhibitions will be open to visitors at Collegio Carlo Alberto. Two visual journeys that portray some of the Festival’s key themes:

Notes on Migration. The sea route. Photographs by Andrea Borgarello.

Notes on Migration is a long-term project that aims to shed further light on the migration process from West Africa to Europe. In 2022, Borgarello embarked on the Ocean Vikings with the SOS Méditerranée rescue team where he took these images.

TEEN4TEEN – A photography project on promoting adolescents’ mental well-being, created for the SPES Program – University of Turin and Social Community Theatre Centre. Curated by Chiara Agostinetto and Fabrizio Stasia, photographs by Chiara Agostinetto.

Both exhibitions are free and open to the public from May 30 to June 2, h 10:00-20:00.