Events archive
A review of past events from the PhD Calendar and the group.
80 Years of Local Authorities in the Republic
Study day organized by the Prefecture of Viterbo and the University of Tuscia to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Italian Republic and the Constituent Assembly. The event provides an academic and institutional forum to discuss the role of local authorities in shaping Italy's democratic system, examining their historical evolution, current challenges, and future perspectives in territorial governance.
Local authoritiesMagnifica Humanitas: The Church's View of AI
An afternoon of study dedicated to Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on artificial intelligence, with presentations on human dignity, bioethics, the social doctrine of the Church, freedom, democracy, and technopower.
Artificial intelligence, ethics and societyPublic order, prevention and counter-terrorism: guarantees of freedom and security.
The meeting explored the relationship between public order, terrorist threat prevention, and the protection of fundamental freedoms, with particular attention to the role of institutions in ensuring democratic security.
Public safety, public order, anti-terrorismADiM-IntoME Migration Conference 2026: “THE RIGHT TO ASYLUM AND ITS CRISIS: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS UNDER THE EU PACT”
The Migration Conference 2026 is an international conference hosted by the University of Tuscia in Viterbo, focusing on the right to asylum, European migration governance, and the challenges posed by the new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum.
Migration Conference, AsyliumBook Presentation: "Surrogacy in Italy: The Legislature, the Courts, and Social Conscience" by Maria Grazia Rodomonte
The meeting is dedicated to the presentation of Maria Grazia Rodomonte’s book Surrogacy in Italy. The Legislator, the Courts and Social Conscience. The volume addresses one of the most complex issues in contemporary legal debate, placing surrogacy at the intersection of legislative action, judicial decisions, the protection of fundamental rights and transformations in social conscience.
SurrogacyBalkan and Black Sea Perspectives 2026 – Democratic Resilience, AI and Cognitive Security
“Balkan and Black Sea Perspectives 2026” is a high-level conference focused on democratic resilience, artificial intelligence, and cognitive security in the Western Balkans and the Black Sea region.
Cognitive Security, Warfare, AI and Cognitive Security, Democratic ResilienceThe digital battle: communication and constitutional aspects
The meeting is dedicated to the digital battle and its communicative and constitutional dimensions, starting from two recent books: Pietro Francesco Dettori’s Riconquistare menti e cuori. L’Occidente sul campo di battaglia digitale and Peter Thiel’s Il momento straussiano, edited by Andrea Venanzoni.
innovation lawRights and Technological Innovation: Is there a right to use new technologies?
The meeting focuses on the relationship between rights and technological innovation, starting with the question of whether there is a right to use new technologies. Professor Alessandro Sterpa of the University of Tuscia will participate in a discussion with Professor Maria Esmeralda Bucalo of the University of Palermo.
diritto costituzionale, nuove tecnologieThe Cognitive Dimension in Contemporary Security
The meeting is dedicated to the cognitive dimension of contemporary security, with particular attention to the relationship between perception, information, decision-making processes and the transformation of geopolitical and institutional scenarios.
Cognitive SecurityPresentation of the book ‘The Challenge of Democracy’
At the Center for American Studies, the book La sfida della democrazia. Strategie per il migliore dei mondi possibili by Roberto Menotti and Maurizio Sgroi will be presented. Through the volume, the authors address a crucial question: is democracy still able to respond to the challenges of the contemporary world?
Democracy; geopolitics.AI and health protection
Doctoral lesson about AI's applications in Public health.
Artificial IntelligenceNew Great Play
Lecture from the Ph.D. program in “Society in Transition: Policies, Rights, and Security,” based on the book *The New Great Game* by Gianni Vernetti.
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