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CENTRO
       EINAUDI
2021   TURIN
CENTRO EINAUDI TURIN 2021
ABOUT US                                               OUR PERSPECTIVE                                        3

                                     “Before making a decision,
                                                                  The Centro Einaudi is an independent non-profit        “Before making a decision, get the facts”
                                     get the facts”               research institute.
                                                                                                                         The agenda of the Centro Einaudi is inspired
                                                                  Located in Turin, the capital city of Italy’s north-   by the motto conoscere per deliberare (before
                                                                  western Piedmont region and closely connected          making a decision, get the facts), formulated
                                                                  with central Europe, Centro Einaudi was founded        by Luigi Einaudi, who was born in Piedmont:
                                                                  in 1963 as a free association of businessmen and       professor at the University of Turin, a leading
                                                                  young intellectuals, thanks to the dedication of       statesman, economist, he served as the second
                                                                  an entrepreneur, Fulvio Guerrini.                      President of the Italian Republic.

                                                                  Since 2006, the Centro has been registered as an       Turin’s cultural scene has been famous since the
                                                                  ‘associazione riconosciuta’, i.e. legally recognised   Renaissance for its capacity to generate talents
                                                                  by the Regione Piemonte. It is supported by            of widespread influence: the likes of Erasmus of
                                                                  individuals and corporate donors and by grants         Rotterdam, Antonio Gramsci, Norberto Bobbio
                                                                  for specific research projects.                        and several Nobel laureates carried out their
                                                                                                                         studies in this Alpine capital.

                                                                                                                         The Centro aims to be a reference in the Italian
Centro di Ricerca e Documentazione                                                                                       cultural panorama both on the theoretic and on
“Luigi Einaudi” - Centro Einaudi                                                                                         the empirical level, by analysing and ‘anticipating’
Corso Re Umberto, 1                                                                                                      the timing and subjects of political and economic
10121 Turin – Italy                                                                                                      public discussion, both nationwide and locally.
Tel. +390115591611
segreteria@centroeinaudi.it
www.centroeinaudi.it
MISSION                                                 GOVERNANCE                                             4                                                                                                                                5

                                                                                                                   BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Our mission is to conduct independent research          The activities are co-ordinated by a Board
and to provide innovative recommendations for           of Directors composed of: Beppe Facchetti
local and national policy makers. The Centro’s          (President), Andrea Bairati, Giuseppina De
research agenda includes political economy, social      Santis, Stefano Firpo, Massimo Guerrini,                   President   Andrea    Giuseppina    Stefano       Massimo    Vittorio     Massimo    Elisabetta     Alberto         Pietro
                                                                                                                   Beppe       Bairati   De Santis     Firpo         Guerrini   Moccagatta   Occhiena   Salza          Tazzetti        Terna
politics, liberal theory, politics and comparative      Vittorio Moccagatta, Massimo Occhiena,                     Facchetti
public policy, Italian policies and reforms, regional   Elisabetta Salza, Alberto Tazzetti and Pietro Terna.
development, bioethics and welfare.                                                                                SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
                                                        Giuseppe Russo is Director General; Lionello
Since 1963, the Centro has been a beacon of             Jona Celesia Auditor and Anna Maria Gonella
liberalism and one of the most influential Italian      Projects and Activities Coordinator.
think tanks.
                                                        The Scientific Committee is composed of:
Many of its members hold prominent positions            Giorgio Arfaras, Mario Deaglio, Giovanni Maria
                                                                                                                   Giorgio     Mario     Giovanni      Giovanni      Fabio      Giorgio
in academia, government, business and the               Flick, Giovanni Orsina, Fabio Pammolli and                 Arfaras     Deaglio   Maria Flick   Orsina        Pammolli   Vernoni
media. The Centro trains young scholars and             Giorgio Vernoni.
researchers, organises seminars, conferences
and lectures; publishes books, monographs,              The Membership Committee is composed of:                   MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
the quarterly academic journal “Biblioteca              Giorgio Arfaras, Paola Barbero, Mario Deaglio,
della libertà” (since 1964), and the new online         Stefano Delle Piane, Massimo Occhiena.
periodical “Nuovo Mondo Economico”.
                                                        Other members of the association work regularly
                                                        on different projects.
                                                                                                                   Giorgio     Paola     Mario         Stefano       Massimo                 Director   Projects and    Auditor
                                                                                                                   Arfaras     Barbero   Deaglio       Delle Piane   Occhiena                General    Activities      Lionello
                                                                                                                                                                                             Giuseppe   Coordinator     Jona Celesia
                                                                                                                                                                                             Russo      Anna Maria
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Gonella
MAIN ACTIVITIES                                                                                              6                                                                                                           7

                                                                                                                                                                    QUADERNIDELPREMIO «GIORGIO ROTA»

Annual Report on Global Economy and Italy, in         Annual Report on Italians’ Savings and Financial           “Giorgio Rota” Report on Turin in partnership      “Giorgio Rota” Best Paper Award for Young
partnership with Intesa Sanpaolo Bank, following      Choices, in partnership with Intesa Sanpaolo               with Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo (main       Researchers. This annual Award was launched in
on from collaborations with UBI Banca and Lazard      since 2011 (it was supported by BNL- BNP Paribas           sponsor) and Banca del Piemonte. Every year        2012 in memory of Giorgio Rota, a leading Italian
Italia. The Report is a research project which the    in the period 1982-2009). The Report is based              the Report analyses different aspects of the       economist born in Turin, who was in charge
Centro Einaudi has been carrying out since 1996.      on a BVA-Doxa survey; the Report analyses the              city and its setting – economy, demographics,      of economic research at the Centro Einaudi
The Report celebrated its 10th anniversary with a     motivations, goals and choices concerning savings          culture, energy, education system, urban           for many years. So far, nine editions of the
special publication, La bussola del cambiamento       in a representative sample of Italian families. From       mobility transformation and security, healthcare   Award have been launched, on contemporary
(The Compass of Change, 2005) and, in 2021,           2011 onwards, the Report has been enriched every           system, environment, in comparison with other      economics and ethics, creative entrepreneurship
the 25th edition will be issued. The Report           year by a supplementary report: on choices and             Italian and - when possible - European cities.     and new media, illegal activities and corruption,
analyses changes in the world markets and global      differences in attitudes towards investments and           The website has a rich database on Italian         migration, inequalities, health and medical care,
issues over a period of twelve months, looking        savings by young people, women, ‘baby-boomers’,            metropolitan areas, updated every year. The 21st   and digital transformation. The Giorgio Rota
at economic trends, production sectors, labour        entrepreneurs and ‘middle class’ savers, or with a         edition of the Report, “Restart” (Ripartire) was   Best Paper Award 2021 is on “Main economic
markets, global geo-politics and finally at Italy’s   focus on real estate, financial literacy, insurance,       published in November 2020.                        trends in the contemporary world economy”.
position in the global economy.                       and the first indications from the Covid pandemic.                                                            The award-winning papers are published in an
                                                                                                                                                                    ISBN e-book Quaderni del Premio Giorgio Rota
                                                                                                                                                                    and presented at the “Giorgio Rota Conference”,
                                                                                                                                                                    which was online in 2020 but is traditionally held
                                                                                                                                                                    at the Einaudi Campus of the University of Turin.
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                                                          Economic Freedom
                                                          of the World
                                                                                                                                                                                    Biblioteca della libertà
Digital Citizenship education: information             Economic Freedom of the World Index. The yearly        Nuovo Mondo Economico                                  Biblioteca della Libertà is our quarterly journal,
manipulation, information bubbles and fake             project is coordinated by the Fraser Institute,        It is Centro Einaudi’s latest editorial project,       peer-reviewed, founded in 1964. Languages for
news. Laboratories for High Schools. The project,      Vancouver. The last edition was published in           launched in October 2020. It is an online              publication include Italian, English and French.
supported by Fondazione CRT since 2017, is the         September 2020. Since 1997 the Centro Einaudi          magazine, available by subscription. The aim is to     Its scientific value has been acknowledged by
result of a partnership of the Centro Einaudi          has been the official Italian partner of the           provide data, tools, and thoughts. To be realistic,    the ANVUR (National Agency for the Evaluation
with GGI – the Young Entrepreneurs Group of            Economic Freedom Network. In the past years,           tell the truth about economics, finance, politics      of Universities and Research Institutes) for two
Turin’s Industrial Union, the Piedmont Regional        the Centro also contributed to the compilation         and culture. Contaminating disciplines, while          subject areas: Law, and Economics and Statistics.
School Office and the Association Osservatorio21.      of the European Union Economic Freedom Index           also comparing different visions. In other words,      Starting from the 2016 issues, it has been
The objectives of the course are to develop            and then created the Italian Regions Economic          a different, constructive narration of the truth,      included among the “top-rated” journals (Fascia
awareness of the dynamics of contemporary              Freedom Index. In 2011 the EU-27 was compared          however bad it may be, but also of the possible.       A) for the research area of Political Philosophy.
digital communication in the world of young            to USA, Japan, China and India. A specific study       Nuovo Mondo Economico (A New Economic                  BdL is now indexed in The Philosopher’s Index,
people (14-18 years), in order to learn how to use     on Middle-Eastern Europe and on countries from         World) is aimed at public and private decision-        in The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
it responsibly and with a full understanding of        the southern shore of the Mediterranean has            makers, to a ruling class with a strong civic sense,   and in the Italian Catalogue of Journals (ACNP).
the consequences, and to strengthen their critical     also been carried out. In 2020 “EU Accession           well prepared and capable of looking forward.          Since 2009 BdL has been published online, apart
capacity. Starting from the 2020 school year, the      and Economic Freedom” was published by the                                                                    from special issues and hard copies for libraries
project has adapted the path and the contents tested   European Liberal Forum with the support of                                                                    and authors.
with success up to now to new blended (mixed) and      KEFIM and Centro Einaudi.
all-digital formats due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Annual School of Liberalism (SdL since 1988)
The School was founded in 1988 and it is a bi-
weekly course of political training, dealing with              Some of Centro Einaudi’s     The first cover of
the topic of Freedom and aiming at explaining                  paperback publications       “Biblioteca della libertà”
the principles of the liberal theory from
diversified traditions of liberal thought and a
multidisciplinary approach. It has so far carried
out its activity in fifteen Italian cities. Since 2011
the Turin edition was organised together with the
Centro Einaudi and in its premises. Since 2020,
                                                                                                                         E-book on Centro Einaudi’s
due to the Covid-19 restrictions, the school has                                                                         50th anniversary (2013)
moved online and in 2021 it has been organised
on a national basis, counting on many partners.

                                                               Centro Einaudi’s 50th        …and at Teatro Regio
                                                               anniversary: headquarters…   (Opera House, Turin)
CONTACTS

Giuseppe Russo, Director General
russo@centroeinaudi.it

Anna Maria Gonella, Projects and Activities Coordinator
gonella@centroeinaudi.it

Sandra Celestra and Rosella Orelio, Secretaries
segreteria@centroeinaudi.it
biblioteca@centroeinaudi.it

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