Global Studies

Prof. Stefano Soriani, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Global change and sustainability 

• Changing attitudes towards the environment: when/how “the environment became global”
• Sustainable development: concepts and principles
• Sustainable Development Goals
• The Agenda 2030 

Prof. Giancarlo Corò, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

The Economics of Globalization

• Global economy: an historical perspective
• Trade, Global Value Chains, Digital Networks. Convergence, Divergence, and Inequalities. Does Protectionism help the poorest?
• The World is not flat: Innovation hubs and the Places that don’t matter
• Capitalism without capital: Firms and human capital on the move
• In search of the fittest Ecosystems
• Genius Loci in the Knowledge Economy
• Creating Shared Value: Firms, University, and Society

Prof. Fabrizio Marrella, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

International Law and Globalization

• Sources, Actors and Dispute Settlement in Contemporary International Law
• The Law of Treaties 
• The EU Institutional architecture
• EU Policies in a globalized world (Capita selecta) 

Margherita Bianchi and Nicolò Sartori, Istituto Affari Internazionali

Energy scenarios and Geopolitics of energy

• The energy transition: understanding a world in transformation
• Geopolitics of RES: why are renewables revolutionary 
• Key actors and hot spots 
• Role of Europe on the global stage: climate and energy diplomacy

Prof. Andrea Pontiggia, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Leadership and Management 

• Cultures and Management: models to make sense of cultural similarities in the economic and managerial perspectives
• Leadership in different organizational context: convergence or divergence
• Experiences from the Emerging Economies: the integration efforts, behavioral reciprocity and economic complementarities

Prof.ssa Enrica De Cian, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Climate Change and International Policies

• Climate Change: introduction to the basic science
• Climate trends and policy scenarios from the IPCC
• Climate policies and international negotiations

Dr. Teresa Randazzo, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Globalization and Migration 

• The main migration and remittance flows
• Who migrate and who remit?
• The impact of migration on origin and destination countries.
• Do migration promote growth and development?

Loriana Pellizzon, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Topics coming soon.

Dr Francesco Zampieri, Naval College

Military power and International relations

• Military Power in the XXI Century: an overview of the military balance in some theatres and of fifth generation warfare (insurgent warfare, hybrid warfare, asymmetric warfare)
• Elements of Sea Power in the XXIst Century
• Evolution of the Naval Power
• New concepts in the Naval Strategy

Dr. Stefano Crementieri, Naval College

Staff and Communication skills

• General aspects on communication
• Business writing
• Public speaking
• Negotiation principles (Harvard Negotiation Project)
• Practice exercises

Dr. Francesco Zampieri, Naval College

Country profile workshop

Participants will analyze the physical, political, economic and military profile of the Country selected, focusing the power’s elements and the critical issues, the relations with the other Countries of the area and the possible geopolitical evolution. The output of this analysis will be a paper of 10 pp. focused on a country or an area of interest. The paper will analyze the impact of the physical, political, economic and military dimension. The sources for the application will be the contents of the lesson, the studies and the books of the Library of the Naval Staff College and the internet (a list of the sites of interests will be presented to the students).