Global Studies

Prof. Stefano Soriani, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Globalization, new economic geography, and sustainability

• Connectivity as the new geographical paradigm? The case of OBOR
• Globalization and sustainability: the UN SDGs
• The evolution of the North-South divide, the new “global South” and the new economic geography
• Contesting vision on globalization in a geographical perspective: the Hyperglobalists, the Skepticals, the Transformationalists

Prof. Giancarlo Corò, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Global economy: causes, gains and losses

• Global economy: an historical perspective
• The Big Push and the Scale economy of Knowledge
• Trade, Global Value Chains, Digital Networks
• Convergence, Divergence, and Inequalities
• Does Protectionism help the poorest?
• What way forward?

 Global economy and the Fourth Industrial Revolution

• 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

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

Dott. Francesco Caloia,Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Microeconomics

• Theory for producers and consumers
• Market equilibrium

Macroeconomics

• Models for the national product
• IS/LM, AS/AD
• Inflation and unemployment

Prof. Andrea Pontiggia, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

• 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& Dr. Marinella Davide, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

• Climate Change: introduction to the basic science
• Climate trends and policy scenarios from the IPCC
• Climate policies and international negotiations
• Mitigation and adaptation policy, energy transition scenarios

Dr. Teresa Randazzo, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Dr Francesco Zampieri, Naval College

The impact of military power on 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)

Sea Power as a key factor in the “Blue Century”

• Elements of Sea Power in the XXIst Century
• Evolution of the Naval Power
• New concepts in the Naval Strategy

Dr. Stefano Crementieri, Naval College

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

Dr. Francesco Zampieri, Naval College

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).