This section collects interview with experts, policymakers and NGOs to gather different point of view on topics of interest to the Observatory and offer readers privileged and up-to-date perspectives.
Interview with Massimo Livi-Bacci, professor of Demography at the "Cesare Alfieri" Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Florence. He was a senator in the Italian Parliament between 2006 and 2013, as well as a member of the upper house Foreign Affairs Committee.
Neodemos is an independent think-tank for study, analysis, and proposal whose purpose is to illustrate the meaning of current demographic trends, to interpret their short and long-term consequences, to suggest interventions and policies. It deals with population, society, and politics.
Interview with Mario Morcone, director of the Italian Refugee Council (CIR), former chief of staff of Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti (2017-18) and International Cooperation and Integration Minister Andrea Riccardi (2011-13).
CIR is an independent humanitarian NGO born in 1990 that operates at national, European and North African level to defend the rights of refugees and asylum seekers.
Migrants can help revive European agriculture, says Michele NORI, Research Fellow at the European University Institute. In a wide-ranging interview, Nori explains how youthful Africans and North Africans are already reviving rapidly aging areas of Europe and providing essential labor to till the fields.
Conversation with Sébastien Abis, Director, Club DEMETER, Associate Research Fellow at IRIS.
Africa is rich in natural resources and has the capability to feed itself. What accounts for this failure? It’s a toxic combination of poor governance, gender inequality, corruption and climate change, according to Million Belay, Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition Foundation, Member of the Advisory Board and Coordinator of Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa.
Conversation with Luca Raineri, a research fellow at the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa Italy, who says Europe’s migration crisis is far from over.
Conversation with Danielle Nierenberg, president and co-founder of Food Tank.
Conversation with Maria Chiara Pastore, lecturer in Architecture and Urban Design in the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico Milano.
