Interview with Isidre Sala Queralt – Team leader at Catalonia Agency for Business Growth
The private for-profit sector emerged as a new actor in international development cooperation beginning in the early 2000s (BOP Theory, etc.). Its managerial capacity, financial resources, and profit-oriented vision were regarded as crucial for developing more economically sustainable cooperation solutions, distinct from philanthropic assistance models. In your view, has the involvement of the private for-profit […]
Interview with Federico Anghelè, Italian Office Director of The Good Lobby
In recent years, we have witnessed setbacks on issues such as LGBTQIA+ rights, self-determination, and citizenship: who benefits from the status quo? And what is civil society lacking? In this age of polarization—heightened and indeed cultivated by social media—it appears that the positions that prevail are the most extreme ones, capable of holding hostage those […]
Interview with Federico Bonaglia, Deputy Director at the OECD Development Centre
Recent developments point to a gradual weakening of the principle of impartiality, a cornerstone of the humanitarian aid model. In your view, could this trend also intensify in development cooperation, in addition to humanitarian assistance? The context of development cooperation is evolving, with geopolitical dynamics increasingly being invoked as a justification for intervention. A growing […]
Interview with Dr Antonella Fioravanti, President of the Parsec Foundation
Science seems increasingly distant from the lives of citizens, even though it has very concrete repercussions on everyday life. How did we get to this point? I believe we’ve reached this point due to a combination of factors. For years, science has been perceived as something “other”: a difficult language, confined to laboratories or academic […]
Interview with Arch. Maria Alessandra Segantini – Co-founder and Creative Director of C+S Architects
What does “community engagement” mean in architecture? It’s a very complex topic. The simplest answer is “sharing the project with the local community,” but that definition has been overused. It’s really about conceiving a project collaboratively, where all stakeholders take part in the project’s journey. Let me give you three examples: There’s a lot of […]
Interview with Dr. Alessandro Galli, Research Director, Hot or Cool Institute – Berlin
In your view, what should happen in order to persuade businesses to take sustainability seriously, treating it as a genuine driver of growth rather than as an unjustified additional cost? Businesses thrive when societies are stable and prosperous, not when they exist in a state of permanent crisis. For this reason, they have a direct […]
Interview withProf. Raj Patel, Research Professor at the University of Texas at Austin
1. In your book Inflamed, you discuss the connections between colonialism, food systems, and physical health, particularly in relation to infectious exposures that disproportionately affect marginalized and disadvantaged groups. Could you explain the interrelation between these phenomena? In Inflamed, we argue that the same systems that inflame the body also inflame the planet. Chronic inflammation in the […]
Interview with Simona Seravesi, Technical Officer at WHO
Here is the interview with Simona Seravesi, Technical Officer (One Health) at the World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe. Enjoy the read! Throughout your career, you have dealt extensively with health-related issues in developing countries. In recent years, what have been the main steps forward—and backward—on a global political level in the management of […]