People

The people around the table

il Cangatto is run by a small management committee and a rotating group of organizers, each responsible for a workshop. Our guests and collaborators give their time freely, and we are grateful to every one of them.

Management committee

Committee

Antonio Carapella

Founder & Director

Scuola Normale Superiore

Committee

Antonio Carapella

Founder & Director

Scuola Normale Superiore

Committee

Elio Rosario Militello

Catania Coordinator & Organizer

Scuola Superiore di Catania

Committee

Elio Rosario Militello

Catania Coordinator & Organizer

Scuola Superiore di Catania

Committee

Jack Horrigan

Organizer

University of St Andrews

Committee

Jack Horrigan

Organizer

University of St Andrews

Committee

Amanda Ribichini

Co-founder & Organizer

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Committee

Amanda Ribichini

Co-founder & Organizer

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Committee

Lorenzo Rosi

Paris Coordinator & Organizer

Paris School of Economics

Committee

Lorenzo Rosi

Paris Coordinator & Organizer

Paris School of Economics

Committee

Filippo Coccia

Co-founder & Organizer

École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)

Committee

Filippo Coccia

Co-founder & Organizer

École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)

Committee

Luca Gerlinger

Co-founder & Organizer

Università Bocconi

Committee

Luca Gerlinger

Co-founder & Organizer

Università Bocconi

Committee

Dmitriy Genchev

Organizer

Università Bocconi

Committee

Dmitriy Genchev

Organizer

Università Bocconi

Committee

Francesca Filippi

Co-founder & Organizer

Scuola Normale Superiore

Committee

Francesca Filippi

Co-founder & Organizer

Scuola Normale Superiore

Committee

Giulio Cesare Graziani

Co-founder & Organizer

Università Bocconi

Committee

Giulio Cesare Graziani

Co-founder & Organizer

Università Bocconi

Committee

Naveen Sivakumar

Co-founder & Organizer

Scuola Normale Superiore

Committee

Naveen Sivakumar

Co-founder & Organizer

Scuola Normale Superiore

Committee

Tommaso Ugo

Co-founder & Organizer

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Committee

Tommaso Ugo

Co-founder & Organizer

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Committee

Cecilia Zoe Maria Ferrari

Co-founder & Organizer

Scuola Normale Superiore

Committee

Cecilia Zoe Maria Ferrari

Co-founder & Organizer

Scuola Normale Superiore

Committee

Sofia Mao

Organizer

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Committee

Sofia Mao

Organizer

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Committee

Davide Orlandini

Co-founder & Organizer

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Committee

Davide Orlandini

Co-founder & Organizer

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Committee

Aditeya Nulu Rama

Organizer & Treasurer

Università Bocconi

Committee

Aditeya Nulu Rama

Organizer & Treasurer

Università Bocconi

Committee

Pietro Vassallo

Organizer

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Committee

Pietro Vassallo

Organizer

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Committee

Alessandro Aragone

Organizer & Recruitment Manager

Università Bocconi

Committee

Alessandro Aragone

Organizer & Recruitment Manager

Università Bocconi

Workshop organizers

Organizer

Walter Burkhardt

Workshop Organizer

University of Chicago

Organizer

Walter Burkhardt

Workshop Organizer

University of Chicago

Organizer

Tiziano Romano

Workshop Organizer

Università Bocconi

Organizer

Tiziano Romano

Workshop Organizer

Università Bocconi

Organizer

Giacomo Orelli

Workshop Organizer

Università Bocconi

Organizer

Giacomo Orelli

Workshop Organizer

Università Bocconi

Organizer

Mateo Nadal

Workshop Organizer

Sciences Po

Organizer

Mateo Nadal

Workshop Organizer

Sciences Po

Organizer

Domenico Luongo

Workshop Organizer

Scuola Normale Superiore

Organizer

Domenico Luongo

Workshop Organizer

Scuola Normale Superiore

Organizer

Michele Colombi

Workshop Organizer

Scuola Normale Superiore

Organizer

Michele Colombi

Workshop Organizer

Scuola Normale Superiore

Guests, past and future

Guest

Donatella della Porta

Professor of Political Science; Director, Centre on Social Movement Studies (COSMOS)

Scuola Normale Superiore

Guest

Donatella della Porta

Professor of Political Science; Director, Centre on Social Movement Studies (COSMOS)

Scuola Normale Superiore

Guest

Pepper Culpepper

Blavatnik Professor of Government and Public Policy

Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford

Guest

Pepper Culpepper

Blavatnik Professor of Government and Public Policy

Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford

Guest

Colin Crouch

Professor Emeritus; External Scientific Member

University of Warwick; Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne

Guest

Colin Crouch

Professor Emeritus; External Scientific Member

University of Warwick; Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne

Guest

Paolo Gerbaudo

Senior Research Fellow

Complutense University of Madrid

Guest

Paolo Gerbaudo

Senior Research Fellow

Complutense University of Madrid

Guest

Mark Blyth

William R. Rhodes '57 Professor of International Economics; Director, Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance

Watson School of International and Public Affairs, Brown University

Guest

Mark Blyth

William R. Rhodes '57 Professor of International Economics; Director, Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance

Watson School of International and Public Affairs, Brown University

Guest

Lucio Baccaro

Director

Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne

Guest

Lucio Baccaro

Director

Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne

Guest

Jonas Pontusson

Professor of Comparative Politics

University of Geneva

Guest

Jonas Pontusson

Professor of Comparative Politics

University of Geneva

Guest

Sheri Berman

Professor of Political Science

Barnard College, Columbia University

Guest

Sheri Berman

Professor of Political Science

Barnard College, Columbia University

Guest

Stefan Dercon

Professor of Economic Policy

Blavatnik School of Government and Department of Economics, University of Oxford

Guest

Stefan Dercon

Professor of Economic Policy

Blavatnik School of Government and Department of Economics, University of Oxford

Guest

Saule Omarova

Earle Hepburn Professor of Law

University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Guest

Saule Omarova

Earle Hepburn Professor of Law

University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Guest

Nicolas Véron

Senior Fellow

Bruegel and Peterson Institute for International Economics

Guest

Nicolas Véron

Senior Fellow

Bruegel and Peterson Institute for International Economics

Guest

Daniela Gabor

Professor of Economics

SOAS University of London

Guest

Daniela Gabor

Professor of Economics

SOAS University of London

Guest

Katharina Pistor

Edwin B. Parker Professor of Comparative Law

Columbia Law School

Guest

Katharina Pistor

Edwin B. Parker Professor of Comparative Law

Columbia Law School

Guest

Ulrike Lepont

CNRS Junior Professor

Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics, Sciences Po

Guest

Ulrike Lepont

CNRS Junior Professor

Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics, Sciences Po

Guest

Chase Foster

Lecturer in Politics

King's College London

Guest

Chase Foster

Lecturer in Politics

King's College London

Guest

Frédéric Marty

CNRS Research Director

GREDEG, Université Côte d'Azur

Guest

Frédéric Marty

CNRS Research Director

GREDEG, Université Côte d'Azur

Guest

Angela Wigger

Associate Professor of International Relations

Radboud University

Guest

Angela Wigger

Associate Professor of International Relations

Radboud University

Guest

Steffen Murau

Research Group Leader and Co-Chair

Global Climate Forum, Berlin

Guest

Steffen Murau

Research Group Leader and Co-Chair

Global Climate Forum, Berlin

Guest

Karsten Kohler

Associate Professor in Economics

University of Leeds

Guest

Karsten Kohler

Associate Professor in Economics

University of Leeds

Guest

Brian Tamanaha

John S. Lehmann University Professor

Washington University in St. Louis Law School

Guest

Brian Tamanaha

John S. Lehmann University Professor

Washington University in St. Louis Law School

Guest

Karl Klare

Matthews Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law Emeritus

Northeastern University School of Law

Guest

Karl Klare

Matthews Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law Emeritus

Northeastern University School of Law

Guest

Paolo Napoli

Professor (Directeur d'études)

École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), Paris

Guest

Paolo Napoli

Professor (Directeur d'études)

École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), Paris

Guest

Mark Tushnet

William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Emeritus

Harvard Law School

Guest

Mark Tushnet

William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Emeritus

Harvard Law School

Guest

Paola Subacchi

Professor and Chair in Sovereign Debt and Finance

Sciences Po

Guest

Paola Subacchi

Professor and Chair in Sovereign Debt and Finance

Sciences Po

Guest

Marco Goldoni

Professor of Philosophy of Law

University of Glasgow

Guest

Marco Goldoni

Professor of Philosophy of Law

University of Glasgow

Guest

Pasquale Pasquino

CNRS Research Director; Global Distinguished Professor of Politics and Law

CNRS (Paris) and New York University

Guest

Pasquale Pasquino

CNRS Research Director; Global Distinguished Professor of Politics and Law

CNRS (Paris) and New York University

Guest

Peter A. Hall

Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies

Harvard University

Guest

Peter A. Hall

Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies

Harvard University

Collaborators

Collaborator

Guglielmo Meardi

Dean of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences

Scuola Normale Superiore

Collaborator

Guglielmo Meardi

Dean of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences

Scuola Normale Superiore

Collaborator

Mario Pianta

Professor Emeritus of Economic Policy

Scuola Normale Superiore

Collaborator

Mario Pianta

Professor Emeritus of Economic Policy

Scuola Normale Superiore

il cangatto

An independent study circle on political economy and the social sciences, where curious people meet with scholars and policymakers to read, think and discuss the trajectory of social change.

© 2026 il Cangatto · Circolo di Studio

English edition · Italian edition coming soon

il cangatto

An independent study circle that brings academics, policymakers and curious people around the same table to think seriously about how the economy is governed.

An independent study circle on political economy and the social sciences, where curious people meet with scholars and policymakers to read, think and discuss the trajectory of social change.

© 2026 il cangatto · Circolo di economia politica

© 2026 il Cangatto · Circolo di Studio

English edition · Italian edition coming soon