POE-Politics Ontologies Ecologies-8
Ecology and War: Between Nationalism, Capitalism and Class
Scuola Normale Superiore, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, Altana
30-31 October 2025
Program
30 October, 15:00-19:00 – War, Capitalism and Ecology
Introduction to the workshop
Luigi Pellizzoni (SNS)
Chair: Ivano Scotti (University of Naples Federico II)
Munira Khayyat (New York University Abu Dhabi) After the End of the World: Another Season of War in South Lebanon
Discussants
Maura Benegiamo (University of Pisa)
Sarah ElMasry (SNS)
Jimmy Matar (SNS)
Break
Andrea Genovese (University of Sheffield) Not All Circular Futures Are Green: On Ecological Transitions, Militarism, and Autarky
Discussants
Irina Aguiari (SNS)
Dario Minervini (University of Naples Federico II)
Mario Pianta (SNS)
General discussion
31 October, 9:30-13:00
Round Table: Rethinking Class Conflict in a Post-Globalized World
Introduction and moderation
Alice Dal Gobbo (University of Trento), Emanuele Leonardi (University of Bologna)
Speakers
Alfredo Agustoni (University of Chieti-Pescara) The incredible and sad story of Hitler’s posthumous victory and its (potential) disastrous
consequences. World ecologies, military escalation and changing socio-technical paradigms
Anna Berti Suman, Paolo Giardullo (University of Padova) Resisting and promoting peace through practices of “civil science” in contexts of war
Nicola Cavallotti (University of Milan) The path of weapons: the genesis of capitalism in Valtrompia. Ecological notes for the study of
weapons and the places where they are manufactured
Luigi Doria (Ca’ Foscari University Venice) The possible change in the status of the climate emergency
Break
Speakers
Giovanni Fava, Antonia Majaca (Ca’ Foscari University Venice) Weaponizing the smart earth: the “Palazzo” paradigm, and the road toward
planetary sovereignty
Torsten Geelan (University of Bristol) Labour-environmental coalitions in Denmark and UK
Orazio Gnerre (University of Perugia) Political geo-ecology: a different perspective
Alberto Manconi (University of Lausanne) Eco-social convergence in Europe: notes toward a renewed internationalism in times of war
Dario Padovan (University of Turin) Metabolic rifts and global conflicts: the crisis of the nature/capital nexus and the new cycle of
accumulation
Lindsay Parkhowell (University of Basel) The Zong! Case and melancholy ecology
General discussion