Cover photo: Gabriella C. Marino, 2022
One of the world’s leading economists talks about Creativity and research in the time of sustainable development.
The Academy of Fine Arts in Rome examines the relationship between creativity, research and sustainable development. Sustainable development is “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (Brundtland, 1987). Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, as President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network engages for the first time with professors and students of the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, a place of training in creativity and contemporary artistic research, suggesting new ways to design an inclusive and sustainable future.
Introduction:
Cecilia Casorati, Director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome
Giuseppe Carmine Soriero, President of the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome
Lectio Magistralis:
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Economist, Columbia University, New York
Chair:
Miriam Mirolla, Head of External Relations, Academy of Fine Arts in Rome
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From 7:00 pm, the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome will be hosting the photography exhibition by Francesco Lovino, “A che punto è la pace?”, curated by Alyssa Beccaccioli and Alice Bombardi.
The event is being held in collaboration with the “UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network”, the “Pensare Insieme” Association (www.pensareinsieme.it) and the LAP Laboratory of Art Psychology (www.laplaboratory.com).
Jeffrey D. Sachs is a university professor and director of the Centre for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed the Earth Institute from 2002 to 2016. He is also President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and Commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Development. He has been an adviser to three United Nations secretaries-general and is currently a supporter of the SDGs (sustainable development goals) under Secretary-General António Guterres. He spent more than twenty years as a professor at Harvard University, where he obtained his bachelor’s degree, master’s degree and research doctorate. He is the author of numerous bestselling books. His most recent book is “Ethics in Action for Sustainable Development” (2022). Sachs has twice been named one of the 100 most influential world leaders by Time magazine and has been ranked by The Economist among the top three most influential living economists.
Communication Office of the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome
Coordination: Prof. Guglielmo Gigliotti, g.gigliotti@abaroma.it
Collaboration: Martina Macchia, Chiara Picco, Marianna Pontillo, comunicazione@abaroma.it