Research

IReR researches the main areas of Regional jurisdiction: institutional, economic, social and the territorial area (energy, infrastructure and utilities).

 

Institutional area

Innovative interactions between government, social bodies, autonomous institutions and local systems, according to the principle of subsidiarity.

Topics: local autonomy, federalism, fiscal federalism, local finance, European Union, legislation, public administration, regional structure, governance, subsidiarity, international relations, security and safety.

Area Manager: Alberto Brugnoli, General Director 

Economic area

Factors of competitiveness and sustainable development in Lombardy.

Topics: human capital, professional education, labor, macroeconomics, agriculture, crafts and skilled manual mork, industry and SMEs, services, commerce and trade, tourism, credit e finance, research and innovation, information society, local productive systems (clusters), culture and cultural assets.

Area Manager: Alberto Brugnoli, General Director 

Social area

The subsidiarity-inspired “Lombardy model” of welfare, and structural social changes.

Topics: social policy, health care, social housing, welfare‐to‐work, third sector, youth policy, gender and family policy, family, education and school system (freedom of choice), poverty, addictions.

Area manager: Alessandro Colombo, Director of Reserach

Territorial area

Material infrastructures and natural resources as conditions for a free development of Lombardy.

Topics: urban planning, environment, mobility and public transport, infrastructure, telecommunication, public utilities, energy.

Area Manager: Alberto Ceriani, Project leader

Abstract and full text in the Ricerca area (Italian only)