“Value creation and distribution in the digital era” is the theme at the core of the GROWINPRO’s first annual conference, to be held online on January 27/28, 2021. The conference is jointly organised by OECD’s Committee on Industry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), its Working Party on Industry Analysis (WPIA) and, the EU-sponsored “Growth, Welfare, Innovation and Productivity” (GROWINPRO) project coordinated by the Sant'Anna Institute of Economics

What is the difference between the neurons of a risk-loving person from a neurons of a prudent person? A study coordinated by Alberto Mazzoni and published in Movement Disorders found traces of this difference in an area of the brain. "This is an important step to cure Parkinson's decision-making disorders"

Producing new knowledge is an increasingly complex endeavor. How do scientists decide on what topics to focus their work? A team of researchers affiliated with the Sant’Anna School (the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna), the Scuola Normale Superiore, the University of Bologna and the Pennsylvania State University addressed this question analyzing data on over three decades of publications (from 1977 to 2009) by a very large sample of physicists. Their results published in the journal Scientific Reports