MONDAY, 29 JUNE 2026
2:00 – 6:00 pm
2:00 – 2:30 pm
Welcome Address
Francesco Billari Rector, Bocconi University
Opening of Proceedings
Guido Alfani Director, DONDENA Centre, Bocconi University
Steven Durlauf Director, Stone Center on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, Chicago University
2:30 – 6:00 pm
SESSION I
Chair: Steven Durlauf Stone Center, Chicago University
The future or research on past inequality –
and why it matters for today
Guido Alfani DONDENA Centre
The future of educational inequalities
Ariel Kalil Stone Center, University of Chicago
4:00 – 4:30 pm
Coffee Break
Research on Inequality of Opportunity: Past, Present, and Future
Francisco Ferreira London School of Economics
The future of gender inequality
Paola Profeta DONDENA Centre
TUESDAY, 30 JUNE 2026
9:00 am– 5:30 pm
9:00 am – 12:30 pm
SESSION II
Chair: Mattia Fochesato Bocconi University
The past and the possible future of research on meritocracy: economics, psychology and philosophy
Beatrice Cherrier ENSAE, Paris
The future of meritocracy
Steven Durlauf Stone Center, Chicago University
10:30 – 11:00 am
Coffee Break
The future of inequality in fertility: Why income now predicts more births, not fewer
Letizia Mencarini DONDENA Centre,
Matthew Parbst DONDENA Centre
The past and future of wealth transfers
Salvatore Morelli University of Roma 3
12:30 – 2:00 pm
Lunch
2:00 – 5:30 pm
SESSION III
Chair: Guido Alfani DONDENA Centre
The future of inequality in Latin America and the developing world
Facundo Alvaredo London School of Economics
Inequality in slow-growth countries: the case of Italy, from the historical experience to expectations for the future
Daniele Checchi University of Milan,
Tullio Jappelli University Federico II of Naples
3:30 – 4:00 pm
Coffee Break
The future of urban inequality
Alessandra Casarico DONDENA Centre
The future of inequalities in human capital: the importance of schools and families
Alessandro Toppeta SOFI, Stockolm
University
Registration is required
