Countries across the world are increasingly turning to industrial policy as their primary strategy for transitioning from fossil fuels and it has been translated into the contemporary policy architecture for the ‘green transition’. And this pressing topic was at the centre of discussion at the CIVICA Honours Seminar held at Bocconi in January with the participation of students from Bocconi, Hertie School, IE University, SGH Warsaw School of Economics and LSE.

During the 4 days in Milan, students analysed key industrial sectors targeted by contemporary green industrial policies - such as semiconductors, electric vehicles and renewable energy – and explored cases of green industrial policy across the world. “The seminar aimed to equip students with the tools needed to understand and evaluate green transition in a global perspective. Course sessions explained industrial and environmental policy in national and transnational governance and surveyed green transition initiatives by the public and private sectors worldwide,” explains Grace Ballor, course coordinator together with Alexandros Kentikelenis. 

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