On May 12, 2026, starting at 9:30 am, in rooms D15/005 and D6/018, a memorial symposium in honor of Franco Volpi will take place (In Italian), celebrating his life and his enduring impact on Development Economics.
Franco Volpi, who passed away in December 2025, was a professor at Unifi until 2008. His research focused on Development Economics and International Cooperation. He played a pivotal role in establishing the SECI undergraduate program, the MSc in Advanced Development Economics (which later evolved into Economics and Development), and the PhD program now known as DELoS. Please find more information here.