Catherine Fieschi
Catherine Fieschi
Fellow Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies
EUI, France
Catherine is a leading European politics expert and global analyst. Her main focus is on the rise of populist and authoritarian politics in advanced democracies and the destabilization that such politics bring to policy-planning and markets. She is a longstanding adviser to progressive political leaders and campaigns across the globe.
Currently a Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University in Florence, Europe’s foremost policy and research institute, she is also a Senior Advisor to Macro Advisory Partners (London). Catherine is the founder of Counterpoint, a UK-based think tank that provides governments and NGOs around the world with strategic insights on how to manage new forms of social and political risk. She served as its Executive Director until April 2023.
Previously, she served as director of the UK’s leading think tank Demos, and as Director of Research at the British Council. She is an adviser to the PEW Research Centre in Washington DC, and a member of Singapore’s Centre for Strategic Futures.
Widely published in academia and beyond, Catherine has a regular column in the Chatham House magazine, The World Today, is a former editorial board member of Prospect magazine, and is a regular political and social commentator (FT, The Guardian, Politico, BBC, CNN, etc). She is the author of several books including, most recently, Populocracy: The Tyranny of Authenticity and the Rise of Populism (2019).
A native speaker of French, Italian and English, Catherine holds a PhD in Comparative Politics from McGill University in Canada.
Friday 12
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13.35 - 14.25
Main Issues and Stakes in the European Elections of June 2024
Artemis Hall | European Cultural Centre of Delphi
Programming Partner: The Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
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18.30 - 19.10
Acting as a Pro. How Managers Should Anticipate and Respond to Geopolitical Risks
Leto Hall | Amalia Hotel
Programming Partner: European University Institute (EUI)
Geopolitical risk and government intervention will be pivotal in the upcoming decades. Politics is striking back, in democratic and autocratic countries alike. To navigate this new "politicized" environment successfully, how should companies and managers identify, anticipate and deal with political uncertainty and different types of risk?