Carlo Donolo teaches Institutional analysis and complex systems at the Faculty of Statistical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome. Recent publications: Il distretto sostenibile (Milan, 2003); Il futuro delle politiche pubbliche (ed., Milan, 2006); Sostenere lo sviluppo (Milan, 2007); “Networking as disembodied capacity building: testing Sen’s capabilities”, ISA XVI Congress (London, 2007); “Territory as a matter and as a matrix of conflicts”, ISA RC37, Rome, June 2007; “For a just and sustainable knowledge society in Europe”, in ISSI Report (Milan, 2007).