COST Action VISTA
Values in Turbulent Times. Navigating Social Changes and Challenges

22-23 January 2026
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan (Italy)
 

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Draft Programme

22 JANUARY 2026

8.30 – 9.00: Registration of Participants

09:00 – 10:30: Opening Plenary Session

Institutional Welcome

Values in Turbulent Times: The Contribution of the COST Action VISTA, Veronica Riniolo, Action Chair, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Roundtable The Challenges of Defining, Measuring, and Understanding Values in Turbulent Times
Chair: Bogdan Voicu, Vice Chair, Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian Academy

• EU Values: a legal perspective, Andrea Santini, Dean, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
• Solidarity in Europe: conceptualization and methodological challenges for value research, Vera Lomazzi, Secretary of Executive Committee EVS, Università degli Studi di Bergamo
• The Value of Democracy for European Citizens, Nando Pagnoncelli, President, Ipsos & Lecturer in Public Opinion Analysis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
   

10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break

11:00 – 13:00: Parallel Sessions

• Working Group 1 – Leader: Duygu Karadon, Freie Universitaet Berlin
• Working Group 2 – Leader: Josip Ježovita, Catholic University of Croatia

13:00 – 14:30: Lunch Break

14:30 – 16:30: Parallel Sessions

• Working Group 3 – Leader: Beatrice-Elena Chromkova Manea, Masarykova univerzita
• Working Group 4 – Leader: Quita Muis, Tilburg University

16:30 – 17:00: Coffee Break

17:00 – 18:30: Working Group 5 Meeting – Leader: Marco Colagrossi, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

19:30 - Social dinner

23 JANUARY 2026

09:00 – 10:30: Parallel Sessions of All 5 WGs
Preparation for the concluding plenary session.

10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30: Concluding Plenary Session
With rapporteurs from each Working Group.

14:30 – 16:30: Management Committee (MC) Meeting