The Economy of Francesco

10/09/2026

08/09/2026

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆?

This Wednesday, join us for 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭: 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘰𝘍 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺.

Principal Investigator Stefano Rozzoni will take us into a research process already under way, exploring what spiritual capital might mean, why it matters and how an international research group is approaching the questions surrounding it.

It is also a chance to follow the research as it develops and bring your own questions to the conversation.

📅 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟵 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
🕒 𝟭𝟱:𝟬𝟬–𝟭𝟲:𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗧
💻 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗭𝗼𝗼𝗺

👉 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲: bit.ly/SpiritualCapitalResearchJourney

🔎 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁: https://francescoeconomy.org/spiritual-capital-research-group/

04/09/2026

📖 𝗖𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝗮 𝗽𝘂𝗼̀ 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗴𝗴𝗶 𝘀𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹’𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗮?

A ottocento anni dalla sua morte, la sua eredità continua a porci domande che appartengono pienamente al nostro presente.

𝙇’𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙖 𝙙𝙞 𝙨𝙖𝙣 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙤. 𝙇𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙯𝙞𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝙥𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙤 𝙙’𝘼𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙞 𝙚 𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚, a cura di 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗜𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮 e 𝗣𝗮𝗼𝗹𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶 e pubblicato da Città Nuova, riunisce giovani studiosi e studiose della comunità internazionale di EoF per esplorare ciò che il pensiero francescano può ancora offrire di fronte alle grandi sfide economiche, sociali ed ecologiche del nostro tempo.

Attraverso sette capitoli e prospettive disciplinari diverse, il volume affronta temi come ricchezza e povertà, impresa, fraternità e bene comune. A unirli è un’intuizione condivisa: 𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹’𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶 𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗼.

In un nuovo articolo, Serena Ionta ci accompagna dentro le domande e le origini del libro, mostrando come l’eredità di san Francesco possa continuare a generare ricerca, dialogo e nuovi modi di immaginare la vita economica.

Non una raccolta di risposte già pronte, ma un invito a porci domande migliori sull’economia che vogliamo costruire.

👉 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗴𝗶 𝗹’𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼: https://francescoeconomy.org/leconomia-di-san-francesco-una-profezia-per-il-nostro-tempo/

📚 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗶 𝗶𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗼: https://edizionicittanuova.it/prodotto/economia-di-san-francesco/

03/09/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗻.

After days of looking closely together at reality, questioning the way we understand the economy and testing what 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 can mean in practice, the EoF International Summer School 2026 comes to a close.

Across Osnabrück and Mettingen, participants brought different disciplines, countries and lived experiences into a shared process of inquiry and experimentation.

Fraternity was approached not as a ready-made answer, but as something to examine, measure, challenge and translate into concrete ways of thinking and acting in the economy.

Not every question leaves with an answer. Perhaps that was never the point.

What leaves with us are new connections, perspectives and possibilities, and a question that now returns to each participant in a different context: 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆?

Draiflessen Collection

03/09/2026

A final glimpse from the Draiflessen Collection in Mettingen.

𝗘𝗼𝗙 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

02/09/2026

𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱? 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱? 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗱?

These questions are at the heart of an EoF research journey exploring spiritual capital as an analytical category for contemporary debates on economy, society and integral human development.

Bringing together perspectives from economics, philosophy, theology, the social sciences, and literary and cultural studies, the international research group will explore the concept through three main strands: conceptual, interpretive and applied.

The journey is already under way, and now you can follow it on our website.

🔎 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁: https://francescoeconomy.org/spiritual-capital-research-group/

And on 9 September, join Principal Investigator Stefano Rozzoni for 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭: 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘰𝘍 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺, an online conversation presenting the questions, perspectives and trajectories shaping the project.

📅 𝟵 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
🕒 𝟭𝟱:𝟬𝟬–𝟭𝟲:𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗧
💻 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗭𝗼𝗼𝗺

👉 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲: bit.ly/SpiritualCapitalResearchJourney

01/09/2026

Over the first days of the 𝗘𝗼𝗙 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, fraternity has been explored not only as an idea, but as a question to investigate, measure, discuss and bring into practice.

Research on the 𝗘𝗼𝗙 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘅 opened the conversation around how fraternity can be observed in economic and social life. From there, different perspectives on enterprise, technology, urban development and social sustainability expanded the discussion, while participants brought their own research, projects and experiences into dialogue through the 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.

Now, the 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 is taking this journey one step further: working in interdisciplinary groups, participants are confronting concrete challenges and exploring what fraternity might change in the way we think, collaborate and act.

Different disciplines, countries and lived experiences. One shared question that continues to take shape through the work.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗼𝗙 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝘀𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗿𝘂̈𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻.