CAPRI Conversations

CAPRI Conversations, CAPRI’s flagship podcast series, takes you inside CAPRI and features conversations with experts from around the world on issues which require innovative thinking and cross-sector collaboration to respond to shocks across health, the economy, and the environment and build a resilient global society in which individuals can thrive. CAPRI is a nongovernmental, nonpartisan, international organization founded in 2022 to enhance global resilience and promote innovative governance by drawing on the experience of the Asia-Pacific region through comparative public policy research. CAPRI’s values of independence, integrity, and inclusivity guide its work on meeting challenges to resilience at the intersection of health, innovation, environmental sustainability, and the economy in the Asia Pacific, particularly in the high-income societies. In this inaugural episode of CAPRI Conversations, host ⁠Hannah Semmes⁠ and guest Bruegel’s ⁠Giuseppe Poracaro⁠ discuss the unexpected nexus of think tanks and sci-fi writing in imagining a brighter future. Together they uncover answers to complex questions:  What is the unique value think tanks provide in today’s polarized global environment How can the modern think tank leverage communication strategies to translate academic research into real policy impact?  What skills are required to lead and succeed in a global environment? RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS Disco Sour - Giuseppe Porcaro’s science-fiction book on the intersection of policy and technology [5:50-5:60] Project Last Mile - USAID & Coca-Cola Foundation partnership to distribute vaccines in Africa [5:55-6:15] Higher Education in a Digital Age: Moving Academia Online - Book on digital innovation in the European educational system to which Giuseppe Porcaro contributes a chapter, “Effective Online Communication for Policy Advisors: Experience from the Bruegel Think Tank,” highlighting think tanks’ need for a context-based strategy when adopting new social media and communication technologies [10:00-11:14] The Palgrave Handbook of Global Politics in the 22nd Century - Book in which Giuseppe Porcaro contributes the chapter, “World-Systems and the Rescaling Geography of Europe,” imagining a futuristic subscription-based citizenship to help scholars theorize about evolving global politics [17:00-21:45] RELEVANT MEDIA ⁠CAPRI Tweet 10/31/2023⁠ - Bruegel’s Giuseppe Porcaro’s visit to CAPRI office in Taipei WHERE TO FIND GIUSEPPE PORCARO (GUEST) LinkedIn: ⁠⁠Giuseppe Porcaro⁠ X/Twitter: ⁠@porcarorama⁠ Podcasts: ⁠Europoroma⁠ (Giuseppe Porcaro’s science fiction series) and ⁠The Sound of Economics⁠ (Bruegel’s economic policy series which Giuseppe Porcaro hosts) WHERE TO FIND HANNAH SEMMES (HOST) LinkedIn: ⁠Hannah Semmes⁠ Instagram: ⁠@haiku_by_hannah⁠ Substack: ⁠An American in Taiwan⁠ WHERE TO FIND CAPRI Website: https://caprifoundation.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/caprifoundation X/Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/caprifdn/status/1577644780498067456 Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/Caprifoundation/⁠