Annalisa Cappellini

Annalisa Cappellini is Associate of the independent think tank Vision. She is a PhD candidate in politics at King's College London, working on party politics, intra-party democracy and political leadership.

UBI: balancing progress and protection

Why we need to be able to think in terms of a brave new world.

By Francesco Grillo and Annalisa Cappellini

/ 25 Apr 2018

Why the UK’s hung parliament is an opportunity for constructive Europeans

The reality is that after this election any UK government will be a weak one: no matter whether the cabinet is led by Theresa May or Jeremy Corbyn. There are opportunities here.

By Francesco Grillo and Annalisa Cappellini

/ 12 Jun 2017

Why the UK’s hung parliament is an opportunity for constructive Europeans

The reality is that after this election any UK government will be a weak one: no matter whether the cabinet is led by Theresa May or Jeremy Corbyn. There are opportunities here.

By Francesco Grillo and Annalisa Cappellini

/ 12 Jun 2017

Back to the future: the rebirth of a classical approach to democracy and education in a post-modern society

Education – combined with technologies – seems to have triggered a sea-change in the contract between government and those who are governed.

By Francesco Grillo, Annalisa Cappellini and Giulia Lamoratta

/ 27 Feb 2017

Italy's paradox: Renzi and the Five Star Movement

Matteo Renzi and Beppe Grillo may need each other if Italy is to free itself from a paralysing stalemate.

By Francesco Grillo and Annalisa Cappellini

/ 12 Dec 2016

Italy's paradox: Renzi and the Five Star Movement

Matteo Renzi and Beppe Grillo may need each other if Italy is to free itself from a paralysing stalemate.

By Francesco Grillo and Annalisa Cappellini

/ 12 Dec 2016

Making sense of Italy’s Second Republic: when politics become a soap opera

Over the last decades, the Italian media has become a scene for the soap opera of Italian politics. Will Beppe Grillo's recent electoral successes, partly due to his heavy use of social media, put paid to the media-politics status quo in Italy?

By Francesco Grillo and Annalisa Cappellini

/ 8 Apr 2013