Riccardo Petrella
Riccardo Petrella (born August 5, 1941 in La Spezia , Italy ) is an Italian political scientist , sociologist and human rights activist . He is professor emeritus for social and political sciences at the Université catholique de Louvain ( Belgium ).
Career
From 1967 to 1975 Petrella was secretary and later director of the European Coordination Center for Social Research in Vienna and from 1976 to 1978 chairman of the International Social Research Center in Paris ; he was also a fellow of the Ford Foundation .
In 1991 Petrella founded the "Lisbon Group", a forum made up of 20 representatives from universities, industrial companies, the media and cultural institutions. The aim of the group is the critical analysis of globalization and its worldwide effects on people and the environment. From 1981 to 1994 he was director of the “Forecasting and Assessment in Science and Technology” (FAST) program at the European Commission . Since 1999 he has worked as a professor at various universities (such as Vrije Universiteit Brussel , Université catholique de Louvain , University of Italian Switzerland ).
Petrella is seen as a fighter for free access to water, which he regards as the “common heritage of humanity”, and is involved in the international anti-privatization campaign for drinking water on an international level. He is the author of numerous publications; one of his most significant works - Water for All: A Global Manifesto (2001) - came about through an initiative supported by the International Action Committee for a World Water Contract.
In the elections to the European Parliament in 2014, Petrella ran unsuccessfully for the L'Altra Europa list ( GUE / NGL group ). Petrella is currently President of the Institut Européen de Recherche sur la Politique de l'Eau (Europees Onderzoeksinstituut voor waterbeleid) based in Brussels. He is also involved in the Banning Poverty 2018 campaign .
Personal
Petrella is married to Anne Rondelet from Belgium and has three adult children: Francesca, Marco and Emmanuel. Today he lives in Schaerbeek, Belgium .
Fonts (selection)
- La renaissance des cultures régionales en Europe (1978)
- Limites à la compétitivité (1995)
- Le Bien commun, Éloge de la solidarité (1996)
- (sous la direction de). L'eau. Res publica ou marchandise? (2003)
- Il manifesto dell'acqua: il diritto alla vita per tutti . Torino: Edizioni Gruppo Abele, 2001. ISBN 88-7670-384-5 .
- Water for everyone: a global manifesto . From the Franz. By Gabriela Zehnder. Mithrsg. from Helvetas. Zurich: Rotpunktverl., 2000. ISBN 3-85869-193-3 . (Translation of Le manifeste de l'eau )
- Désir d'humanité: Le droit de rêver (2004)
- Pour une nouvelle narration du monde (2007)
Web links
- Literature by and about Riccardo Petrella in the catalog of the German National Library
- Criticism of the competition: The ideology of economic war and the social survival of the best in the light of September 11 , Brussels, December 17, 2001
- Institut Européen de Recherche sur la Politique de l'Eau (IERPE)
- Petrella on geopolitics of water UNRIC press release of March 20, 2013
- "La pauvreté ne tombe pas du ciel" , Riccardo Petrella in an interview with La Libre Belgique, December 13, 2014
- "Six idées qui changent le monde" , lecture by Riccardo Petrellas in French, February 20, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.banningpoverty.org/
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Petrella, Riccardo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian political scientist, sociologist and human rights activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 5, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Spezia , Italy |