In Macerata, the heart of Central Italy, a School of Law is already flourishing in 1290. An age marked by creative movements and turbulent transformations throughout Europe. The Roman-German emperor is challenged by new powerful leaders, religious renewal looks unstoppable, civil elites fiercely compete on the eve of Italian Renaissance. Dante Alighieri is going to introduce dramatic changes of perspective. Distant civilizations, from Asia to America, experience large-scale revolutionary shifts.

More than seven centuries later, we roll into broader interdependent systems, under a global pressure affecting our cultures and economic institutions as well as public management. Decision-making proves to be riskier, often unpopular, regardless of the administrative level: local, national, or international.