Starting from the Next Generation's Values to Build a New World

THE EDITORIAL BY RECTOR GIANMARIO VERONA THAT OPENS THE NEW ISSUE OF THE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE, VIA SARFATTI 25

by Gianmario Verona

After a global pandemic that we have yet to overcome, despite the fact that we have pulled down our masks, and a world war that is now raging, regardless of the borders in which it is being fought, it hurts to think about the world we are leaving to our children and future generations. Instead of building their future we are destroying their present and shattering the memories of the best years of their lives.

After years of Fridays for Future and pride in fighting for the climate, our planet and the inclusion of all, after the hope that the Next Generation EU has given us to finally make the right ecological and digital transition, everything is in danger of stopping and even going backwards.

In a world that is objectively increasingly complex and interconnected, we need political leadership that is not only more competent, but also aligned with the values of the future, which are those of the young people in our classrooms. But politics is not enough, and all of us, starting with those in schools and universities who help young people to grow and develop, must play our part in building a better tomorrow, which will only be better if we start from the values inherent in our young people and help them to create the right skills to navigate in the complexity of the world.
As we were saying, digital and sustainability are the trajectories on which the world is moving. And they are also Bocconi’s trajectories. In this issue we tell you about our commitment with concrete actions such as the new Master of science in Transformative Sustailability, which will train manager-technologists capable of designing new, truly sustainable business models, and the Department of Computing Sciences, which has the task of bringing together different disciplines in a universal language.