The Group will sponsor a number of panels at the PSA annual conference. In 2012, the panels are to be as follows:
- ‘Long-lost brothers? Italy and the UK in comparative perspective’
- "Development here and there: utopia or real chance? Comparative research on Ghanaian migrants’ associations in Italy and in the UK"
- Francesco Marini
- "Italy and the UK: Lost Brothers or Fruitful Friends? The cases of the Democratic and Labour Party Primaries – Notes for mutual lessons"
- Mara Morini and Antonella Seddone
- "Britain and Italy in the 1980s: Anti-political or post-political age? Intellectual discourses in comparative perspective"
- Marzia Maccaferri
- ‘Long-lost brothers? Italy and the UK in comparative perspective 2’
- "Comparing Institutional reforms in Italy and the UK"
- Gianfranco Baldini
- "Italian and UK devolutions compared: Does bringing the design and delivery of policy ‘closer to the people’ really increase accountability?"
- Laura Polverari and James Mitchell
- "Italy’s Paradox of Trust, and how it is being Resolved"
- Paul Furlong
- 'Back to the future 2 – The endless return of "the centre" in Italian politics'
- "Party System Structure and the Quality of Government"
- Mark Donovan
- "Alliance with the Center? Homogeneity of Coalitions and Political Culture in Italy"
- Paola Bordandini and Roberto Cartocci
- "The Italian Centre-Left's (Last) Best Hope?"
- Simona Guerra
- Roundtable: Author meets critics. Bill Emmott’s book on Italy and how to begin again after Berlusconi
