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Stefania Giannini

Stefania Giannini

Linguist and former Minister of Education, University and Research of Italy

Jul 15, 2026

16:49
What do you feel needs to evolve in how we're teaching the next generation in schools?
16:55
I think you actually pointed out the real problem.
16:59
Schools and universities, of course, should be the place for innovation and anticipation of change.
17:09
And they actually are somehow.
17:11
But they always been through the history of humankind.
17:17
The problem is now that the pace of change, the speed of change outside schools is so fast that, you know, school systems, education systems, especially public systems, struggle to follow and they can be left behind for lack of resources, for bureaucracy, for the heavy systems ministers have to manage and find political consensus when it comes to big transformation, I can tell you by personal experience.
17:54
So having said that, I see now in this turning point, at this turning point where technology is kind of, let's say, opening new avenues for adaptation and transformation, most importantly.
22:38
And as AI becomes more powerful, how can we ensure that it reduces inequality rather than widens it, in your opinion?

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