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Markets, Culture and Ethics Research Centre (MCE)

Mce

The Markets, Culture and Ethics Research Centre (MCE) of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, Italy was founded in 2009 to study the ethical dimensions (social and individual) of economic and social life in a systematic and scientific way, in the light of reason and the Catholic faith.

Its purpose is to foster dialogue between faith and contemporary culture for the promotion of a positive transformation of society and global development.

MCE Research Centre’s activities focus on deepening and disseminating Catholic perspectives, through research and academic events, on the relation between ethics, culture and the economy and on the role and conduct of business in society. 

MCE does not align with any particular school of economic thought and is open to all traditions willing to dialogue with Christian anthropology and perspective. At the same time, MCE has an ecumenical and interreligious approach since social problems can only be resolved by a joint effort and in dialogue with contemporary culture regarding the meaning of a more humane economy.


           

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In evidenza

Luca Mongelli tells the start-up Ridaje on TV 2000

On October 3rd Luca Mongelli (MCE Executive Director, IESE Marie Curie Fellow) was guest on the program Di Buon Mattino broadcast on Tv2000 to talk about Ridaje, the start-up with a social vocation - of which he is a founding member - which turns the homeless into gardeners of the public green of the city of Rome.

Ridaje's purpose is to generate an impact on all those people typically excluded from the social context, exploiting the potential of the market through particular business models.

From 2019 to today many areas of the city of Rome have been redeveloped thanks to the work of homeless properly trained in the role of gardeners. Ridaje has triggered a mechanism that sees the active participation of citizenship, the enhancement of the person and the good of the community through the provision of these urban gardening services.

Seminar: "Contemplation at Work: A Theological Conversation B...

On 21 June the Markets, Culture and Ethics (MCE) Research Centre hosted the seminar Contemplation at Work: A Theological Conversation Between John Paul II and Josemaría Escrivá, fourth appointment of the seminar series Holiness Through Work: Commemorating the Encyclical Laborem Exercens. Speakers of the event Prof. Msgr. Martin Schlag (Alan W. Moss Endowed Chair for Catholic Social Thought at St. Thomas University, Minnesota, US, John A. Ryan Institute Director, Minnesota, US, MCE Director, Rome) and Prof. Rev. Cristian Mendoza (Professor of Social Doctrine of the Church at Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome).

Seminar: "Confronting a Technocratic Future: Women’s Work and...

The seminar Confronting a Technocratic Future: Women’s Work and the Church’s Social Vision​, fourth appointment of the seminar series Holiness Through Work: Commemorating the Encyclical Laborem Exercens, previewed 30 May is postponed to date to reschedule.

Seminar: "Laborem Exercens: A Protestant Appreciation"...

On 9 May the Markets, Culture and Ethics (MCE) Research Centre hosted the seminar Laborem Exercens: A Protestant Appreciation​, third appointment of the seminar series Holiness Through Work: Commemorating the Encyclical Laborem Exercens. Speakers of the event Rev. Dr. Richard Turnbull (Director of CEME - Centro di Ricerca for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics, Oxford), Rev. Prof. Paul O'Callaghan (Full Professor of Theological Anthropology at Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome) and Prof. Msgr. Martin Schlag (Alan W. Moss Endowed Chair for Catholic Social Thought at the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, US, John A. Ryan Institute Director, Minnesota, US, MCE Director, Rome). 

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