In new Chairs: the permanent NTU Chair in Natural Hazards in Singapore; the Bristol University Chair in volcanology in the United Kingdom; the CNIO Chair in molecular oncology in Spain; two Chairs in Italy: the EIEF Chair in fi nance and homeowners’ insurance and the Bocconi Chair in decision making; and, fi nally, a Sciences Po Chair in France on the consequences of economic instability, inequality and solidarity.