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Understanding Globalization: Is globalization coming to an end?
How differentiation of knowledge is changing the world
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- English
- Italiano
- Date: 27-28.05.2024
- Place: Eurac Research & online on Teams
- Typology: International Conference
4th Globalization Conference with international experts such as Manfred Steger, Jennifer Altehenger, Kathleen Schlütter, Manisha Desai, Henning Vöpel and many more.
The 4th edition of the “Understanding Globalization” series, sheds light on the production and dissemination of knowledge in a globalized world. Who produces global knowledge? Who has access to global knowledge? And how is access to knowledge prevented? Substantial changes in geopolitical developments, digitization and technology, including the growing influence of militarization, impact knowledge flows at various levels, and have created a differentiation of knowledge that is changing the world.
Regional disparities play a crucial role in this, influencing both central and decentralized knowledge dissemination. Some regions may benefit from easier access to global educational and knowledge resources – others face digital, cultural, or political divides and have far fewer opportunities. However, not all regions are committed to fostering global knowledge exchange. Some actively seek to impede or distort the flow of (scientific) knowledge, whether through restricting open access or outright bans.
These developments influence relationships, cultures, alliances, and discourses, ultimately impacting our daily lives – demanding an even more nuanced and differentiated consideration of globalization processes.
The event will be conducted in the English language.
- Global circuits of knowledge production in Modern China
Jennifer Altehenger, Professor at the Faculty of History, Oxford University - How to know the future of globalization? Credible scenarios
James H. Mittelman, Professor at the School of International Service, American University - Henning Vöpel, Chairman of the Center for European Policy and Professor of Economics at the BSP Business and Law School
- Manisha Desai, Professor and Executive Director of The Center for Changing Systems of Power, Stony Brook University
- Sebastiano Maffettone, Professor at the Free International University of Social Studies “Guido Carli”, LUISS
- Christoph Kircher, Sociologist at the Center for Advanced Studies, Eurac Research
- Roland Benedikter, Co-Head of the Center for Advanced Studies and UNESCO Chair in Interdisciplinary Anticipation and Global-Local Transformation, Eurac Research
Programm
Day 1 | 27.05.2024 | Differentiating globalization: knowledge is power!
Chair: Harald Pechlaner
Welcome
Roland Psenner, President of Eurac Research
What could differentiated globalization mean?
Harald Pechlaner, Head of the Center for Advanced Studies, Eurac Research
Roland Benedikter, Co-Head of the Center for Advanced Studies and UNESCO Chair in Interdisciplinary Anticipation and Global-Local Transformation, Eurac Research
Is Globalization coming to an end? A differentiated perspective
Manfred Steger, Professor of Transnational Sociology, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu
Panel 2×15 minutes short presentations & discussion
Coffee break
Knowledge production in the global condition: new possibilities, old inequalities?
Kathleen Schlütter, Research Fellow at the Leipzig Research Centre Global Dynamics, Leipzig University
Book presentation: “Globalization – Past, Present, Future”
Manfred Steger, Professor of Transnational Sociology, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu
Ingrid Kofler, Sociologist at the Faculty of Design and Art, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Tommaso Durante, Teaching Associate at the School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne
Moderation: Zoe Krueger Weisel
Day 2 | 28.05.2024 | Knowledge, imaginaries, narratives
Chair: Harald Pechlaner
Waves, paradigms, and narratives of globalization
Henning Vöpel, Chairman of the Center for European Policy and Professor of Economics at the BSP Business and Law School
At the intersection of epistemic and climate justice: notes from the field
Manisha Desai, Professor and Executive Director of The Center for Changing Systems of Power, Stony Brook University
Coffee break
Theories of globalization: a philosophical interpretation
Sebastiano Maffettone, Professor at the Free International University of Social Studies “Guido Carli”, LUISS
Joint Discussion
Presentation Journal New Global Studies (NGS)
End of the event and aperitif
Speakers
Roland Psenner
President of Eurac Research
Harald Pechlaner
Head of the Center for Advanced Studies, Eurac Research
Roland Benedikter
Co-Head of the Center for Advanced Studies and UNESCO Chair in Interdisciplinary Anticipation and Global-Local Transformation, Eurac Research
Manfred B. Steger
Professor of Transnational Sociology, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu
Jennifer Altehenger
Professor at the Faculty of History, Oxford University
James H. Mittelman
Professor at the School of International Service, American University
Kathleen Schlütter
Research Fellow at the Leipzig Research Centre Global Dynamics, Leipzig University
Ingrid Kofler
Researcher and Assistant Professor in Sociology at the Faculty of Design and Art, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Tommaso Durante
Teaching Associate at the School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne
Zoe Krueger Weisel
Researcher at the Center for Advanced Studies at Eurac Research
Henning Vöpel
Chairman of the Center for European Policy and Professor of Economics at the BSP Business and Law School
Manisha Desai
Professor and Executive Director of The Center for Changing Systems of Power, Stony Brook University
Sebastiano Maffettone
Professor at the Free International University of Social Studies “Guido Carli”, LUISS
Christoph Kircher
Sociologist at the Center for Advanced Studies, Eurac Research
Follow-up report and picture gallery
HERE you can find the follow-up report in Italian as well as the picture gallery.
Organisation
Eurac Research
Center for Advanced Studies
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advanced.studies@eurac.edu
