Extractivism Talks #10: From Climate Policy to Geopolitical Strategy
The Extractivism Talks series is our platform for timely discussions on international affairs and current events. It explores the connections between global uneven development and extractivist regimes in the Global South. The series encourages interdisciplinary discussions with unique insights about the international conditions and possibilities for change in the Global South, with a particular focus on the Middle East and Latin America.
In this Extractivism Talks #10, we examine how geopolitical rivalries and global power shifts are reshaping climate agendas and supply chain governance, and what that means for extractivist economies in Latin America. As the global energy transition accelerates, strategies such as friend-shoring, de-risking, and decoupling have become central to industrial policy in the Global North, with significant implications for the Global South.
This talk will interrogate the geopolitical logic behind new climate-industrial strategies and their effects on Latin American policy choices. Our speakers bring diverse disciplinary lenses to questions of capital, corporate power, national autonomy, and development pathways
The event will take place on June 25th at the University of Kassel and it will be live-streamed at Zoom from 18h to 20h.
Please register here:
https://uni-kassel.zoom-x.de/webinar/register/WN_1PwwdMbGQWKFHZnK4La2Gg
The Extractivism Talks series is our platform for timely discussions on international affairs and current events. It explores the connections between global uneven development and extractivist regimes in the Global South. The series encourages interdisciplinary discussions with unique insights about the international conditions and possibilities for change in the Global South, with a particular focus on the Middle East and Latin America.
In this Extractivism Talks #10, we examine how geopolitical rivalries and global power shifts are reshaping climate agendas and supply chain governance, and what that means for extractivist economies in Latin America. As the global energy transition accelerates, strategies such as friend-shoring, de-risking, and decoupling have become central to industrial policy in the Global North, with significant implications for the Global South.
This talk will interrogate the geopolitical logic behind new climate-industrial strategies and their effects on Latin American policy choices. Our speakers bring diverse disciplinary lenses to questions of capital, corporate power, national autonomy, and development pathways
The event will take place on June 25th at the University of Kassel and it will be live-streamed at Zoom from 18h to 20h.
Please register here:
https://uni-kassel.zoom-x.de/webinar/register/WN_1PwwdMbGQWKFHZnK4La2Gg
The participants:
Julian German
(University of Sussex, United Kingdom)
Julian Germann is an associate professor in International Relations at the University of Sussex. His research examines the geo-economics of high-tech and resource competition in the context of ongoing geopolitical changes. Julian focuses on European Union and German strategies, including their efforts to secure critical raw materials for the digital and green transitions, as well as the defense industries. He holds a PhD in Political Science from York University in Toronto. He formerly directed the Sussex Centre for Global Political Economy and is a founding member of the Critical Minerals Observatory. He co-leads a research initiative with colleagues at the University of Sussex and King’s College London that leverages granular firm-level data to map power and dependence in global production networks.
Beatriz Calzada Olvera (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Beatriz Calzada Olvera is a researcher and lecturer at the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam and an affiliated researcher at the United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT). Her work centers on development economics, innovation, and sustainability, focusing on critical raw materials, decarbonization, and industrial value chains. She has contributed to projects funded by the European Union (EU) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) on global value chains and sustainability transitions in sectors such as mining and cement. Her recent publications examine the economic and industrial impacts of extractive industries. She also explores resource governance and industrial transformation, particularly in the context of critical raw materials and sustainability transitions. Beatriz Calzada Olvera holds a PhD in Economics and Policy Studies of Technical Change from Maastricht University’s School of Business and Economics.
Gabriel Rivas Castro (University Diego Portales, Chile)
Gabriel Rivas is a postdoctoral fellow at Diego Portales University (Chile) and researches the forms of mining rent appropriation in Latin America, focusing on the role of foreign capital. He has a doctorate in Social Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and a master’s degree in economics from the University of Arts and Social Sciences (Arcis). Gabriel’s research has centered on the problems of South American economic development and the dynamics of the struggle for appropriating wealth that determines social life, focusing on Chile in particular. He has also worked on social conflict and rent appropriation and its impact on Chilean social life.
Julian German
(University of Sussex, United Kingdom)
Julian Germann is an associate professor in International Relations at the University of Sussex. His research examines the geo-economics of high-tech and resource competition in the context of ongoing geopolitical changes. Julian focuses on European Union and German strategies, including their efforts to secure critical raw materials for the digital and green transitions, as well as the defense industries. He holds a PhD in Political Science from York University in Toronto. He formerly directed the Sussex Centre for Global Political Economy and is a founding member of the Critical Minerals Observatory. He co-leads a research initiative with colleagues at the University of Sussex and King’s College London that leverages granular firm-level data to map power and dependence in global production networks.
Beatriz Calzada Olvera (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Beatriz Calzada Olvera is a researcher and lecturer at the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam and an affiliated researcher at the United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT). Her work centers on development economics, innovation, and sustainability, focusing on critical raw materials, decarbonization, and industrial value chains. She has contributed to projects funded by the European Union (EU) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) on global value chains and sustainability transitions in sectors such as mining and cement. Her recent publications examine the economic and industrial impacts of extractive industries. She also explores resource governance and industrial transformation, particularly in the context of critical raw materials and sustainability transitions. Beatriz Calzada Olvera holds a PhD in Economics and Policy Studies of Technical Change from Maastricht University’s School of Business and Economics.
Gabriel Rivas Castro (University Diego Portales, Chile)
Gabriel Rivas is a postdoctoral fellow at Diego Portales University (Chile) and researches the forms of mining rent appropriation in Latin America, focusing on the role of foreign capital. He has a doctorate in Social Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and a master’s degree in economics from the University of Arts and Social Sciences (Arcis). Gabriel’s research has centered on the problems of South American economic development and the dynamics of the struggle for appropriating wealth that determines social life, focusing on Chile in particular. He has also worked on social conflict and rent appropriation and its impact on Chilean social life.
The venue
THE ADDRESS:
Room 1311
Nora-Platiel-Str. 1
34127 KASSEL