Launch of Green Industrial Policy in the age of rare metals

Date
Friday 10 Dec 2021, 14:00 - 16:00
Type
Conference
Spoken Language
English
Location

Online via Zoom and at Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam

Ticket information

This is a hybrid event: you can attend either online via Zoom or in person at Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam. Pakhuis de Zwijger requires all in-person attendees to show their corona QR code before they access the building.

The Zoom link to online attendance will be communicated to you in a separate email, closer to the event date.

Please note that in-person attendance is subject to Dutch government guidelines and rules. Due to limited in-person capacity, please let us know if decide to change from in-person to online attendance so that we can offer your seat to someone else.

 

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Unveiling the impact of industrial policymaking in times of green transition and critical raw materials, this launch event will establish the project’s relevance for global and comparative political economy of development.

As the world accelerates its transition to a new geopolitical order characterized by multiple crises impacting upon our economy, society and environment, the Green Industrial Policy in the Age of Rare Metals (GRIP-ARM) research project aims to map out, explain and assess how the global value chains of critical raw materials - specifically rare earth elements (REEs) -is likely to re-shape the international order and the development landscape.

On 10 December, the GRIP-ARM launch event will host a roundtable on the trends, challenges and future of critical minerals from varying perspectives. The speakers will address the importance of this research project considering the overlapping issues which GRIP-ARM is engaged with, such as debates on political economy of industrial policy, environmental studies and development cooperation in times of complexity and uncertainty.

Speakers

  • Phillipe Peycam - Director of the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden University
  • Jojo Nem Singh - Assistant Professor, ISS
  • Ling Chen - Associate Professor, School of Public Administration & Public Policy, Tsinghua University
  • Erika Weinthal - Professor of Environmental Policy and Public Policy, Nicholas School of Environment, Duke University
  • Katja Hujo - Senior Research Coordinator, Transformative Social Policy Programme, UNRISD

Programme

  • Short welcome from the ISS Rector’s office.
  •  Presentation by Jojo Nem Singh on the academic and geopolitical context in which this research was conceived and the objective of the GRIP-ARM project along with the links between the study’s research questions.
  • Presentation by Phillipe Peycam on the importance of researching the geopolitical relevance of rare earth metals and China’s strategy around it, and the contribution of the GRIP-ARM research project to this discussion.
  • Roundtable discussion moderated by Richard Griffiths with three speakers – Ling Chen, Erika Weinthal and Katja Hujo.
  • Group discussion and Q&A session.

Contact

Susana Chang Espino

Email address
changespino@iss.nl

Please contact Susana Chang Espino if you would like to receive more information about this event.

More information

About the GRIP-ARM research project

To understand the complexity of such a transition, our project offers a global perspective, grounded in innovative comparative research based on novel data collection, to examine how key resource producers and major resource consuming governments and firms are responding to the political and economic challenges ahead.

Visit the GRIP-ARM web page

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