II Workshop IPE-YSI: The redefinition of trade partners: Global Value Chains, Innovation and Structural Change

The fragmentation of international production has become a defining feature of global trade, with a large share of international exchanges embedded in global value chains (GVCs). These transformations have significant implications for development trajectories, industrial structures, and trade and innovation policies across countries.

The Second IPE–YSI Workshop on the Redefinition of Trade Partners builds on the first edition held at HWR Berlin and hosted by the Institute for International Political Economy, a recognized center for heterodox and interdisciplinary research. The workshop aims to deepen academic exchange between senior scholars and early-career researchers on the evolving role of trade, foreign direct investment, GVCs, and structural change in both high-income and developing economies.

The two-day event will combine keynote sessions with paper presentations by PhD students and young scholars. It also seeks to consolidate collaboration with researchers from the University of Urbino, strengthening transnational networks between Berlin-based scholars and heterodox doctoral programs in international economics.

On the first day of the workshop, the event will be centered on trade and international relations.  In this regard, the discussion will be covers topics such us: 

• International trade
• Unequal relation south-north 
• Technology transfer
• Foreign Direct Investment effect on global south 

During the second day of the workshop, the discussion will be held around the following topics: 

• Global value chain 
• Structural change 
• Offshoring and nearshoring 
• Effect of GVC in the Global South

How to apply and funding

Applicants must submit an abstract and relevant personal and academic information through the application form available at the following link. Financial support will be available for selected participants, including accommodation and partial travel funding for students from the region.

Application deadline: April 10th

Apply here: https://forms.gle/p6XFjtqbTQLg764U8