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SUMMARY:Dependency Theory: Contemporary Relevance and Challenges in the Current Global Crisis
DESCRIPTION:INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR (HYBRID) \nDependency Theory: Contemporary Relevance and Challenges in the Current Global Crisis \n11–13 May 2026 \nFrom 9am (4pm) to 4pm (11pm) – Mexico City time (Portugal/UK Time) \n(A bi-continental meeting: Europe–Latin America and the Caribbean) \nInstitutional Organisers: \n\nNational Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) – México\nFaculty of Economics of University of Coimbra (FEUC); Centre for Social Studies (CES); University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE); Lisbon School of Economics and Management (ISEG) – Portugal\nAssociation for Heterodox Economics (AHE) – United Kingdom\nLatin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO)\nUniversity of Buenos Aires (UBA) – Argentina\nLatin American Studies (LAS) of the Leiden University – Netherlands\nEuropean Association of Development Research and Training Institute (EADI)\nYoung Scholar Initiative of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (YSI-INET)\n\nIntroduction \nIn a context shaped by the reconfiguration of the world order\, the intensification of geopolitical disputes\, the structural financialisation of the economy\, the ecological crisis\, and the deepening of social inequalities\, Dependency Theory has once again become an indispensable perspective for understanding the dynamics of contemporary capitalism. Far from constituting a closed chapter in Latin American thought\, the dependency approach offers decisive analytical tools for interpreting the current global crisis and its implications for Latin America and the Caribbean. \nThis international seminar\, bi-continental in scope and held in a hybrid format\, brings together leading scholars with the aim of debating the contemporary relevance\, renewal\, and future trajectory of Dependency Theory in the twenty-first century. \nWithin this framework\, the programme will also include the presentation of Decolonizing Economics: An Introduction (Devika Dutt\, Carolina Alves\, Surbhi Kesar\, and Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven). The book examines the Eurocentric foundations that have shaped the economics discipline and constrained its capacity to engage with phenomena such as structural racism\, uneven development\, the climate crisis\, and labour relations. It proposes “decolonising” economics by challenging the norms of neutrality and objectivity from which the discipline often claims to speak\, and by opening space for approaches that take structural power\, exploitation\, and colonial legacies seriously. This session will include discussion by leading thinkers from the Latin American tradition of Dependency Theory and is conceived as a direct dialogue with the seminar’s thematic strands—particularly in rethinking the political economy of global capitalism from non-Eurocentric frameworks. \nThematic strands \nStrand 1. The historical development and contemporary relevance of Dependency Theory \nThis strand addresses the historical development and contemporary relevance of Dependency Theory\, examining its main analytical categories\, internal debates\, and explanatory power in the face of recent transformations in global capitalism. \nStrand 2. (Neo-)imperialisms\, geopolitical tensions\, and international economic relations from a dependency perspective \nThis strand analyses (neo-)imperialisms\, geopolitical tensions\, and international economic relations from a dependency perspective\, interrogating global power configurations\, inter-power rivalry\, and the place of the periphery within the emerging world architecture. \nStrand 3. New theoretical and methodological horizons: Dependency Theory as a framework for the contemporary world structure \nThis strand explores new theoretical and methodological horizons to consolidate Dependency Theory as an analytical framework for today’s world structure\, engaging with debates on financialisation\, extractivism\, global value chains\, the ecological crisis\, and transformations of work. \nMore than a commemorative exercise\, this seminar advances a strategic discussion: to think dependency today is to think about the conditions of possibility for sovereignty\, development\, and emancipation in a contested world. \nLatin American Speakers: \n\nAdrián Sotelo\, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)\nAna Grondona\, University of Buenos Aires (UBA)\nClaudio Katz\, University of Buenos Aires (UBA)\nDiego Giller\, National University of General Sarmiento (UNGS)\nEmir Sader\, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)\nFacundo Lastra\, IIES – National University of the South*\nJosé G. Gandarilla\, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)\nMarcelo Dias Carcanholo\, Fluminense Federal University (UFF)\nMariano Treacy\, National University of General Sarmiento (UNGS)\nMónica Bruckmann\, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)\nNildo Ouriques\, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)\nRaúl Delgado Wise\, Autonomous University of Zacatecas (UAZ)\nRené Ramírez\, Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) and National University of the Arts (UNA)\nRoberto Escorcia Romo\, Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM)\nSebastián Sztulwark\, National University of General Sarmiento (UNGS)\n\nEuropean Speakers \n\nAndrew Fischer\, Institute of Social Studies (ISS)\nAngus McNelly\, King’s College London (KCL)\nCarla Coburger\, Duisburg-Essen (U DEU)\nDevika Dutt\, King’s College London (KCL)\nFabio Maldonado\, King’s College London (KCL)\nIngrid Harvold Kvangraven\, King’s College\nJonas Van Vossole\, Centre for Social Studies (CES)\nLuis Mah\, University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE)\nMaría Gabriela Palacio\, Leiden University (LU)\nNatália Bracarense\, Toulouse Capitole University (UTC)\nPatrick Mockre\, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna)\nRogelio Madrueño\, University of Bonn\n\nOrganising Committee: Ernesto Nieto-Carrillo (FEUC-AHE)\, René Ramírez (CLACSO-UNA)\, Adrián Escamilla Trejo (UNAM)\, María Gabriela Palacio (LU)\, Ana Cordeiro Santos (CES)\, Roberto Ruiz Blum (FEUC)\, Gabriela Riera (ISCTE).
URL:https://heske.wisdmlabs.net/event/dependency-theory-contemporary-relevance-and-challenges-in-the-current-global-crisis/2026-05-13/
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