Launch event of the DeGlobE doctoral programme: panel discussion on the market, the state and (de)globalisation

The event was opened at Haus Dacheröden in Erfurt by Professor Sophia Hoffmann and Professor Goldthau, co-spokespersons of the Centre. In his subsequent thematic introduction, Professor Stefan Schmalz (Friedrich Schiller University Jena) explained key developments and areas of tension in the current dynamics of (de)globalisation, leading into the subsequent discussion. In the ensuing exchange, aspects such as geopolitical and geo-economic factors influencing current globalisation processes, perspectives and conditions of a possible re-globalisation and the role of key players such as China, the USA and Europe in the current global economy were discussed.

The panel included: Professor Stefan Schmalz (Professorship of Labour and Economic Sociology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena), Liv Dizinger (Structural Policy subject area, DGB Hessen-Thüringen), Dr Melanie Müller (Africa and Middle East Research Group, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik) and Mark Brehmer (International Team Leader, IHK Erfurt).

We look forward to continuing our work together and to exchanging ideas with all those who deal with issues of globalisation and its current transformations!