Doctoral programme "De-Globalisation and Global Decoupling (DeGlobE)"

This topic area takes the processes and issues of decarbonisation as its starting point and examines, from an energy justice perspective, how processes of deglobalisation and global decoupling are affecting them:

•    What restructuring processes can be observed in connection with the transition to a low-carbon economy?
•   What are the external dimensions of the EU Green Deal?
•   What new forms of international cooperation are emerging in competitive strategic sectors?
•   What are the policy strategies of those countries that export key raw materials, and how can fair and sustainable raw material security be guaranteed for importing regions?

This topic area examines the relationship between security policy and value creation. It thus refers to the interdependence of security policy and economic dynamics:

• What are the security policy dimensions of economic decoupling?
• What role do state apparatuses of violence play in economic decoupling and political deglobalisation?
• What role do intelligence services play in securing value creation?
• How do state security actors understand value creation?

This cluster examines how geo-economic dynamics manifest themselves in financial markets:

•    How are de-globalisation and financial market practices related?
•   How can the geography of cryptocurrencies be understood analytically?
•   How do state actors prevent or prohibit investment on the basis of security interests?
•   How is export financing structured in times of de-globalisation? 

The topic area of supply chains is dedicated to the normative and empirical interactions between business and human rights within transnational production regimes under conditions of deglobalisation:

• To what extent does the legalisation of supply chain standards open up new opportunities for legal mobilisation?
• What are the potentials and problems of supply chain law?
• How can risk management and supply chain management be combined?