The Covid-19 pandemic crisis has made us aware of the interconnection that exists between the global and the local. The global pandemic of 2020, which started more than 8,000 kilometres away from the Valencians in China, has changed our lives and has even paralysed the local economy. Now the Russian-Ukrainian war is once again opening our eyes to the world around us, and looking beyond the local level. What is the impact of this conflict on the Valencian economy? And, with respect to other international conflicts, are we Valencians oblivious to them? Throughout this course, the aim is to answer these and other questions with the help of renowned experts in the field.
The scope and nature of the interaction between the global and local worlds will be studied from the paradigm of globalisation. According to the father of this approach (Ronald Robertson), it is based on the premise that the process of globalisation does not exclude the local, but rather that the two worlds complement each other. There is a conscious articulation between the global and the local. There are multiple interconnections between both spheres in very diverse scenarios. In this sense, international geopolitics and its impact on the global and local economy will be analysed from the Valencian perspective. As Giddens (1994) says, local events are shaped by events that take place many kilometres away and vice versa.
Rosa Roig, UV Department of Applied Economics.
- 9-09.30h: Introduction to the seminar.
Rosa Roig, Department of Applied Economics, UV.
- 09.30-10.30: The invasion of Ukraine. A global war with local repercussions.
Joan Romero. Full professor of Human Geography, UV.
- 10.30-12h ROUND TABLE: X-ray of the geopolitics of the European periphery: southern and eastern flank.
José Luís Cabello Rodríguez, Infantry Colonel Diploma of General Staff in Reserve; Carlos García Rivero, Professor of Political Science at the UV, and Regina Laguna, Professor of Constitutional Law at the UV.
- 12.30 - 14h: Geopolitical repercursions of sanctions in the European Union. Frédéric Mertens de Wilmars, Professor of International Relations at the European University of Valencia.
- 16 -17.30h ROUND TABLE: The tourism industry feeds on geopolitics.
Francesc Colomer, Regional Secretary of Tourism of the Generalitat; Nuria Montes, General Secretary of HOSBEC; Àngel Garcia, Professor of Applied Economics at the UV and Rosa Roig, Professor of Political Science at the UV.
- 17.30-19.00h: ROUND TABLE: The internationalisation of industry in a world in conflict.
José Vicente Morata, President of the València Chamber of Commerce; Rafael Juan, President FEDACOVA; Júlia Company, Director IVACE, and Frédéric Mertens de Wilmars, Professor of International Relations at the European University of Valencia.
- 19- 20h: ROUND TABLE: War and Sanctions.
Andrés Perelló, Director of Casa Mediterrani and former Spanish Ambassador to UNESCO; Clara Portela, Professor of Political Science at the UV, and Frédéric Mertens de Wilmars, Professor of International Relations at the European University of Valencia.
