Seminar “Tools for Transformational Research on the Belt & Road Initiative”

Speaker: Daniele Brombal (Ca’ Foscari University Venice)

Time: 10:15-11:30, Wednesday 13 November

Venue: Päärakennus, Sali 4, University of Helsinki

 

Mainstream research on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) highlights its potential in fostering material growth. This reflects a widespread endorsement of pro-development and modernist narratives among the academic community. Against this background, the potential of the BRI to trigger a forward-looking reflection on the way(s) Eurasian cultures envision socio-ecological relations remains largely unexplored. This presentation aims at providing theoretical and methodological tools useful to explore this uncharted territory. It also provides a hands-on account of the first steps towards the establishment of a community of scholars committed to a transformative engagement with the BRI.

 

Programme

10:15-11:00 Speech by Daniele Brombal

11:00-11:05 Commentator: Bart Gaens (Senior Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs)

11:00-11:30 Q & A

 

About the speaker 

Daniele is a tenure track researcher at Ca’ Foscari University Venice. His research focuses on transformations  for sustainability in China and beyond. He teaches Chinese society and politics at the Department of Asian and North African Studies and coordinates the Minor in Sustainability at the International College – Ca’ Foscari University Venice. He spends most of his time between the Venetian lagoon and his hometown in the Dolomites. His full list of publications is available at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniele_Brombal