*Message sent from a system outside of UConn.* The Geopolitical Economy of Global China CFP for Global Conference on Economic Geography, Worcester (USA), June 04th-08th 2025 Session organisers: Pádraig Carmody (Trinity College Dublin and the University of Johannesburg) and James T. Murphy (Clark University) China now exerts substantial influence on "global development". "It" does this through a variety of vectors, including trade, investment, aid, standards, loans, and others. Particularly significant has been China's signature Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a truly global project that has been restructured recently to emphasise smaller and "greener" projects, rather than large-scale infrastructure ones which were often associated with the meme of "debt trap diplomacy". How China's geoeconomic and geopolitical influences and initiatives are received, mediated, refracted and transformed in situ is largely responsible for determining their developmental outcomes and the degree to which global development is being transformed as a result. In recent decades, there has been voluminous research on this subject with economic geographers and others contributing a diverse array of perspectives on the drivers, mechanisms, and impacts of "Global China" on the world economy. This session aims to take stock of what we know about Global China, and to explore its evolving economic-geographic nature and impacts. We welcome papers which examine both the "internal" drivers and restructuring of Chinese foreign economic policy and engagements, and those which address its impacts in locations/regions around the world. Topics may include:
* Chinese state capitalism - its varieties and variegations in world economy * Comparative analyses of Global China's vectors and impacts * The BRI and its post-COVID evolution * Chinese development finance - mechanisms, means, and implications * The impact of Global China on cities * Global China and the "second Cold War" * Global China and technology transfer, innovation diffusion * Global China's implications for sustainability transitions * The economic geographies of the "Digital Silk Road" Submission Guidelines: * We invite authors to submit abstracts of up to 250 words to Padraig ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>) and Jim ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>) by Friday 10th January 2025. Following acceptance of abstracts to the session (Monday 13th January 2015), paper authors will be required to submit their abstracts through the conference registration page (https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgceg.org%2Findex.php%2Fregister%2F&data=05%7C02%7CECONOMICGEOGRAPHY-L%40LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU%7C4b7e576a4478420c573208dd0570a961%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638672703646545817%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=1tohgu807dpBCDSIUjlih4j7whqoPw1LyHe3G5h0ag8%3D&reserved=0) by the GCEG deadline of 15th January 2025. We also welcome queries or requests for further information. James T. Murphy, Ph.D. Professor & Director Graduate School of Geography, Clark University Editor-in-Chief, Economic Geography - https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tandfonline.com%2Ftoc%2Frecg20%2Fcurrent&data=05%7C02%7CECONOMICGEOGRAPHY-L%40LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU%7C4b7e576a4478420c573208dd0570a961%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638672703653108376%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Rj5b6INBCP3R07O7duETVzEGl4GblDLwJLCJMBp7480%3D&reserved=0 950 Main Street Worcester, MA 01610 USA (508) 793-7687 (phone) (508) 793-8881 (fax) [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww2.clarku.edu%2Ffaculty%2Ffacultybio.cfm%3Fid%3D588&data=05%7C02%7CECONOMICGEOGRAPHY-L%40LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU%7C4b7e576a4478420c573208dd0570a961%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638672703653108376%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=FS%2FSnxgQVLZ2c%2BU%2BPYCV0s3rH%2FqIWWvH52GAoC4czhU%3D&reserved=0 View the Clark Geography videos at https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvimeo.com%2Falbum%2F5059982&data=05%7C02%7CECONOMICGEOGRAPHY-L%40LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU%7C4b7e576a4478420c573208dd0570a961%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638672703653108376%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=nzH8uFeV7QE3ADWY1ehjSiuoZyOOVWwuRbjg%2F1A6pU4%3D&reserved=0
