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Lecture Series: "Climate Change and Raw Materials: Risk or Opportunity?"
The lecture series, entitled "Climate Change and Raw Materials: Risk or Opportunity?", is being organized by the University of Kassel and the Philipps University of Marburg. It brings together scientists from various departments and universities in Germany. Raw materials have a direct impact on the lives and incomes of over a quarter of the world's population. Without raw materials, the current world would be inconceivable. But raw materials exploitation also destroys nature and increases global warming. Dependence on raw materials brings further problems. This is not only evident in crises within commodity-exporting countries, but is also expressed in the current geopolitical situation, such as the Ukraine war.
The public lecture series approaches these problems and examines the issues from the perspective of Latin America and the Maghreb. The contributions focus on the relationship between commodities and climate change from empirical, regional and/or theoretical perspectives. They are linked by not only analyzing the risks of the relationship between commodities and climate change, but also illuminating possibilities and opportunities. The research project "Commodity Extractivism in Latin America and the Maghreb" is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
The first lecture with Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt, titled "500 Years of Interdependence between Latin America and Europe," will take place on Thursday, October 27, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Conference Room B in the Science Park (Universitätsplatz 12) at the University of Kassel.
Program:
Oct. 27, 2022 in Kassel: 500 years of interdependence between Latin America and Europe (Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt, University of Kassel)
03.11.2022 in Kassel: Amazon, Oil Reserves and Corporate Climate Management: A Brazilian Perspective on the Achievability of the Paris Climate Targets (Prof. Dr. Anita Engels, Thomas Frisch, Solange Commelin; University of Hamburg).
10.11.2022 in Marburg: Patrimonial Capitalism, Pensions and Development (Prof. Dr. Oliver Schlumberger, University of Tübingen)
17.11.2022 in Kassel: Geopolitics of the "Great Transformation" (Prof. Dr. Markus Lederer, Technical University Darmstadt)
24.11.2022 in Kassel: Petrolism in the Middle East (Prof. Dr. Martin Beck, University of Kurdistan Hewlêr)
01.12.2022 in Kassel: Supply Chain Laws and Certification of Resources (Prof. Dr. Lena Partzsch, Freie Universität Berlin)
08.12.2022 in Marburg: Oil and Middle Classes in Iran (Prof. Dr. Mohammed Farzanegan, Philipps-Universität Marburg)
15.12.2022 in Kassel: Circular Economy, Raw Materials and Climate Change (Prof. Dr. Sina Leipold, Environmental Research Center Leipzig)
12.01.2023 in Marburg: Everything flows? The importance of water for the social contract in Morocco (Dr. Annabelle Houdret, German Development Institute, Bonn)
19.01.2023 in Kassel: Is Latin America too rich for development? (Dr. Hannes Warnecke-Berger / Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt, University of Kassel)
26.01.2023 in Marburg: Climate change and perspectives of socio-ecological transformation (Prof. Dr. Klaus Dörre, University of Jena)
02.02.2023 in Kassel: Climate change and distribution: Are we living at the expense of others? (Prof. Dr. Stephan Lessenich, University of Frankfurt)
09.02.2022 in Marburg: 500 years of interdependence between Maghreb and Europe (Prof. Dr. Rachid Ouaissa, Philipps-Universität Marburg)
Detailed information on each lecture can be found here: https://extractivism.de/ringvorlesung/
Venues:
Kassel: Gießhaus Mönchebergstraße 5, 34127 Kassel (exception: kick-off on 27.10: conference room B in the Science Park (Universitätsplatz 12).
Marburg: Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Deutschhausstraße 12, 35037 Marburg.
Stream (registration required): https://uni-kassel.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QpW-g7SJQDKGnFizi4EY-A
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt
Department of International Relations
Phone: 0561 804-2797 (secretariat)
Mail: magura[at]uni-kassel[dot]de
Web: https: //kassel-global.de