World Financial Crisis and Civil Society: Implications for Global Democracy
4th Käte Hamburger Lecture, 5 June 2013
On 5 June 2013 the Käte Hamburger Kolleg in Duisburg will be hosting what promises to be a stimulating public lecture. In an address entitled "World Financial Crisis and Civil Society: Implications for Global Democracy", Jan Aart Scholte, Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick, will be asking key questions about the relationship between democratic participation, crisis management, and the options for shaping the global financial system.
The United States and China: Towards a Future of Cooperation?
Book Presentation, 3 June 2013, 11 - 12:30 h
Drawing on three decades of research on China’s foreign relations, on Monday, June 3, 2013 Professor Wang will present her latest book on the United States and China in the past and at present. Her book "The United States and China: A History from the Eighteenth Century to the Present" combines history and international relations, covering not only high diplomacy but also economic, social, religious, and cultural interactions between the two countries in domestic and global affairs.
All Good Things Come in Threes
Save the Dates
For June 2013 the Centre for Global Cooperation Research has been able to obtain high-level, international experts for three Käte Hamburger Lectures to discuss highly topical issues of global governance.
Success factors and pitfalls of external democracy promotion
32nd Forum on Global Issues, 7 May 2013
The 32nd Forum on Global Issues, organised by the Federal Foreign Office in cooperation with SEF and INEF, will take place on 7 May 2013 in Berlin. Launched back in 1999, the forum addresses a wide range of global challenges and brings together state and non-state actors in international politics to discuss and exchange views.
About Us: The Käte Hamburger Kolleg
Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research is an interdisciplinary research institute of the University of Duisburg-Essen. The Centre is the tenth and the last Käte Hamburger Kolleg supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany.
The Centre recognises global cooperation as the key to solutions for urgent transnational problems. We propose an interdisciplinary framework that reflects how cultural premises and dynamics of emerging global governance could translate into global cooperation. We encourage an exchange of knowledge both among our international research fellows, practitioners and with the interested general public.
