On 30 November and 1 December CISAD will be organising a joint seminar together with our distinguished partners from UNU-CRIS - United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies. The seminar’s aim is to discuss the wide and diverse topic of regionalisation and regional integration as well as the possibilities for further enhancement of cooperation between CISAD and UNU-CRIS. On the first day scholars from our Centre, UNU-CRIS and our special guests from japanese universities will participate in the workshop - From a “World of Regions” to “Interlocking Regional Worlds”? What Next for the Study of Regionalism in Complex Geopolitical Times. Below you can find the program of the mentioned workshop. We strongly encourage interested students and scholars to participate and listen to our experts on the topic of regionalisation.

Program of the workshop:

DAY 1

Conference - “Redefining regionalism in complex geopolitical times?”  - Thursday 30 November, Reymonta 4, Centre for International Studies and Development

• 9:00-9:30 – Inauguration and Words of Welcome
• 9:30-10:30 - Panel 1 (Room 207): Regional organisations redefining regionalisation patterns:

1. Frank Mattheis (UNU-CRIS): Regional organizations as geopolitical actors beyond their region: the case of the African Union
2. Marcin Grabowski (Jagiellonian University): US Policy towards Regional Integration in East Asia
3. Hideyuki Miura (Kyorin University): The Rule Formation of Digital Trade in the Indo-Pacific

• 11:00-12:30 - Panel 2 (Room 207): Different dimensions of regional integration:

1. Alina Penkala (UNU-CRIS & Ghent University): Challenging the Geopolitical Script: Ukrainian Narratives and the East-West Paradigm
2. Gaëlle Le Pavic (UNU-CRIS & Ghent University): Bottom-up regionalism: when geopolitics meets the social
3. Paolo Pizzolo (Jagiellonian University): Kazakhstan between Eurasian integration and Chinese-inspired regional initiatives
4. Christopher Lamont (Tokyo International University): Emerging Technology Governance and Interlocking Regionalism

• 13:30 – 14:30 - Panel 3 (Room 207): Understanding complex regional integration patterns:

1. Justine Miller (UNU-CRIS & Ghent University): Modeling regional integration with network analysis
2. Emilian Kavalski (Jagiellonian University): When Regionalisms Compete? Large-Scale Connectivity Projects in a Multi-Order World
3. Arata Kuno (Asia University): Regional Integration in Northeast Asia: The Coexistence of Irresistible Market Attractiveness and Geo-Economic Risks

• 15:00 – 16:00 – Roundtable (Room 207): Toward global regionalism: decentering regionalism

1. Moderator: Philippe De Lombaerde (UNU-CRIS)
2. Emilian Kavalski (Jagiellonian University)
3. Hideyuki Miura (Kyorin University)
4. Christopher Lamont (Tokyo International University)

DAY 2

Exploring further collaboration between CISAD and UNU-CRIS Friday 1 December

• 9:00 – 11:00 - Joint publication

all UNU-CRIS and JU staff present

• 11:30 – 13:30 Project proposal

all UNU-CRIS staff and JU staff present