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TWIN SEEDS

Towards a World Integrated and Socio-economically Balanced European Economic Development Scenario

Roberta CAPELLO (docente coordinatore), Camilla LENZI, Andrea CARAGLIU, Giovanni PERUCCA, Silvia CERISOLA

The objective of the TWIN SEEDS project is to investigate changes in international trade and production patterns, specifically in global value chains (GVCs), both those of a longer-term nature (driven by the “twin seeds”: technological developments and geo-political changes) and those that are taking place in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The project will examine the impacts of these changes on employment, job quality, social and regional cohesion, on patterns of growth and competitiveness, as well as their environmental implications. The analysis will provide the basis to map out forward-looking policy scenarios (including trade and investment, industrial, regional, education/training and social policies) that allow Europe to secure decent work and working conditions, rapid progress towards resource-efficiency and decarbonisation, security of supply for strategic goods and sustainable, inclusive and competitive growth in the years to come.

DABC role

Beside the role of coordination and project management, the research group based at DABC leads the WP “New Normal Scenarios” and participates mainly in the assessment of recent and emerging impacts of GVCs and MNEs on growth, productivity and competitiveness and in the development of policy recommendations.

Partners

Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, University of Groningen, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Università di Milano Bicocca, Copenhagen Business School, Austrian Institute of Technology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Poznań University of Economics and Business, TBS Education Toulouse, OLD Continent