Upcoming seminar: Institutional change in EU-China science cooperation (1998-2025): from expansion to recalibration?
Date: 9th February (Monday), 2026
Time: 3:00pm to 4:15pm
Venue: RMS402, Runme Shaw Building, HKU & Zoom
Speaker: Marcelo Marques, Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Luxembourg
Chair: Hugo Horta, Associate Professor, The University of Hong Kong
Registration link: https://lnkd.in/gmYbwPEQ
Abstract:
This seminar offers a historical account of how EU–China science cooperation has evolved from the late 1990s to the present. I suggest that institutional change has unfolded cumulatively across four phases: (1) formation and early consolidation (1998–2004); (2) expansion (2004–2014); (3) re-articulation (2014–2019); and (4) recalibration (2019–2025). By mapping cooperation arrangements across the four periods, the seminar shows how cooperation has continued while the arrangements shaping participation have gradually diversified. It concludes by reflecting on what this trajectory suggests about the longer-term institutional evolution of international science cooperation.
About the speaker:
Marcelo Marques is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Luxembourg, specializing in comparative institutional and organizational analysis. His research explores transnational governance and regionalization processes in the fields of higher education and science, as well as their intersections with other policy domains. He currently serves as Senior Associate Editor of Comparative Education Review.