InternationalOnlineWorkshop

Convened by:

JeanMonnetNetworkOnStrategiesFor PromotingEurope-AsiaConnectivity(SPEAC)

Date 2and3December2020

Venue ZOOM

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PartnerOrganisationsKoreaUniversity,Seoul,RepublicofKorea

EUCenterinSingapore,NanyangTechnologicalUniversity,SingaporeRuhr-UniversitatBochum,Germany

UppsalaUniversity,SwedenMariaCurie-SklodowskaUniversity,Lublin,Poland

HostedandOrganisedby

ThePoliticsandPolicies of

EU-AsiaConnectivity

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1.EventOverview

TheEuropean-AsianResearchNetworkonStrategiesforPromotingEurope-AsiaConnectivity(SPEAC)issupportedbytheEuropeanUnionandfurthersthedevelopmentofanEurope-AsiaresearchnetworkonstrategiesforpromotingconnectivitybetweenEuropeandAsia.

SPEAC contributes to establishing and developing a comprehensive research network that assessesthreemajorareasofconnectivitybetweenEuropeandAsia,i.e.economyandtrade,politicsandsecurityas well as people-to-people and rule of law. All research activities contribute to exploring thecontextualization, challenges and opportunities of EU-Asia connectivity and to the development ofrespectivepolicyrecommendations.

TheworkshopbuildsuponongoingcooperativeresearchoftheDepartmentofInternationalPoliticalEconomyofEastAsiaattheFacultyofEastAsianStudiesatRuhr-UniversitatBochum(Germany)withKorea University (Republic of Korea), EU Center in Singapore at Nanyang Technological University(Singapore), Uppsala University (Sweden), and Maria Curie-Sklodowska University (Poland). Theactivity is designed to strengthen intra-European and transregional research activities – therebybringingtogetherdifferentresearchapproachesfromvariousEuropeanandAsiancountriesandactorsandprovidingaplatformfortheyounggenerationofAsianandEuropeanresearchers.

TheworkshopaimsatpresentinganddiscussingthepoliticsandpoliciesofEU-Asiaconnectivity.Whendoing so the identification of actors and venues in global governance where Asian actors and theEuropeanUnionactaspartnerswillbeaddressed.ByidentifyingandassessingtheAsianregionasarelevantpartner,theworkshopaddressesimportantquestionsrelatedtoactorness,roleconceptions,andpolicyissuesinthecontextofEU-Asiarelations.

ThepurposeoftheworkshopistobringtogetherinternationalacademicsandexpertsfromdifferentdisciplinestotakestockofandassessthestateofplayofEU-Asiaconnectivityanditscurrenttrajectory.ThegoalistocreateaplatformfornewinterdisciplinaryandinnovativeresearchthatcontributestotheacademicandpracticalunderstandingofcontemporaryEU-Asiaaffairsinrapidlychangingglobalandregionalcontexts.

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2.Programme

DAY1 2December2020 InternationalOnlineWorkshop

ThePoliticsandPoliciesofEU-AsiaConnectivity

9:00-9:15

OpeningRemarksProf.SunghoonPARK(KoreaUniversity)Briefingontheprogramandwelcoming

9:15-9:50

Session1:Geopolitics,PublicDiplomacyPresenters:

Ø Dr.LayHweeYeo(SingaporeUniversity)Ø Prof.SaeWonChung(PukyongNationalUniversity)andProf.

Sung-WonYoon(TheUniversityofSuwon)

9:50-10:00 COFFEEBREAK

10:00-11:00

Session 2: Policies: Sustainability and Climate Change, Energy,Digital,TradeandInvestmentPresenters:

Ø Prof. Anna Michalski and Prof. Charles Parker (UppsalaUniversity)

Ø Prof.Jae-SeungLee(KoreaUniversity)Ø MsMireiaPauloNoguera(RUBUniversity)Ø Prof. Pawel Pasierbiak and Prof. Tomasz Bialowas (Maria

Curie-SklodowskaUniversity)

11:00-11:10 COFFEEBREAK

11:10-12:30

SPEACProjectManagementMeetingDiscussion about upcoming activities, timeline and organisationalissues

EndofDAY1

DAY1willbeaclosedsessionforSPEACmembers. PresentationswillberecordedandlateruploadedtoSPEACwebsiteandIPPEAYoutubeChannel.

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DAY2 3December2020 InternationalOnlineWorkshop

ThePoliticsandPoliciesofEU-AsiaConnectivity

9:30-10:30

OpeningRemarksProf.SunghoonPARK(KoreaUniversity)Briefingofthedayprogramandwelcoming

Speaker:

Prof.SebastianBERSICK(RUBUniversity) “EU-AsiaConnectivity:Concepts,ContextsandContestations”

10:30-10:45 COFFEEBREAK

10:45-11:45

Session4:SPEACJuniorFellowsChair:Prof.Jae-SeungLee(KoreaUniversity)Speakers:

- David Alenga, Norwegian University of Science andTechnology(NTNU),InstituteofModernHistoryandSociety(IMS),Trondheim"EurasianPipelineConnections:ACaseStudyofThePowerofSiberiaandNordStream2"

- Jin Hun An, Ph.D. Candidate at KUGSIS; Senior ExternalRelationsOfficeratASEAN-KoreaCentre"EU-ASEANStrategicPartnershipforconnectingEuropeandAsia"

- DianaSchnelleM.A.,ResearchAssociateandPh.D.Candidate "ConnectivityandMarketcraft:EU-JapanCooperationinGlobalEnergyandClimateGovernance"

11:45-12:00

Closing Remarks Prof.SunghoonPARK(KoreaUniversity)Prof.SebastianBERSICK(RUBUniversity)

End of DAY 2

DAY2willbeanopensessionforgeneralpublic.PresentationswillberecordedandlateruploadedtoSPEACwebsiteandIPPEAYoutubeChannel.

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ShortDescriptionoftheProject

Under its mission to establish this prestigious network, this project basically pursues thefollowingfiveobjectives:□ToassessthreemajoraspectsofaEurope-AsiaConnectivityInitiative (economic/trade,political/securityandsocietal(people-to-people/ruleoflaw))

□TocontextualisethreemajoraspectsofaEurope-AsiaConnectivityInitiative

□ToexplorethechallengesofthreemajoraspectsofaEurope-AsiaConnectivityInitiative

□ToidentifytheopportunitiesthreemajoraspectsofaEurope-AsiaConnectivityInitiative

□Todrawwin-winstrategies,sustainabilityandimplicationsforaEurope-Asia

ConnectivityInitiative

Thisprojectfocusesoncreatingacademicadded-valuesandpromotingEUStudies. Withthisregard,thisprojectproposessixmainactivities.(1) AcademicAdded-Values

☐NetworkResearchers’Workshops(FiveTimesinLocationsofPartnerInstitutions)

☐WorkingPaperSeries(SPEACJuniorFellows’Contributionsbyyearlythemes)

☐Monograph(academicvolumetobepublishedbyaninternationalpublisher)

☐SpecialIssueofInternationalJournal (2) EUStudiesPromotion

☐SPEACJuniorResearchFellowships(EachPartnerwillselectbyyearlythemes,PhDCandidateorJuniorPhDorFaculty)

☐SPEACFinalInternationalConferenceinBrussels(incollaborationwiththeVUB)※TheListofActivitiesisonthenextpageandLifespan&ActionPlanispresentedasanappendix.

Objectives

Activities

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3. PARTICIPANTSANDCONTRIBUTORS

Partner1.KoreaUniversity(Co-Ordinator)

Prof.Sung-HoonPark

Prof. Sung-HoonPark isa JeanMonnetChairProfessorandanExecutiveDirectorofJeanMonnetEUCentreofExcellence,KoreaUniversity,Seoul.HeearnedhisPhDinEconomicsfromTechnicalUniversityofBerlin,Germany in1993.Hehasholdprestigiousvisitingprofessorshipsatinternationallyrecognizeduniversitiesand think tanks—Korean Institute of International EconomicPolicy(KIEP),MacauInstituteofEuropeanStudies,RitsumeikanUniversity, ASEF University, UC San Diego, the University ofCanterbury (New Zealand) and Vienna University. He isinternationallyrecognizedbyhisresearchactivitiesaboutissuesof international trade and investment policy (WTO rules),EuropeanandAsianeconomic integrationandKorea’sexternaleconomicpolicies.Hehaspublishedanumberofpublications:17books(single-authored,co-authoredandeditedvolumes)aswellasonehundredarticles.

Prof.Jae-SeungLee

Prof. Jae-Seung Leeis a Jean Monnet Chair Professor and aManagingDirectorofJeanMonnetEUCentreofExcellence,KoreaUniversity,Seoul.ProfessorLeealsoservesasDirectorofNordic-Benelux Centre and Chairman of Asia-Europe Energy PolicyResearch Network (AEEPRN). He earned his BA in PoliticalScience from Seoul National University, and MA and PhD inPoliticalSciencefromYaleUniversity.HeservesintheadvisoryboardtoMinistryofForeignAffairsofRepublicofKorea.Hehashold visiting professorshipsWalter H. Shorenstein Asia-PacificResearchCentreandtheReischauerCentreforEastAsianStudiesatJohnsHopkinsUniversity.HisresearchareaslieinEuropeanpoliticaleconomy,foreignpolicyandenergysecurity.Hehaswona couple of outstanding awards including Asia Society YoungLeader(2006)andYoungLeaderatInterActionCouncil(2008).He has also contributed and given consultations aboutinternationalaffairstonationalandinternationalmediaoutlets.

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Partner1.KoreaUniversity(Co-Ordinator)

Dr.Seung-HwanYoon

Dr. Yoon is a research professor and secretary general of the EUCentre at Korea University. He earned his Ph.D. in internationalcommerce from Korea University. He had worked for the KISDI(Korea Information Society Development Institute), one of theKoreangovernmentthinktanks,aspartof theKoreangovernmentFTA negotiation team with respect to the telecommunicationsserviceforaboutthreeyears.HealsoworkedasaresearchprofessorfortheNordicBeneluxCentreatKoreaUniversity.Dr.YoonservesasamemberoftheboardofdirectorsoftheKorean-GermanAcademyofEconomicsandManagement(KDGW)andKoreaOrdo Economics Association. He has held membership in otheracademicsocietiessuchastheKoreaTradeResearchAssociation.HisresearchinterestslieinInternationalCommerce(WTO/FTA),traderelations between EU andAsia, trade policy, and FDI. Hewon theBMWbestacademyawardforeconomicsin2019.

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Partner1.KoreaUniversity(Co-Ordinator)

Sung-WonYoon

Dr.Sung-WonYooniscurrentlyanAssociateProfessorattheDivisionofBusinessAdministration,TheUniversityofSuwon.ShereceivedherMScinEuropeanStudiesfromLondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScienceandherPh.D.inInternationalCommercefromKoreaUniversity.Beforejoiningtheuniversityin2013,shehadworkedasResearchProfessoratKoreaUniversityfortheperiodof2010-2012.ShealsoworkedforthePresidentialCouncilonNationBranding,aspecialgovernmentalbodyestablishedwithanobjectivetopromoteKorea’s global image outside the world. She has been activelyinvolved in a wide variety of research projects including themulticountryresearchprojectsfundedbyEuropeanCommissionandNATO. Her main research interests include EU cultural policy,EuropeanidentityandEuropeanintegration.Herlatestpublicationsinclude four co-authoredmonographs suchasTheStoryofEuropethrough Museum(2018), Understanding European Integration byTreaties(2016),EuropeanUniversities thatMakeEurope(2015)andEU28:IntroductiontoEuropeanIntegration(2014),inadditionto30journalarticles.Sheiscurrentlyconductingagovernment-sponsoredproject"EU'sDigitalPublicDiplomacyandItsImpactAnalysis."

SaeWonChung

Dr. Sae Won Chung is an Assistant Professor at the Division ofInternationalandAreaStudies,PukyongNationalUniversity,Busan.DrChunghasservedasanadvisoryboardmemberofKoreanSocietyofContemporaryEuropeanStudies.Hehasheldamembershipofthenumber of academic societies (Korean Society for EuropeanIntegration, EUSA-Korea, Korean Political Science Association, andWorldAssociationforTripleHelix&StrategyStudies).Hisresearchinterests lie in interdisciplinary strategic studies based on AreaStudies (Asia and Europe), International Relations (images andperceptions,strategicpartnershipanddigitalpublicdiplomacy),andCommunication Studies (strategic communication; manual andautomated content analyses—discourse analysis, social andsemanticnetworkanalysis.

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Partner2.EUCentreinSingapore,NTU(Partner)

LayHweeYeo

Dr YEO Lay Hwee is Director of the European Union Centre inSingapore.SheisalsoCouncilSecretaryattheSingaporeInstituteofInternationalAffairs,AdjunctFellowattheSRajaratnamSchoolof International Studies, and Adjunct Faculty at the SingaporeManagementUniversity.Lay Hwee sits on several Advisory Boards including Centre forEuropeanStudiesattheAustralianNationalUniversity,KULeuven’sMaster in European Studies Programme; Centre for Asia-PacificStudies, Tallinn University of Technology, and the Leiden AsiaCentreinLeidenUniversity.SheisalsoamemberoftheScientificCommittee of amulti-year researchproject on “Trends inGlobalGovernance andEurope’sRole” (TRIGGER) ledby theCentre forEuropeanPolicyStudies(CEPS)(https://trigger-project.eu/).Her research interests revolve around comparative regionalism,multilateralism and governance networks. She has writtenextensivelyonissuespertainingtoAsia-Europerelationsingeneral,andspecificallyontheASEMprocessandEU-ASEANrelations.Sheparticipatesactivelyinvariousresearchnetworks,policydialoguesandacademicconferences.

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Partner3.Ruhr-UniversitätBochum

SebastianBersick

Prof.BersickholdstheJeanMonnetChairof‘ConnectingEuropeandAsia:People,PowerandPolicies’andheadstheDepartmentof'InternationalPoliticalEconomyofEastAsia'attheFacultyofEastAsianStudiesatRuhrUniversityBochum(RUB),Germany.He is also Adjunct Professor at the School of InternationalRelations and Public Affairs (SIRPA), Fudan University,Shanghai, and Visiting Professor at the Asia-Europe Institute(AEI),UniversityofMalaya,KualaLumpur.Hisresearchareascover the international political economy of Asia-Europerelations (esp. EU-China, EU-ASEAN, ASEM, BRI), East Asianintegration, China as a regional and global actor and asinternational relations inAsia.Oneof his recentpublicationswas China’s International Roles. Challenging or SupportingInternational Order? co-edited with Sebastian Harnisch andJorn-CarstenGottwald.

MireaPauloNoguera

Ms.MireiaPauloisResearchAssociateandDoctoralCandidateattheDepartmentof'InternationalPoliticalEconomyofEastAsia'attheFacultyofEastAsianStudiesatRuhrUniversityBochum(RUB),Germany.SheisalsoaSeniorConsultantattheChineseA&ZLawFirminShanghai.Sheisanaccomplishedmulticulturalprofessional with over 15 years of experience in research,teaching, policy advising, government relationships, aswell asbusiness strategy and investment.Her international expertiseinvolves worked (7 countries) across a variety of industriesincludingEUpublicinstitution,UNagency,NGOs,privatesectorand university. She is often invited to speak at events, tailortrainings for companies and public agencies, and to lecturecourses for universities. Her teaching includes contemporaryaspects of China’s political economy and legal system, China’sforeign policy, EU Studies and EU-China relations. She iscurrently pursuing research on digital transformation,particularlyexamining5Gstandardisation,andEUandChinaasinternationalactorsfromaroletheoreticalperspective.

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Partner4.UppsalaUniversity(Partner)

AnnaMichalski

Anna Michalski is Associate Professor at the Department ofGovernment, Uppsala University, Sweden, and Chair of theSwedishNetwork for European Studies in Political Science. Shehaspublished extensively inEUaffairs, particularly on theEU’sroleininternationalrelations.Herresearchhasbeenpublishedinrenownedscholarly journals,suchas JournalofCommonMarketStudies, European Journal of International Relations, Journal ofEuropeanPublicPolicyand Journal ofEuropean Integration. Shehas published several monographs and edited volumes withPalgrave Macmillan, Edward Elgar and Santerus AcademicPublisher. Recent publications includeUnlikely Partners? China,the European Union and the Forging of a Strategic Partnership(2017) with Palgrave and ‘Role Dynamics in a StructuredRelationship: The EU– China Strategic Partnership’ (2017) inJournalofCommonMarketStudies,bothwithZhongqiPan.Sheiscurrently pursuing research on strategic partnerships,socialization among permanent representatives in internationalorganizations and EU as an international actor from a roletheoreticalperspective.

CharlesParker

CharlesF.ParkerisAssociateProfessorofPoliticalScienceattheDepartmentofGovernmentandservesasthedeputychairoftheboard for CNDS. His research has focused on climate changepolitics, leadership, crisis management, and the origins andconsequences of warning-response problems. His most recentpublication is “The effectiveness of national and EU-level civilprotection systems: Evidence from 17 member states” in theJournalofEuropeanPublicPolicy.

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Partner5.MariaCurie-SkłodowskaUniversity

PawełPasierbiak

AnAssociateProfessorintheInstituteofEconomyandFinance,Faculty of Economics at Maria CurieSklodowska University inLublin, Dr. Pasierbiak has taught there for the past 16 years.DuringthattimehealsotaughtInternationalTrade,Finance,andInvestment at universities in Spain and Germany. His field ofresearchcompriseeconomicdevelopmentwithintheAsia-Pacificregion and individual countries (Japan, China, South Korea,India), international economics, European integration, andregionaleconomicintegration.

TomaszBiałowąs

Dr Tomasz Bialowas is an Assistant Professor, Chair of WorldEconomy and European Integration atMarie Curie-SklodowskaUniversityinLublin,Poland.Hehasjoinedthefacultysince2006.His research fields are international economics, internationaltrade,economicdevelopmentandeconomicgrowth.

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SPEACJuniorFellows

DavidAlenga(NTNU)

David Alenga is a research fellow at the Norwegian University ofScienceandTechnology(NTNU)andpartof theResearchCouncilofNorway(RCN)fundedFateofNationsProject(FoN)attheDepartmentof Modern History and Society. His research interest includes theEuropeanUnion(EU),thepost-Sovietregion,internationalinstitutionsandenergysecurity.

Mr.JinHunAn

Mr. Jin Hun An is a PhD candidate at Korea University majoring ininternational commerce. He earned his BA in psychology fromNewYork University and MA in international commerce from KoreaUniversity.Inparallelwithhisacademiccareer,hehasbeenworkingattheASEAN-KoreaCentre, an internationalorganizationmandated topromoteeconomicandsocio-culturalcooperationbetweenASEANandKorea, over the past six years. He is interested in empirical studiesrelatedtotheeffectofLow-EmissionDevelopmentStrategies(LEDS)onmacroeconomicsandenvironment.ForhisPhDdissertation,heiswriting on the topic “Impact of Trade Liberalization on CarbonEmissionsinDevelopingCountries:ASectoral-levelAnalysis”.

DianaSchnelle(RUB)

DianaSchnelle is a researchassociate anddoctoral candidate at thedepartment of International Political Economy of East Asia, RuhrUniversity Bochum. Her responsibilities include research,undergraduate teaching aswell as subject-specific student guidanceandcounseling.SheisalsopartoftheeditorialteamforASIEN–TheGerman Journal on Contemporary Asia. Previously, she has beenstudyingJapaneseStudies,ChineseandEconomicsattheUniversityofBonnandtheUniversityofKagoshima.Hercurrentresearchfocuseson Japan's energy policy and the impact of the global shift towardsdecarbonizationonJapan'sinternationalenergyrelations.Inordertogainfreshperspectivessheputstousehermulticulturalbackgroundandhigh levelproficiency in fourdifferent languageswhichprovideherwithauniqueaccesstodifferentsourcesoffthebeatentrack.

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Appendix:ActionPlans

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