ReConnect podcast channel brings you fresh insights on various aspects of EU-China relations. In these podcasts, leading European experts on China discuss their recent ReConnect publications and the outcomes of ReConnect events.
The episodes are available on SoundCloud, Spotify, and Apple Podcast. The ReConnect podcast series is coordinated by the Centre for East Asian Studies, University of Turku, Finland.
Third ‘ReConnect China’ podcast: ‘EU-China STI cooperation in digital technologies’ (11/22/2023)Both the EU and China are ramping up efforts to become global leaders in digital technologies by channeling public funding into research on and development of innovative tools and applications. Even if strategic national (or European) interests may be behind, researchers and private companies from both sides do not refrain from seeking collaborations with each other. Who is behind the most active cooperation networks between the EU and China in digital technologies? How can European actors within these networks be best advised on potential risks related to research security when it comes to cooperation with China? And what are China’s other research priorities at the moment, to which European partners should look at?
In this episode of the ReConnect podcast University of Turku researcher Outi Luova interviews Gábor Szüdi and Philipp Brugner from the Centre for Social Innovation in Vienna. Both have several years of experience in working in EU-funded international research projects with a particular focus on the topics of science diplomacy with non-like-minded states, research integrity and trust in science. In ReConnect China, they recently finished a report and two related policy briefs on the EU’s science, technology and innovation cooperation with China in the fields of artificial intelligence, big data and machine learning.
The podcast is to be accessed on Soundcloud and Spotify
Second ReConnect China podcast: ‘Europe in the face of China’s growing narrative power’ (11/13/2023)In this episode of the ReConnect podcast, University of Tartü researcher Elo Süld interviews Ties Dams. Ties Dams is a political theorist, writer and Research Fellow at the Clingendael Institute, working on a book-project about Europe and the geopolitics of narrative. Aside from his research, he is a member of the EEAS expert group on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference. With Ties, Elo speaks about what the power of narrative is, why it matters to geopolitics, and why the highest echelons of Chinese politics have made gaining global narrative power a top priority.
The podcast is to be accessed on: https://soundcloud.com/turun-yliopisto/reconnect-china-europe-in-the-face-of-chinas-growing-narrative-power?in=turun-yliopisto/sets/reconnect-china and on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/6WlLJKpfireGUWbUK1gSgK
First ReConnect China podcast deals with the “Art of Forging Relations” between Europe and China (8/16/2023)Our first podcast deals with “Remonstrating”, or the Art of Forging Relations between the Europe and China. Based on our policy brief on the same topic published in May, its authors Bart Dessein and Jasper Roctus from Ghent University are guests in this first edition of the ReConnect China podcast.
During the conversation with Huanyu Zhao, Bart Dessein and Jasper Roctus shed more light on the origin of the term “Remonstrating” and plausibly demonstrate its practicability to interpret the challenging environment of current EU-China relations.
Sit back, relax, listen, and join us as we delve into this fascinating topic.
More information on the podcast on Soundcloud. The transcripts for the podcast can be found here.
Soon, the ReConnect China podcast series will be available on Spotify too.