GEG represented at Think 20 Summit in Beijing

GEG postdoctoral researcher Peter Knaack was invited to attend the Think 20 Summit in Beijing. Organized by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and two other leading think tanks, the conference brought together about 500 academics, think tank researchers and policymakers from G20 member countries to debate salient issues of global governance. Conference participants engaged in lively conversations about effectiveness and legitimacy of the current global governance structure, and developed a variety of policy proposals of relevance for the upcoming G20 Leaders' Summit in Hangzhou, China.

Peter seized the opportunity to meet with scholars and think tank researchers whose work is of relevance for the GEG research project on global financial standards and developing countries. Following up on contacts made at the T20 Summit, he engaged in a series of in-depth meetings with scholars from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Fudan University, among others, to explore possibilities for future research cooperation on the political economy of China's participation in the forums of global financial governance.