1. The Role of Regions in EU-China Relations
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Joanna Ciesielska-Klikowska, Justyna Szczudlik, Tomasz Kamiński, Adriana Skorupska, Michał Gzik, Kamiński, Tomasz, Uniwersytet Łódzki, Tomasz Kamiński Ph.D., political scientist, associate professor at the Faculty of International and Political Studies, University of Lodz. His research activities are concentrated on paradiplomacy and city diplomacy, in particular in the context of the EU’s policy towards China. He has worked in numerous research projects funded by the European Commission (Horizon 2020, Jean Monnet Module) and the Polish National Science Centre., Justyna Szczudlik Deputy Head of Research, Head of Asia-Pacific Programme and China analyst with the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM). She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Warsaw (2015), an MA in Chinese Studies from the University of Warsaw (2008) and an MA in Political Science from the University of Wroclaw (2002). She studied Chinese language at the College of Advanced Chinese Training, Beijing Language and Culture University (2005-2006), Beijing and at the National Cheng-chi University in Taipei (2013). Her research focuses on China’s foreign policy, especially China-Central and Eastern Europe relations including China- Poland relations, as well as Cross-Strait relations., Adiana Skorupska expert on paradiplomacy, for many years an analyst at the Polish Institute of International Affairs, project coordinator and author of publications on international cooperation of local governments., Joanna Ciesielska-Klikowska political scientist, assistant professor at the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Lodz. Scholarship holder of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) at the Technische Universität Chemnitz, summer school lecturer at the Universität des Saarlandes in Saarbrücken. She cooperates with Otto-von-Guericke-Universität in Magdeburg, where she teaches about the Polish-German relations and the political system in Poland. Member of the Polish Society for International Studies, Polish-Austrian Society and University Association for Contemporary European Studies. In her research she deals with the German political system and issues of European integration, German-Chinese relations as well as the paradiplomatic relations between EU member states and China., and Michał Gzik In 2020 he graduated with a Master’s degree in international relations on an oriental specialty at the Faculty of International and Political Studies at the University of Lodz. Currently he is a PhD student at the Doctoral School of Social Sciences of the University of Lodz. Co-author of monographs about functioning of the European Union and sustainable development in the context of activity of international urban networks. Laureate of the 'Debiut Naukowy 2019 - Zrównoważony Rozwój' competition. Author of papers presented at international and national scientific conferences, focusing on the issue of Italian-Chinese regional cooperation. His scientific work concentrates on the study of cooperation between cities in the European Union and Central and Eastern Europe with the cities of the People’s Republic of China.
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EU-China relations ,Chin ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,EU foreign policy ,Paradiplomacy ,Regional studies ,Political science ,regional studies ,medicine ,Economic history ,paradiplomacy ,media_common.cataloged_instance ,European union ,China ,media_common - Abstract
More and more regions are cooperating with their Chinese counterparts in many different areas: economy, environment, culture, academic exchange. Although the subnational dimension has started to be a visibly important element of EU-China relations, this trend is not reflected in the academic literature on EU-China relations. Until now, we have not known what the network of contacts with China at the regional level looks like and what the determinants and institutional forms of inter-regional partnerships there are. The present book maps Sino-European relations at the regional level and presents a detailed analysis of subnational contacts in the six analysed EU member states, illustrated by case studies of interesting regions from each country. It shows the rising role of non-state actors in international relations, the growing importance of paradiplomacy, as well as the necessity to look at the EU-China relations as a multi-layer phenomenon, engaging different types of actors on different levels. Publication financed by the National Science Centre, Poland. (Project number: 2015/19/B/HS5/02534 entitled “Rola regionów w polityce Unii Europejskiej wobec Chin/ The Role of Regions in the European Union Policy towards China”)
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- 2021