Dr. Darren Lim1, Professor Elizabeth Thurbon2, Mr Walter Brenno Colnaghi1, Ms Veronica Fraile del Alamo1, Dr Victor Ferguson3, Dr Alexander Hynd2
1Australian National University, Acton, Australia, 2UNSW, Sydney, Australia, 3University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Biography:
Darren Lim: Darren researches in the field of international relations, at the intersection of international political economy, international security and global governance. His research interests focus on geoeconomics and economic security (including economic coercion and technology competition), grand strategy in the context of power transitions and international order, and the Indo-Pacific region.
Elizabeth Thurbon: Elizabeth is Deputy Head of School and Professor of International Political Economy at UNSW Sydney. Her research examines the state and its strategic role in the process of national techno-industrial development, adaptation, and transformation. Her most significant contributions to the field examine varieties of economic statecraft.
Victor Ferguson: Victor studies issues at the intersection of international political economy, global governance, and international security. He is particularly interested in researching factors that shape the use and impacts of economic statecraft, such as domestic institutions, international law, and the structure of markets.
Alexander Hynd: Alexander M. Hynd, Ph.D., is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UNSW Sydney's School of Social Sciences. His research examines the Green Energy Statecraft (GES) of Indo-Pacific states as they seek to maximise the benefits of the region's green energy shift.
Walter Brenno Colnaghi: Walter Colnaghi is a PhD candidate at the ANU’s School of Politics and International Relations. His research focus is on industrial policy and economic security. He formerly worked for the Italian Foreign Ministry and the European External Action Service. He holds a Master of Science from the London School of Economics and the ANU.
Veronica Fraile del Alamo: Veronica is a PhD candidate at the ANU’s School of Politics and International Relations. Her research focus is on economic security and the state-firm nexus. She holds a Master of Science from King's College.
Abstract:
Overview of panel session:
This panel covers emerging issues under the economic security research agenda. It seeks to bring together experts to explore topics that have gained prominence in light of the return of geopolitical competition and its multidomain nature. In particular, topic will cover how international actors use a number of policies to compete for economic security and technological dominance. These range from patterns and methods of economic coercion, economic statecraft, industrial policy, energy security, US-China technology competition (including the logic and costs of decoupling/derisking), and challenges to economic multilateralism. The panel will include a number of researchers working in the field of economic security and statecraft to present their research – Elizabeth Thurbon, Professor and Deputy Head of School, UNSW; Darren J Lim, Senior Lecturer, ANU; Victor A Ferguson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Tokyo; Alexander M. Hynd, Postdoctoral Research fellow, UNSW; Veronica Fraile del Alamo, PhD Candidate, ANU; Walter Brenno Colnaghi, PhD Candidate, ANU.