O investigador visitante no CES apresenta a sua investigação na área da Ciência Política e Relações Internacionais, procurando explicar porque é que a ameaça chinesa no 5G é vista de forma distinta no "Sul Global" da europeia e compara as respostas distintas que a África do Sul e o Brasil deram à guerra tecnológica entre os EUA e a China. 

Moderação: Licínia Simão (FEUC/CES)


Programa

14h30 - Breve apresentação do orador

14h40 - Apresentação por Janis van der Westhuizen, Dept. of Political Science, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

15h30 - Debate

16h00 - Encerramento

Nota biográfica

Janis van der Westhuizen is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa and rsearcher at the BRICS Policy Centre. He is a master in Political Science from the University of Stellenbosch and also Ph.D. in Political Science from Dalhousie University, Canada. He has been a visiting fellow in several institions, including the (Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali "Guido Carli"), in Rome, and the Institute of Social and Political Studies of the State University of Rio de Janeiro, among many others. He has been awarded several reserach projects and has published extensively on topics such as South African foreign policy; the political economy of globalisation or Comparing Brazil and South Africa as rising powers.