BRINGING THE SECTOR BACK IN (BSBI):
THE MULTIDIMENSIONALITY OF SECTORS IN THE NEW POLITICAL ECONOMY
Berkeley Workshop (April 17-18, 2025)
Social Science Matrix, 820 Social Sciences Building, U.C. Berkeley
Full Agenda Here.
AGENDA AT-A-GLANCE
THURSDAY, APRIL 17
8:30 – 9:00 Coffee and Light Breakfast
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome and Introduction
9:15 – 10:45 Roundtable on Nations or Sectors in the New Political Economy (public panel)
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Multidimensionality of Sectors and Economic Statecraft, Global Value Chains, and Trade and Investment
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch for Workshop Participants
1:30 – 3:00 Multidimensionality of Sectors: Regime Type and Sectoral Dynamics in Labor, Market, and Environmental Transitions
3:00 – 3:15 Coffee Break
3:15 – 4:45 Multidimensionality of Sectors: New Industrial Policy, Sectoral Institutions, and Globalization
6:00 – 7:30 Dinner for Workshop Participants
FRIDAY, APRIL 18
8:30 – 9:00 Coffee and Light Breakfast
9:00 – 10:30 Multidimensionality of Sectors: State and Private Choices, Sectoral Dynamics, and Governance and Regulation
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:45 Workshop Reflections and Next Steps Discussion
11:45 – 12:00 Coffee Break
12:00 – 1:30 Matrix on Point: Technology and China in the New Political Economy (public panel)
The Bringing the Sector Back In Berkeley Workshop is sponsored by the Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative (BESI) and cosponsored by the Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ISEEES), and the Department of Political Science, at the University of California, Berkeley. The Institute of International Studies (IIS) and the U.C. Berkeley School of Information are additional cosponsors of the public panels. Unless specified, the workshop is closed to the public. An expanded group of participants, comprising five panels, will meet at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Vancouver in September. Please email Roselyn Hsueh at rhsueh@berkeley.edu with any questions and/or a request to join the closed workshop.
