On Monday, March 7 at 4:00 p.m., Professor Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (London School of Economics) gave the Jean Monnet Special Lecture with the title “The revenge of places that do not matter and the growth of populism in Europe and the USA”. The event was organized by the Jean Monnet Module on the Economic and Financial System and Regional Development (EUFIREG) of the University of Cantabria with a great success, counting more than 100 participants.
During the presentation, Professor Andrés Rodríguez-Pose presented part of his research, published in high-impact international journals. Specifically, the presentation addressed the growing territorial gap and the connection that exists with the discontent of some population groups. After ignoring long-term processes of decline, it seems that there is an anti-system vote linked to that (economic and demographic) decline of “the places that do not matter” (or that feel that they do not matter). Professor Rodríguez-Pose emphasized that the places that “do not matter”, “do matter”. What we need is better policies.
Therefore, after an interesting one-hour presentation, the attendees had the opportunity to ask their questions, to which Professor Rodríguez-Pose responded with great kindness.
Professor Rodríguez-Pose is Princess of Asturias Chair and Professor of Economic Geography at the London School of Economics. There he directs the Cañada Blanch Center and has been Director of the Department of Geography and Environment. He is also a Professor at the Innovation Research Center at the University of Stavanger, Norway. In 2019, he was awarded honorary doctorates by the University of Utrecht (The Netherlands) and the University of Jönköping (Sweden). He has been President of the World Association of Regional Science (2015-2017) and ERSA Regional Science Award 2018, one of the highest awards in his field worldwide. He is a regular advisor to international organizations such as the European Commission, the World Bank, the European Investment Bank, the OECD or the ILO, among others. He has published nine books and more than 220 articles in academic journals of the highest prestige, in the field of growth and regional inequality, fiscal and political decentralization, institutions, discontent and populism, innovation, migrations and policies. and development strategies. He is the editor of Economic Geography and a member of the editorial boards of 41 other international academic journals. His research has been widely cited, making him one of the most influential scholars in the world. The Stanford/Elsevier classification has placed him in the first place in the world ranking in the field of urban and regional planning.
Please find below the link to the full video of the Jean Monnet Special Lecture:
Jean Monnet Special Lecture – Professor Andrés Rodríguez-Pose.
