The Regional Studies Association Research Network on on Green(ing) Global Value Chains for Sustainable Regional Development (GGVC4SRD)
The Green Transition presents significant economic, institutional and political shifts, challenging our understanding of sustainable regional development. Green Global Value Chains (GGVCs) and their actors such as lead firms and labourers take centre stage in this evolving relationship between sustainability and economic development. How frameworks like the EU’s Green Deal, due diligence laws, carbon taxes and carbon markets will reshape value chain governance and outcomes, particularly at the sub-national level, remains under-explored. This Research Network addresses this gap by advancing an interdisciplinary research agenda on GGVC and sustainable regional development from multiple, critical angles. Through workshops, RSA special sessions, and digital events, the network will create a platform for sharing cutting-edge research from established scholars while fostering new voices, especially from early career researchers and Global South scholars to push an emerging agenda of highest societal importance. A digital workshop and a webinar will promote and disseminate the network’s work.