Bard College Berlin Presents

FACULTY COLLOQUIUM SERIES - Gale Raj-Reichert and Tobias Wuttke Present: EU Subsidies for the Semiconductor Industry

Geopolitics and global supply chain redundancy and resilience concerns have led to a rise in semiconductor-related industrial policy worldwide. This is also evident in recent EU policy-making, in particular the EU Chips Act and the Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs) funding policy for microelectronics. These legislations allow for the provision of subsidies by EU member states to semiconductor R&D and production investments in the EU. We analyze these policies and what they mean for semiconductor firms' investment decisions in Germany as part of restructuring their global production networks. We present empirical data and preliminary findings based on interviews conducted in 2023 with global semiconductor companies, policymakers and experts in Germany.

Presentation and discussion by Gale Raj-Reichert and Tobias Wuttke. Part of the Faculty Colloquium Series.

Gale Raj-Reichert is Professor of Politics at Bard College Berlin. She holds a PhD in development studies from the University of Manchester Global Development Institute (2012) and teaches in the Politics concentration at Bard College Berlin. She is currently a principal investigator of a research project on geographical reconfigurations of global production networks in a post-COVID-19 global economy (funded by the German Research Fund 2023 to 2026).

Tobias Wuttke is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Bard College Berlin and is currently working on a three-year research project on "Global production post Covid-19: Assessing the geographical restructuring of firms and industries in global production networks", with a focus on the semiconductor industry. He holds a PhD in International Studies from Roskilde University, Denmark. His research focuses on economic development, global value chains and industrial policy.

Organized by the Faculty Colloquium Organizing Team: Gale Raj-Reichert, Ewa Atanassow, Nina Tecklenburg

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Time: 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm CET/GMT+1

Location: Lecture Hall

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