On Monday 27 June 2022 from 16:00 to 18:30 organize Socires/foodFIRST with Prof. Dr. Haroon Sheikh of the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) a lecture followed by a dialogue on:

(b) The European Union and Ukraine weaponization of economy and food

The lecture will take place in the House of Europe in The Hague.

Would you like to participate in this Socires-lecture, send an email to socires@socires.nl

Prof. Dr. Haroon Sheikh is a senior scientist at the WRR and special professor Strategic Governance of Global Technologies at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He will talk about geopolitical and geoeconomic changes and the unfolding new world order. In doing so, he will discuss, on the one hand, the various narratives developed to indicate this dynamic; On the other hand, the nature and scope of the new conflicts, including the weaponization of food and food products more generally economics. After his introduction, Professor Sheikh will talk to the participants. The purpose of this discussion is to provide policy-relevant insights for the new research programme of Professor Sheikh at the WRR and also for the programmes of Socires.