TWIN SEEDS

Towards a World Integrated and Socio-economically Balanced European Economic Development Scenario

is a research project funded within the Horizon Europe program led by Politecnico di Milano (Grant agreement ID: 101056793)

The project studies the recent evolution of Global Value Chains (GVC), with the aim of understanding the role played by technological transformations and geopolitical and policy shifts in shaping these changes. Thanks to the joint effort of eleven universities and research institutions from eight EU countries, TWIN SEEDS is expected to enrich the European debates and public policies aiming at economic prosperity, social cohesion and environmental quality in the light of the still unknown effects of GVC reconfiguration.

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About
TWIN SEEDS

The TWIN SEEDS consortium is led by Politecnico di Milano (IT) and includes other ten European universities and research institutions. On this website, you can read a detailed description of the project, find out more about the researchers involved in it and access publications issued throughout the duration of the study. If you want to know how the project is evolving, have a look at our blog in the News section.

OUR OBJECTIVES

1

Explore

Explore the geographical reorganization of GVC under these transformative geopolitical, economic and technological conditions, paying particular attention to key players within GVC, especially MNEs and their production networks.

2

Highlight

Highlight the effects of the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic to trade relations and GVCs in general.

3

Analyse

Analyse how recent and emerging technological development and GVC restructuring have impacted on social inequalities.

4

Construct

Construct optimal, multifaceted scenarios for a spectrum of interrelated policies in the key policy areas of trade and investment, competition and social policies.

NEWS & EVENTS

Event

Insights from TWIN SEEDS: Advancing Sustainable Trade Patterns

Event

ONLINE WEBINAR: Increasing Sustainability and Resilience in Supply Chains

News

TWIN SEEDS WP4 Workshop Unveils Preliminary Findings on the Environmental Impact of GVCs

Work package 2

Reconfiguration of Global Value Chains: Pandemic Patterns and Trade Policy

Work package 2

Vaccine Capabilities and Resilience in Europe

News

TWIN SEEDS WP2 first result discussed

Work package 1

Global innovation networks: dependencies, China, and industrial policies

Work package 1

Trade policy shifts: The balance between openness and strategic interests and the impact on multinational enterprises

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Methodology

TWIN SEEDS aims to achieve its ambitious objectives through a multidimensional and multidisciplinary approach, encompassing quantitative and qualitative research at the global, national, regional and firm level, complemented by stakeholder engagement, covering the entire EU within the international context.

Impact

It is TWIN SEEDS' intrinsic ambition to put its results at the benefit of a wider societal purpose and to make a difference for its key target and stakeholder groups; the project wants to enrich the European debates and public policies aiming at economic prosperity, social cohesion, and environmental quality in the light of the still unknown eefects of GVCs reconfiguration.