Interconnected Worlds: electronics global production networks after the pandemic

Henry Yeung discusses his recent monograph Interconnected Worlds, exploring how electronics global production networks have evolved since 2018.

In this lecture, Henry Yeung will discuss key observations on the co-evolutionary trajectories of electronics global production networks in semiconductors, personal computers, mobile handsets and consumer electronics up to the late 2010s. This was a historical peak period in the global markets for these intermediate and end products, just before the devastating impacts arising from the US-China trade war since mid-2018 and the COVID-19 pandemic since 2020.

While some of these trends had been established ahead of the 2010s, their intensity and significance became more apparent during the 2010s. Professor Yeung will then examine their most significant implications for the global economy in the post-pandemic 2020s.

Meet our speaker and chair

Henry Yeung is Professor of Economic Geography and Distinguished Professor, National University of Singapore.

Hyun Bang Shin is Professor of Geography and Urban Studies in the Department of Geography and Environment at LSE, and Director of the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre.

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This event is co-hosted with the LSE Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre.

The Department of Geography and Environment (@LSEGeography) is a centre of international academic excellence in economic, urban and development geography, environmental social science and climate change.

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