In a context shaped by the reconfiguration of the world order, the intensification of geopolitical disputes, the structural financialisation of the economy, the ecological crisis, and the deepening of social inequalities, Dependency Theory has once again become an indispensable perspective for understanding the dynamics of contemporary capitalism. Far from constituting a closed chapter in Latin American thought, the dependency approach offers decisive analytical tools for interpreting the current global crisis and its implications for Latin America and the Caribbean.

This international seminar, bi-continental in scope and held in a hybrid format, brings together leading scholars with the aim of debating the contemporary relevance, renewal, and future trajectory of Dependency Theory in the twenty-first century.

Within this framework, the programme will also include the presentation of Decolonizing Economics: An Introduction (Devika Dutt, Carolina Alves, Surbhi Kesar, and Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven). The book examines the Eurocentric foundations that have shaped the economics discipline and constrained its capacity to engage with phenomena such as structural racism, uneven development, the climate crisis, and labour relations. It proposes “decolonising” economics by challenging the norms of neutrality and objectivity from which the discipline often claims to speak, and by opening space for approaches that take structural power, exploitation, and colonial legacies seriously. This session will include discussion by leading thinkers from the Latin American tradition of Dependency Theory and is conceived as a direct dialogue with the seminar’s thematic strands—particularly in rethinking the political economy of global capitalism from non-Eurocentric frameworks.
 

Strand 1. The historical development and contemporary relevance of Dependency Theory
This strand addresses the historical development and contemporary relevance of Dependency Theory, examining its main analytical categories, internal debates, and explanatory power in the face of recent transformations in global capitalism.

Strand 2. (Neo-)imperialisms, geopolitical tensions, and international economic relations from a dependency perspective
This strand analyses (neo-)imperialisms, geopolitical tensions, and international economic relations from a dependency perspective, interrogating global power configurations, inter-power rivalry, and the place of the periphery within the emerging world architecture.

Strand 3. New theoretical and methodological horizons: Dependency Theory as a framework for the contemporary world structure
This strand explores new theoretical and methodological horizons to consolidate Dependency Theory as an analytical framework for today’s world structure, engaging with debates on financialisation, extractivism, global value chains, the ecological crisis, and transformations of work.

More than a commemorative exercise, this seminar advances a strategic discussion: to think dependency today is to think about the conditions of possibility for sovereignty, development, and emancipation in a contested world

Pre-confirmed Latin American scholars

Ana Grondona, University of Buenos Aires
Diego Giller, National University of General Sarmiento
José G. Gandarilla, UNAM
Claudio Katz, Autonomous University of Buenos Aires
Nildo Ouriques, Federal University of Santa Catarina
Jaime Osorio, Benemérita Autonomous University of Puebla
Adrián Sotelo Valencia, UNAM
Raúl Delgado Wise, UAZ
Sebastian Stulwark, UGS
Mónica Bruckmann, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Marcelo Dias Carcanholo, Fluminense Federal University
Mariano Treacy, National University of General Sarmiento
Facundo Lastra, IIES – National University of the South

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