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Poul Fritz Kjær

Professor

Subjects
Geopolitics Security Globalisation Value chain Germany

Primary research areas

Trans­formation and Con­flict in Glob­al So­ci­ety
How has glob­al so­ci­ety changed over time? And what are the drivers of change?
Glob­al Value Chain Law
How have value chains changed over time and what is the role of law in reg­u­lat­ing them?
European in­teg­ra­tion in the con­text of glob­al so­ci­ety
What does glob­al trans­form­a­tions mean for the European and its polit­ic­al eco­nomy?

Provid­ing the big pic­ture in a very con­crete sense

My research  

- Gives sense to the dramatic changes of our time 

- Situates current developments in history 

- Links economic, legal and political developments 

Publications

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August 2025

Three Futures of the World

‘Armageddon’, ‘Brazilianization’ or ‘Regulatory Hegemony’

Poul Fritz Kjær, Professor

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25 June 2025

Den vigtigste transfor­ma­tion af erhvervs­li­vets vilkår siden Anden Verdenskrig

Poul Fritz Kjær, Professor

Erik Rasmussen
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June 2025

Globalism Versus Universalism

The Legal Structuration of Global Commerce from Colonial Law to Global Value Chain Law and Beyond

Poul Fritz Kjær, Professor

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Recent research projects

Glob­al Value Chain Law: Con­sti­tut­ing Con­nectiv­ity, Con­tracts and Cor­por­a­tions (GLOB­AL­VALUE)

A European Re­search Coun­cil Ad­vanced Grant pro­ject at CBS. The goal is to de­vel­op a new so­cio-leg­al ap­proach to GVC Law, which gov­erns the com­plex leg­al in­fra­struc­tures of glob­al eco­nom­ic activ­ity.