GRAPE

The Asia-Pacific region is one of the most dynamic and emerging areas on the planet, with a constantly growing economy and an increasingly important role in international affairs. Understanding this reality is key to Law and Political Science studies, which is why the UOC's Research Group on Relations between Asia and the Pacific - Europe (GRAPE) is an initiative to deepen this field. This is a group established since 2023 within the Law and Political Science Studies. The main objective of GRAPE is to place Law and Political Science Studies at the center of the analysis of International Relations, and especially of Asia and the Pacific, with a European but not Eurocentric vision. This means that the group wants to provide a different perspective on the reality of this region, and aims to analyze the relations between Europe and the Asia and Pacific area. The GRAPE is a meeting place for experts in the International Relations of Asia and the Pacific and Europe, where the main political and social phenomena of the region are discussed. In addition, GRAPE is a platform with which to promote research projects (R&D) with other universities or research centers, as well as an interdisciplinary group where the different members can work together on articles and other publications. Finally, the group also organizes seminars and other activities to debate and deepen the reality of the Asia Pacific.