Description
Content: The most important theoretical innovations and empirical advances in international relations in recent decades have been made in the study of international cooperation and international institutions. In this seminar, students will read and discuss this literature while developing their own research project on a related topic of their choice.
Objective: 1. To deepen students’ knowledge of advanced scholarship on the sources, dynamics and conditions of international institutions and cooperation, with applications to various regions and issue-areas.
Objective: 2. To train students to critique existing scholarship and to produce their own scholarly insights into issues of their own choosing.
Blackboard: As this is the principal means of e-communication in this seminar, all students are expected to sign up for the BB site for this course before the start of the block AND to ensure that their BB account is linked to an email address that they check daily.
Methods of instruction
All sessions will be conducted as roundtable discussions, so students are expected to complete assigned readings before class and to be prepared to make an informed contribution to discussion.
Readings
Readings will be drawn from scholarly books and journal articles, most of which are available via the LU library. Details to be announced.
Examination
Grades will be based upon each student’s participation in discussions, and submission of a research proposal and a final research design with exploratory empirics.
Schedule
Tuesday 28 October, 11.00-13.00 hrs in SA37
Tuesday 4 November, 11.00-13.00 hrs in SA15
Tuesday 18 November, 11.00-15.00 hrs in 2A36
Tuesday 2 December, 11.00-15.00 hrs in SA35
Tuesday 16 December, 11.00-13.00 hrs in SA31 and 13.00-15.00 hrs in SA35
Entrance Requirements
N/A