Admission requirements
Students from the MA Asian Studies (60EC and 120EC) have priority. A limited number of places is available for students of the MA International Relations. Students who are interested in taking this course, but who are not from the mentioned master programmes are requested to contact their education co-ordinator.
Description
This research seminar examines the economy of East Asia from a sustainability perspective. East Asian countries have been the growth engine of the world with central positions in manufacturing and innovation supply chains. This status, however, is increasingly challenged under geo-economic shifts and transboundary crises. This seminar evaluates the economic, social, and environmental sustainability of East Asian states, explains their varying sustainability performance, and examines their responses to global crises.
This seminar divides into two parts. The first part reviews the basic concepts of East Asia political economy, relate them to economic, social, and environmental sustainability challenges, and provides an explanatory framework for their differences. The second part of the course examines specific economic and environmental topics to understand how each country responds to sustainability challenges, including domestic energy transition, energy FDI, foreign aid, air pollution, industrial greenhouse gas emission (cooling sector), and city-level environmental governance.
Course objectives
By the end of the semester, student should:
Acquire sound knowledge of the sustainability challenges of East Asia and how countries respond to them
Develop analytical/critical thinking regarding why some economies/actors perform better in handling certain sustainability challenges than others
Ask original research questions, formulate arguments and present your thinking with oral and written presentations/research papers.
Timetable
The timetables are available through My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
Seminar
The course meets in a weekly seminar format. Most meetings will start with a lecture and ends with group discussion or presentation, separated by a short break. The students should finish each week’s readings before the class. The readings help the students get familiar with the contexts and key debates of each topic and assist the students to participate in class discussion.
Assessment method
Assessment
Presentation
Quiz
Research paper
Weighing
Class participation: 20%
Presentation: 10%
Quiz: 20%
Research paper: 50%
To complete the final mark, please take notice of the following:
The final mark for the course is established by determining the weighted average. To pass the course, the weighted average of the partial grades must be 5.5 or higher.
The course is an integrated whole. All categories must be completed in the same academic year. No partial marks can be carried over into following years.
Resit
Inspection and feedback
How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.
Reading list
Registration
Enrolment through MyStudyMap is mandatory.
General information about course and exam enrolment is available on the website.
Contact
For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the right information bar.
For questions about enrolment, admission, etc, contact the Education Administration Office: [NAAM OA](link naar contactgegevens OA)
Remarks
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