Education Portal Overview
Student Membership
JUMP - Journal Mentoring Programme
Jobs and Internships
Courses and Trainings:
EADI Prize
Development Studies DossierCourses and Trainings
Confine this search:
Course Type
Additionally filter by:
Course Topic
Additionally filter by:
You can combine up to 2 search filters.
Filtering for other degree (remove)
84 Results Found · Page 1 of 9 · Next Page
Industrial Policy in the 21st Century: The Challenge for Africa, Starting 9 September 2019
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
In this course from the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), brought to you by the SDG Academy, you will hear from researcher John Page and other leading voices in development economics about the range of activities known “industries without smokestacks,” and learn how industrial policy that promotes the growth of these industries presents a win-win scenario for economic development in Africa. This course is for Policy professionals who want to understand how industrial policy can create win-win strategies for growth and development; Development practitioners seeking insight into how to address the need for industrialization in Africa and Advanced undergraduates and graduate students interested in economics, development, industrialization, and other key concepts related to Africa’s developmentUnited Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Finland
Children's Rights and the Right to Development, 9 October - 5 November 2019
ISS
International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
n October 2019, ISS professor Karin Arts will be teaching about Children's Rights and the Right to Development as part of the free online course 'Operationalizing the Right to Development in Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals' organized by the University for Peace. Running now the fourth time, this course will be held from 9 October to 5 November 2019. There is no fee for this interactive e-learning module though registration is required. The deadline for registration is 31 August 2019.International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Netherlands
ISS
Diploma in Gozo Studies (Part-Time Evening)
A variety of teaching methods will be utilized during the course programme, including lectures, field-visits, seminars and home assignments. The course will therefore provide students with both classroom instruction and other learning experiences, and will link past and present realities in Gozo with various academic disciplines.
The course will be conducted by lecturers of different academic backgrounds, and this will enable the students to look at the subject matter from an interdisciplinary perspective. The course will provide students with:
• A sound knowledge of past and present realities in Gozo relating to the economy, the culture and the physical environment of the island.
• An understanding of policy implications relating to economic, social and environmental concerns.
• An understanding of the history of Gozo.
• An appreciation of the culture of Gozo from various angles, including the way of life, the arts, music and crafts.
• An understanding of the special constraints and opportunities faced by small islands.
• An introduction to theoretical analysis associated with the various disciplines involved in the course, including economics, management, sociology, anthropology, history, and environmental science.
• An opportunity to meet leading academics in the various disciplines associated with the course programme.
Students will be encouraged to appreciate the benefits of an inter-disciplinary approach and to identify the linkages between the various study units of the course.
Start Date: October
Islands and Small States Institute (ISSI), University of Malta
The course will cover 60 ECTS. It will have three modules, namely: (i) Economics and Environmental Studies (ii) History and (ii) Culture. Each module will consist of 5 study units (4 ECTS each).A variety of teaching methods will be utilized during the course programme, including lectures, field-visits, seminars and home assignments. The course will therefore provide students with both classroom instruction and other learning experiences, and will link past and present realities in Gozo with various academic disciplines.
The course will be conducted by lecturers of different academic backgrounds, and this will enable the students to look at the subject matter from an interdisciplinary perspective. The course will provide students with:
• A sound knowledge of past and present realities in Gozo relating to the economy, the culture and the physical environment of the island.
• An understanding of policy implications relating to economic, social and environmental concerns.
• An understanding of the history of Gozo.
• An appreciation of the culture of Gozo from various angles, including the way of life, the arts, music and crafts.
• An understanding of the special constraints and opportunities faced by small islands.
• An introduction to theoretical analysis associated with the various disciplines involved in the course, including economics, management, sociology, anthropology, history, and environmental science.
• An opportunity to meet leading academics in the various disciplines associated with the course programme.
Students will be encouraged to appreciate the benefits of an inter-disciplinary approach and to identify the linkages between the various study units of the course.
Start Date: October
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
Islands and Small States Institute (ISSI), University of Malta, Malta
Introduction to Migration Studies
This course is geared towards practitioners in the field but is also open to other types of students interested in learning more about migration studies. This course covers eight weeks. You will receive weekly assignments and online lectures. You are free to work at your own pace and within the confines of your own schedule. Over eight weeks you will cover: important terms, concepts, definitions, data and flows. Theories across disciplines will be covered including theories on:
1) Causes of migration: functionalist and structuralist perspectives,
2) Impacts of migration: migration and development,
3) The continuation of migration: networks, migration systems and cumulative causation, and
4) Migration as an intrinsic part of development and change.
The course finishes up with country case studies from both migrant sending countries and migrant receiving countries.
After completing this course, you will have the opportunity to take other online migration courses including: Course 2: Migration and Remittance Effects and Course 3: Comparative Migration Policy
United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)
Take courses from the comfort of your own home or office! Perfect for those of you who want to increase your knowledge about migration, immigration and emigration without having to follow a full-time course.This course is geared towards practitioners in the field but is also open to other types of students interested in learning more about migration studies. This course covers eight weeks. You will receive weekly assignments and online lectures. You are free to work at your own pace and within the confines of your own schedule. Over eight weeks you will cover: important terms, concepts, definitions, data and flows. Theories across disciplines will be covered including theories on:
1) Causes of migration: functionalist and structuralist perspectives,
2) Impacts of migration: migration and development,
3) The continuation of migration: networks, migration systems and cumulative causation, and
4) Migration as an intrinsic part of development and change.
The course finishes up with country case studies from both migrant sending countries and migrant receiving countries.
After completing this course, you will have the opportunity to take other online migration courses including: Course 2: Migration and Remittance Effects and Course 3: Comparative Migration Policy
United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Netherlands
International Development (Poverty, Inequality and Development) by Distance Learning MSc/PGDip
The broad purpose of this programme is to give those working in the area of poverty reduction and development in developing and transitional countries, or those wishing to work in such areas, a firmer grounding in understanding poverty and inequality, promoting poverty reduction and analysing the performance of major poverty reducing programmes and policies.
The core module aims to familiarise students with key concepts (eg development and poverty) and theories (eg modernisation, dependency, neo-liberalism and the ‘crisis’ in development theory) and with the changing roles of international development organisations and states in promoting international development (eg through aid, trade and fiscal, monetary and social policies).
The emphasis throughout will be on encouraging students to reflect critically on what has worked well or not and why. Students will select three optional modules (at 20 credits each) based on their individual interests and career aspirations.
Start date: September
International Development Department, University of Birmingham (IDD)
Study from anywhere in the world with practitioners in government, civil society and the private sector, as well as with people new to development.The broad purpose of this programme is to give those working in the area of poverty reduction and development in developing and transitional countries, or those wishing to work in such areas, a firmer grounding in understanding poverty and inequality, promoting poverty reduction and analysing the performance of major poverty reducing programmes and policies.
The core module aims to familiarise students with key concepts (eg development and poverty) and theories (eg modernisation, dependency, neo-liberalism and the ‘crisis’ in development theory) and with the changing roles of international development organisations and states in promoting international development (eg through aid, trade and fiscal, monetary and social policies).
The emphasis throughout will be on encouraging students to reflect critically on what has worked well or not and why. Students will select three optional modules (at 20 credits each) based on their individual interests and career aspirations.
Start date: September
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
International Development Department, University of Birmingham (IDD), United Kingdom
Inclusive Social Protection: Making the Case, 4-8 November 2019, Nairobi, Kenya
The social security training course will be held from 4th to 8th November 2019 at Enashipai Resort & Spa, close to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, and will comprise three days of core modules alongside two days of electives in a range of topics. These include the political economy of social protection, social and economic analysis, and fiscal sustainability.
The course, Inclusive Social Protection: Making the Case will be delivered by a team of experts who are at the forefront of global social protection policy debates and who bring a wealth of experience of working across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific.
Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP), International Social Science Council (ISSC)
If social protection is to be effective, it must be inclusive and implemented as a right of all citizens. Yet, convincing policymakers to invest can be challenging. As a consequence, too many people worldwide are still unable to access social protection. Therefore, Development Pathways is launching a training course aimed at giving participants an in-depth understanding of social protection so that they are able to effectively make the case for increased investment in inclusive social protection within their countries and organisations.The social security training course will be held from 4th to 8th November 2019 at Enashipai Resort & Spa, close to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, and will comprise three days of core modules alongside two days of electives in a range of topics. These include the political economy of social protection, social and economic analysis, and fiscal sustainability.
The course, Inclusive Social Protection: Making the Case will be delivered by a team of experts who are at the forefront of global social protection policy debates and who bring a wealth of experience of working across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific.
Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP), International Social Science Council (ISSC), Norway
Introduction to Political Science
The course ‘Introduction to Political Science’ provides a rigorous introduction to the foundation, structure and operation of the world politics. It includes leading theoretical and institutional flows in the study of state, ideologies, nation, ethnicity, identity, democracy, globalisation, and political interaction. These are fundaments which are indispensable to understanding political dynamics in the contemporary world. The structure of the course is oriented towards understanding the strengths and weaknesses of political concepts in order for every participant to gain a critical perspective on their own.
The duration of the course is 10 weeks, split in 5 learning modules. All learning modules consist of online lectures, tutorial supervision, and weekly assignments. The moderation of readings and the tutor-student interaction will allow participants to work efficiently according to everyone’s personal schedule. Upon completion of this course (or in parallel to it) you can follow another online course, namely ‘Governance in Theory and Practice’.
United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)
Are you too busy to be a full-time student for 10 weeks while looking, at the same time, to increase your knowledge in the foundations of political science? If yes, we have the solution. Enrol in our online political science course and follow it from the comfort of your home. This course is designed to offer academic quality knowledge on theory and practice of political science in a thorough and highly accessible way.The course ‘Introduction to Political Science’ provides a rigorous introduction to the foundation, structure and operation of the world politics. It includes leading theoretical and institutional flows in the study of state, ideologies, nation, ethnicity, identity, democracy, globalisation, and political interaction. These are fundaments which are indispensable to understanding political dynamics in the contemporary world. The structure of the course is oriented towards understanding the strengths and weaknesses of political concepts in order for every participant to gain a critical perspective on their own.
The duration of the course is 10 weeks, split in 5 learning modules. All learning modules consist of online lectures, tutorial supervision, and weekly assignments. The moderation of readings and the tutor-student interaction will allow participants to work efficiently according to everyone’s personal schedule. Upon completion of this course (or in parallel to it) you can follow another online course, namely ‘Governance in Theory and Practice’.
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Netherlands
UNU-WIDER Summer School in Collaboration With DPRU-UCT on Labour Markets and Economic Development, 18-29 November 2019, Cape Town, South Africa
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
UNU-WIDER, in collaboration with the Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) at University of Cape Town (UCT), is launching a new, two-week intensive Summer School on applied labour economics. The course will take place in Cape Town during 18-29 November 2019. The aim of the training is to provide early-career scholars in the Global South with an understanding of the theories, methods and data availability for conducting high-quality analysis of applied labour economics. Deadline for application is 31 May 23:59 UTC+3. Course outline and objective The Summer School will provide participants with a toolkit in applied economics with special focus on the quantitative analysis of labour markets in developing countries. During the two weeks, participants will take part in lectures given by leading experts from UNU-WIDER’s global network and work intensively in the data lab to strengthen quantitative research skills. Beyond providing a methodological toolkit using practical examples, one of the main aims of this course is to sensitize participants to the key factors that make high-impact publications (including innovativeness, ability to make causal claims/deal with issues of endogeneity, and policy relevance, amongst others). Topics that will be addressed during the course include: 1. Fundamentals in labour market economics for development: concepts and definitions 2. Theories of labour markets in developing countries: segmented markets, policies and institutions 3. Inequality, poverty, and employment: main statistics, regression-based decomposition techniques 4. Labour statistics: data sources, quality, core indicators 5. Applied econometric methods for causal identification: quasi-experimental (propensity score matching, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity design, difference-in-differences); experimental: randomized control trial, lab-in-the-field 6. Analysis of employUnited Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Finland
Executive Course on City Health Diplomacy, 27-29 May 2019, Villa Barton, Geneva
In this executive course, you will have the opportunity, among others, to: • Explore the challenges, complexity and opportunities of city diplomacy for health; • Analyse the role of cities in health diplomacy through specific case-studies (e.g. SARS, air pollution, etc.); • Enhance negotiation skills through a differentiated analysis of actors and their interests as well as a course-tailored simulation exercise; • Discuss multi-level governance and its relation to cities, particularly considering the role of mayors in promoting healthy cities; and • Develop a network of health diplomats and benefit from peer learning.
This course can also be recognised as part of the Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Global Health Diplomacy.
To find out more about this course's content, fee and application process, please contact globalhealthdiplomacy@graduateinstitute.ch for further inquiries.
Application Deadline: 26 April 2019
Application form (DOCX): https://cl.exct.net/?qs=bf94add1d2aa9cc1a335827a4c8c02eedf9e7f96451439ce01f2ec3f3bb31ec16487033793c88dc8085f38eeb06282890f21b7b4fa87d5f1
IHEID
Graduate Institute (IHEID)
By 2030, one in three people on the planet is projected to be living in an urban area. The global trend of rapid urbanisation provides a unique opportunity for cities to take on a preeminent role in the provision and coordination of health services for its inhabitants. As urban populations grow, local and city administrations are increasingly engaging and building alliances with national, regional and global actors, thereby occupying a new political space. City diplomacy for health constitutes a promising avenue for improving the overall health and wellbeing of city dwellers across the globe.In this executive course, you will have the opportunity, among others, to: • Explore the challenges, complexity and opportunities of city diplomacy for health; • Analyse the role of cities in health diplomacy through specific case-studies (e.g. SARS, air pollution, etc.); • Enhance negotiation skills through a differentiated analysis of actors and their interests as well as a course-tailored simulation exercise; • Discuss multi-level governance and its relation to cities, particularly considering the role of mayors in promoting healthy cities; and • Develop a network of health diplomats and benefit from peer learning.
This course can also be recognised as part of the Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Global Health Diplomacy.
To find out more about this course's content, fee and application process, please contact globalhealthdiplomacy@graduateinstitute.ch for further inquiries.
Application Deadline: 26 April 2019
Application form (DOCX): https://cl.exct.net/?qs=bf94add1d2aa9cc1a335827a4c8c02eedf9e7f96451439ce01f2ec3f3bb31ec16487033793c88dc8085f38eeb06282890f21b7b4fa87d5f1
Graduate Institute (IHEID), Switzerland
IHEID
Governance in Theory and Practice
Governance is a complex concept which is often used but not always correctly understood. It is an elusive notion, defined and measured in various ways. Sometimes, the idea of governance is differently placed in practice or wrongly conceptualised theoretically. This course will guide participants through key theoretical debates surrounding the concept of governance while at the same time presenting a range of empirical examples to illustrate how governance works in practice. The framework of the course will comprise and tackle the following facets of governance: governance as an analytical term, governance and public administration, governance and globalisation, governance as decision-making, (good) governance and international organisations. The target group of this course is oriented but not limited to students, policy practitioners, NGOs staff, civil and international servants.
The course is structured in 5 learning modules stretched across 10 weeks. The learning process will feature a series of online lectures, tutorial supervision, online movie screenings, and assignments. The design of the course is structured as such as to allow mobility in the work and schedule for every participant. In parallel or upon the completion of this course, participants have the option to follow a complementary online course, namely “Introduction to Political Science”.
United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)
Are you too busy to be a full-time student for 10 weeks while looking, at the same time, to increase your understanding of the theory and the practice of governance? If yes, we have the solution. Enrol in our governance online course and you will have a quick, yet a rigorous access to the foundations of the governance realm.Governance is a complex concept which is often used but not always correctly understood. It is an elusive notion, defined and measured in various ways. Sometimes, the idea of governance is differently placed in practice or wrongly conceptualised theoretically. This course will guide participants through key theoretical debates surrounding the concept of governance while at the same time presenting a range of empirical examples to illustrate how governance works in practice. The framework of the course will comprise and tackle the following facets of governance: governance as an analytical term, governance and public administration, governance and globalisation, governance as decision-making, (good) governance and international organisations. The target group of this course is oriented but not limited to students, policy practitioners, NGOs staff, civil and international servants.
The course is structured in 5 learning modules stretched across 10 weeks. The learning process will feature a series of online lectures, tutorial supervision, online movie screenings, and assignments. The design of the course is structured as such as to allow mobility in the work and schedule for every participant. In parallel or upon the completion of this course, participants have the option to follow a complementary online course, namely “Introduction to Political Science”.
United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Netherlands
Page 1 of 9 · Next Page