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MA Globalisation, Business and Sustainable Development
- Is globalisation leading to increasing international inequality and poverty, or does the expansion of international trade in goods and services provide new opportunities for developing countries?
- How can we make sense of emergent trends such as fair trade, social entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility and sustainable consumption?
- Does globalisation call for a radical overhaul of existing international, national and local institutions?
- And why is it so difficult to solve global environmental problems such as climate change?
Gain comprehensive knowledge in the field of globalisation, business and sustainable development and equip yourself with the necessary skills to pursue a career in this fascinating area. You’ll integrate different disciplinary perspectives to analyse the economic, political, social and environmental dimensions of globalisation. You’ll consider the resistance to globalisation and how this has played out in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
This course adopts a unique interdisciplinary approach, making UEA the perfect place to help you gain that all-important competitive edge.
School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV)
The process of globalisation is central to an understanding of the contemporary world. The nature of this process and its implications for international development are hotly debated and you’ll tackle key questions including:- Is globalisation leading to increasing international inequality and poverty, or does the expansion of international trade in goods and services provide new opportunities for developing countries?
- How can we make sense of emergent trends such as fair trade, social entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility and sustainable consumption?
- Does globalisation call for a radical overhaul of existing international, national and local institutions?
- And why is it so difficult to solve global environmental problems such as climate change?
Gain comprehensive knowledge in the field of globalisation, business and sustainable development and equip yourself with the necessary skills to pursue a career in this fascinating area. You’ll integrate different disciplinary perspectives to analyse the economic, political, social and environmental dimensions of globalisation. You’ll consider the resistance to globalisation and how this has played out in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
This course adopts a unique interdisciplinary approach, making UEA the perfect place to help you gain that all-important competitive edge.
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV), United Kingdom
Cooperation and Development
Contenu
Les défis du développement dans les pays du Sud
Les cours seront donnés soit en français soit en anglais:
Semaine 1 : Introduction au cours « Coopération et Développement » (thèmes principaux qui seront abordés, structure du cours et de l'examen) et présentation par deux étudiants partis travailler sur le terrain avec Ingénieurs du Monde.
Semaine 2 : Réduction de la pauvreté, MDGs, SDGs, projection conférence TedX
Semaine 3 : Théories et histoire du développement
Semaine 4 : Film sur des modèles de développement alternatif et discussion
Semaine 5 : Technologies pour le Sud - technologies essentielles
Semaine 6 : Technologies pour le Sud - présentation du travail en groupe
Semaine 7 : Examen écrit (40% de la note finale)
Semaine 8 : Développement rural - Les TIC pour le développement au Burkina Faso
Semaine 9 : Innovation dans les pays du Sud
Semaine 10 : Acteurs internationaux (ONU, WB, FMI)
Semaine 11 : Les défis liés au développement urbain dans le Sud
Semaine 12 : Discussion sur des articles de journaux en lien avec le développement
Semaine 13 : Travailler pour la direction du développement et de la coopération suisse (DDC) aujourd'hui
Semaine 14 : Examen écrit (40% de la note finale)
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Ce cours abordera les défis majeurs du développement auxquels font face les pays émergents et en développement. L'étudiant-e se focalisera sur des projets de développement visant la réduction de la pauvreté, le développement urbain et rural, l'entrepreneuriat social et les technologies essentielles.Contenu
Les défis du développement dans les pays du Sud
Les cours seront donnés soit en français soit en anglais:
Semaine 1 : Introduction au cours « Coopération et Développement » (thèmes principaux qui seront abordés, structure du cours et de l'examen) et présentation par deux étudiants partis travailler sur le terrain avec Ingénieurs du Monde.
Semaine 2 : Réduction de la pauvreté, MDGs, SDGs, projection conférence TedX
Semaine 3 : Théories et histoire du développement
Semaine 4 : Film sur des modèles de développement alternatif et discussion
Semaine 5 : Technologies pour le Sud - technologies essentielles
Semaine 6 : Technologies pour le Sud - présentation du travail en groupe
Semaine 7 : Examen écrit (40% de la note finale)
Semaine 8 : Développement rural - Les TIC pour le développement au Burkina Faso
Semaine 9 : Innovation dans les pays du Sud
Semaine 10 : Acteurs internationaux (ONU, WB, FMI)
Semaine 11 : Les défis liés au développement urbain dans le Sud
Semaine 12 : Discussion sur des articles de journaux en lien avec le développement
Semaine 13 : Travailler pour la direction du développement et de la coopération suisse (DDC) aujourd'hui
Semaine 14 : Examen écrit (40% de la note finale)
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- French
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Emerging Economies and Inclusive Development (MSc)
Our course provides you with high-quality postgraduate teaching and research training in the analysis of emerging economies. It also draws on social scientific expertise from across other departments in the Faculties of Social Sciences & Public Policy and Arts & Humanities, which allows you to explore the topic from a variety of different angles. We examine economic development theory to ask whether emerging economies offer a new model or models of development.
We look at the strategies that these countries have adopted to promote development, how inclusive and sustainable or enduring these new strategies are and how emerging markets solve difficult problems of promoting growth over the longer term. To answer this last question, we investigate how these markets manage the development and diffusion of technology, flows of trade and finance, the balance between the state and the market, and problems of institutional underdevelopment and weak systems of law and accountability.
Duration: 1 year FT / 2 years PT, September to September
DID
King’s International Development Institute (IDI)
Our Emerging Economies & Inclusive Development MSc offers a distinctive approach to the study of development. We do this by focusing on emerging economies, with a particular emphasis on poverty reduction, inequality and social policy. You will study development theory, political economy, geography and social policy, and will also have the opportunity to focus on the countries and regions that particularly interest you.Our course provides you with high-quality postgraduate teaching and research training in the analysis of emerging economies. It also draws on social scientific expertise from across other departments in the Faculties of Social Sciences & Public Policy and Arts & Humanities, which allows you to explore the topic from a variety of different angles. We examine economic development theory to ask whether emerging economies offer a new model or models of development.
We look at the strategies that these countries have adopted to promote development, how inclusive and sustainable or enduring these new strategies are and how emerging markets solve difficult problems of promoting growth over the longer term. To answer this last question, we investigate how these markets manage the development and diffusion of technology, flows of trade and finance, the balance between the state and the market, and problems of institutional underdevelopment and weak systems of law and accountability.
Duration: 1 year FT / 2 years PT, September to September
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
King’s International Development Institute (IDI), United Kingdom
DID
Sustainable Development and Global Justice (SUSTJUSTICE) Postgraduate Programme
The programme combines it's primary focus on law with a inter-disciplinary approach that takes into account the complex nature of the topic. Additionally, it brings together the knowledge and exptertise of the Global South and the Global North for a unique educational experience. SUSTJUSTICE is comprised of four compulsory courses: International Law and Sustainable Development, Human Rights and Global Justice, Law in Developing Countries and External Actors in Aid, Trade and Investment. In a period of 11 intensive weeks, the teaching combines theoretical insights in the classroom with practical assignments such as role-plays, negotiations, moot-courts and writing assignments such as policy briefs and short academic papers. This methodology is aimed at preparing the participants to be change-catalysts in their professional life and in their communities.
In the past four years, the programme has attracted a diverse student body with participants from all over the globe. This diversity is also reflected in the teaching team which includes leading experts from the North and South who discuss salient features of their disciplines, and encourage students to reflect upon key challenges in the area of sustainable development and global justice.
Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp (IOB)
The University of Antwerp Law Faculty’s Law and Development Research Group runs a full-time post-graduate certificate programme on “Sustainable Development and Global Justice” (SUSTJUSTICE) from 10 February to 30 April 2020. SUSTJUSTICE is a comprehensive teaching programme based on the research lines of the Law and Development Research Group. It builds upon four editions (2016-2019) of the Sustainable Development and Human Rights Programme (SUSTLAW). SUSTJUSTICE is embedded into the English Master of Laws (LLM) taught at the Faculty of Law of the University of Antwerp.The programme combines it's primary focus on law with a inter-disciplinary approach that takes into account the complex nature of the topic. Additionally, it brings together the knowledge and exptertise of the Global South and the Global North for a unique educational experience. SUSTJUSTICE is comprised of four compulsory courses: International Law and Sustainable Development, Human Rights and Global Justice, Law in Developing Countries and External Actors in Aid, Trade and Investment. In a period of 11 intensive weeks, the teaching combines theoretical insights in the classroom with practical assignments such as role-plays, negotiations, moot-courts and writing assignments such as policy briefs and short academic papers. This methodology is aimed at preparing the participants to be change-catalysts in their professional life and in their communities.
In the past four years, the programme has attracted a diverse student body with participants from all over the globe. This diversity is also reflected in the teaching team which includes leading experts from the North and South who discuss salient features of their disciplines, and encourage students to reflect upon key challenges in the area of sustainable development and global justice.
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp (IOB), Belgium
Sustainable Local Economic Development
How can we get our local economy to grow in an inclusive way? How do entrepreneurship and innovation affect local economy? What strategies are there to support local enterprises? Are your region's local economic policies driving sufficient investment to make it competitive? Entrepreneurs and small businesses (firms or farms) are the backbone of local economy. Understanding the impact they have on its competitiveness is key to drafting policies that are effective but also inclusive. These policies should inspire social dialogue and bring together the community, businesses and government actors to support existing local capacities and make way for the development of new ones. The course tackles the challenge of creating synergies between policies and their stakeholders in both rural and urban settings. You will be introduced to specific strategies and tools for creating and managing these processes from a multi-stakeholder perspective.
How will I learn?
The Local Economic Development course employs a blend of methods ranging from lectures, expert seminars on best practices and group discussions to on-site visits. Participants are encouraged to share their own experiences during the group and individual exercises. By the end of the course, you apply the newly obtained knowledge on your region’s local economy by preparing a strategic plan.
Am I suitable for this training course?
If you are a government official (municipal, provincial or national), work for a chambers of commerce or an NGO or another agency involved in the development of local firms and farms and/or local economic policies this course is right for you.
Duration 1 week online and 2 weeks on site
ISS
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS); International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
What will I learn?How can we get our local economy to grow in an inclusive way? How do entrepreneurship and innovation affect local economy? What strategies are there to support local enterprises? Are your region's local economic policies driving sufficient investment to make it competitive? Entrepreneurs and small businesses (firms or farms) are the backbone of local economy. Understanding the impact they have on its competitiveness is key to drafting policies that are effective but also inclusive. These policies should inspire social dialogue and bring together the community, businesses and government actors to support existing local capacities and make way for the development of new ones. The course tackles the challenge of creating synergies between policies and their stakeholders in both rural and urban settings. You will be introduced to specific strategies and tools for creating and managing these processes from a multi-stakeholder perspective.
How will I learn?
The Local Economic Development course employs a blend of methods ranging from lectures, expert seminars on best practices and group discussions to on-site visits. Participants are encouraged to share their own experiences during the group and individual exercises. By the end of the course, you apply the newly obtained knowledge on your region’s local economy by preparing a strategic plan.
Am I suitable for this training course?
If you are a government official (municipal, provincial or national), work for a chambers of commerce or an NGO or another agency involved in the development of local firms and farms and/or local economic policies this course is right for you.
Duration 1 week online and 2 weeks on site
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), Netherlands
International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Netherlands
ISS
PhD Programme on Innovation, Economics and Governance for Development
During their first year, fellows complete an intensive programme of required and elective courses,taught by leading scholars of the UNU-MERIT and our partner universities. These courses are taught in English, in Maastricht, and spread across two semesters, starting in September each year. The course work is followed by three years of dissertation research and writing, ending with a completed PhD thesis. At the end of the programme, the doctoral degree is awarded by Maastricht University upon successful defence of the thesis.
Our students pursue a wide variety of dissertation topics, fitting into any of the institute’s eight research themes:
1. The Economics of Knowledge and Innovation
2. Social Protection, Inclusive Innovation and Development
3. Economic Development, Innovation, Governance and Institutions
4. Sustainable Development, Innovation and Societal Transitions
5. Innovation Systems Indicators and Policy
6. Migration and Development
7. ICT-enabled Innovation and Societal Transformations
8. Population, Development and Labour Economics
United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)
Our PhD programme is a multidisciplinary course offered by UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance. The programme focuses on research skills and methods, training fellows to become both scholars and practitioners in the fields of governance and the economics of technology. The programme provides advanced training in the knowledge ans skills most relevant to the economics of technology and innovation, and to governance, social protection and migration. Built around a core of courses on the economics of innovation the programme also features specialisations in innovation and development, social protection and migration.During their first year, fellows complete an intensive programme of required and elective courses,taught by leading scholars of the UNU-MERIT and our partner universities. These courses are taught in English, in Maastricht, and spread across two semesters, starting in September each year. The course work is followed by three years of dissertation research and writing, ending with a completed PhD thesis. At the end of the programme, the doctoral degree is awarded by Maastricht University upon successful defence of the thesis.
Our students pursue a wide variety of dissertation topics, fitting into any of the institute’s eight research themes:
1. The Economics of Knowledge and Innovation
2. Social Protection, Inclusive Innovation and Development
3. Economic Development, Innovation, Governance and Institutions
4. Sustainable Development, Innovation and Societal Transitions
5. Innovation Systems Indicators and Policy
6. Migration and Development
7. ICT-enabled Innovation and Societal Transformations
8. Population, Development and Labour Economics
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Netherlands
MA Food and Development
This MA draws on wide-ranging expertise of faculty at both IDS and School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex (where you will be based). You will gain an advanced understanding of the complex relationship between food and development. We build your analytical and practical skills, improving your ability to engage critically with issues such as:
- food and nutrition security
- sustainable food systems
- value chains and corporate power
- agri-food technology and its contestations
Our faculty have extensive knowledge and direct field experience. And our guest speakers – from government bodies, international organisations, NGOs, and local food networks and movements – introduce you to contemporary policy debates and practices.
Careers
We expect our graduates to become specialists and advisers in food and development issues worldwide, working for either governments, international development agencies, civil society organisations or social movements engaged with food-related themes. Many of our graduates go on to teach in universities around the world.
IDS
Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton
Food is a cross-cutting development issue that concerns hunger, food insecurity, malnutrition, environment sustainability, power politics, social justice and cultural identity. It is about the global and the local and the hard trade-offs that the globalisation era has brought about.This MA draws on wide-ranging expertise of faculty at both IDS and School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex (where you will be based). You will gain an advanced understanding of the complex relationship between food and development. We build your analytical and practical skills, improving your ability to engage critically with issues such as:
- food and nutrition security
- sustainable food systems
- value chains and corporate power
- agri-food technology and its contestations
Our faculty have extensive knowledge and direct field experience. And our guest speakers – from government bodies, international organisations, NGOs, and local food networks and movements – introduce you to contemporary policy debates and practices.
Careers
We expect our graduates to become specialists and advisers in food and development issues worldwide, working for either governments, international development agencies, civil society organisations or social movements engaged with food-related themes. Many of our graduates go on to teach in universities around the world.
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton, United Kingdom
IDS
Postgraduate Programme of the German Development Institute
The main focus of the training is an empirical and counselling-orientated research project in a developing or emerging country within a Research Team (RT). The projects are prepared and organised in three teams under the instruction and direction of scientists from the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE).
DIE
German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
The Postgraduate Programme of the German Development Institute starts every year at the 1st of September and covers a period of nine months. The first eleven weeks of the Postgraduate Programme take place in Bonn. The seminar topics range from specific development issues and global challenges up to methodological workshops for professional writing and improving your communicative and soft skills. The Institute relies on classical teaching and self-study but also group working and simulation games.The main focus of the training is an empirical and counselling-orientated research project in a developing or emerging country within a Research Team (RT). The projects are prepared and organised in three teams under the instruction and direction of scientists from the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE).
DegreeLanguage
- English
German Development Institute, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Germany
DIE
Corporate Responsibility and Development, 13.05. - 17.05.2019
Key Topics
- Introduction to the Corporate Social Responsibility debate
- Voluntary governance regimes (labels, codes, guidelines) and development: theory of change and effectiveness of soft law approaches
- Public-Private Partnerships: introducing concepts and taking stock of experience
- Private sector strategies from selected development organizations
- Engaging with the private sector: how to design and manage partnerships
Course fee: CHF 950.-
ECTS-Points: 2
ETH Zürich, Centre for Development and Cooperation (NADEL)
Many developed-country governments see a fundamental role for the private sector in advancing the sustainable development agenda (SDGs). Others are more skeptical and prefer companies to focus on doing their core business responsibly. Development partnerships with private businesses remain controversial. This course seeks to increase the participants’ understanding of the multifaceted and complex relationships between governments, private sector and civil society. It equips participants with the knowledge and tools required for an effective interaction between private sector organizations and development actors, and to assess both opportunities and risks of such cooperation. Further, the course enables participants to contribute to policy debates on the role of private sector actors in development.Key Topics
- Introduction to the Corporate Social Responsibility debate
- Voluntary governance regimes (labels, codes, guidelines) and development: theory of change and effectiveness of soft law approaches
- Public-Private Partnerships: introducing concepts and taking stock of experience
- Private sector strategies from selected development organizations
- Engaging with the private sector: how to design and manage partnerships
Course fee: CHF 950.-
ECTS-Points: 2
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
ETH Zürich, Centre for Development and Cooperation (NADEL), Switzerland
SDG Investing (Short Executive Degree)
Successful graduates will obtain a Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in SDG Investing (15 ECTS). The CAS in SDG Investing counts towards your Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in International Strategy and Adaptive Leadership.
Who should attend?
Professionals and leaders from all sectors and backgrounds who want to make a positive impact. No prior experience in finance is required, an optional introductory finance Bootcamp will be offered.
IHEID
Graduate Institute (IHEID)
With this programme, you and your organisation can be part of the impact investing & development finance revolution. Join us to build investments that will contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), whether you are an institutional investor or do not have any prior experience in finance.Successful graduates will obtain a Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in SDG Investing (15 ECTS). The CAS in SDG Investing counts towards your Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in International Strategy and Adaptive Leadership.
Who should attend?
Professionals and leaders from all sectors and backgrounds who want to make a positive impact. No prior experience in finance is required, an optional introductory finance Bootcamp will be offered.
DegreeLanguage
- English
Graduate Institute (IHEID), Switzerland
IHEID
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