• international trade from political economy perspective
• resource extraction
• unequal exchange
• global value chains
• climate change

Students learn about international trade from a political economy perspective, contextualize trade in capitalist development and in social-ecological terms. Topics such as resource extraction, unequal exchange, labour exploitation and climate change are discussed from an empirical, theoretical and policy perspective. Students learn to assess phenomena of international trade on multiple scales in economic, scoial, ecological and political terms. Especially the effects of trade on society and nature are highlighted.

Courses with continuous assessment (PIs) have mandatroy attendance. Please contact lecturer in advance in case of absence.

More info in the first lecture.

theoretical impulses by the lecturers, particpiation, group and plenary discussions, group presentations and co-speeches, individual final paper

Students are assesses as given in the following:

Active particpiation in discussions (10%)

Individual Summary of Anthropocene article (7%)

Group presentation to a slected topic (28%): presentation ~30 mins; thesis paper (~700 words pdf), contains brief summary of the topic and individual statement

Co-speech - Group work (10%): Commentary statement about ~10mins, comprehensive understanding of the article and topic; spontaneous commentary and asessment to group presentation; prepare and moderate plenary dicsussion

Final individual reflection paper (45%):  commentary, summary and statement of 2 selected presenation topics (~2000 words pdf)

first-come first served during registration time frame; contact lecturer if list is full

lena.gerdes@wu.ac.at

manuel.scholz-waeckerle@wu.ac.at