International Relations: Challenges and opportunities to boost peace and security

The seminar "International Relations: Challenges and Opportunities to Boost Peace and Security" offers a comprehensive examination of selected theories that shape international relations. Through joint readings and discussions of key research, we will systematically examine IR theories and illustrate them with current global political examples, including (neo-)realism, (neo-)liberalism, (social-)constructivism, institutionalism, and critical security studies.

In addition to the classics of the discipline, the focus will be on actors and forms of international conflict, covering a range of key topics such as peace and war, terrorism, the military, pirates and rebels, and the role of gender and pop culture in international security policy. Students will reflect on and apply the competencies they have previously acquired and will further develop and expand fundamental academic skills (especially comprehension and discussion of texts, as well as basic methodological knowledge) in a friendly seminar environment.

Veranstaltung Nr. 152947 im LSF