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Alina Greiner: HS Ausgewählte Themen der Internationalen Beziehungen:Causes and Consequences of Armed Conflict | 6 | The world is facing the highest number of active violent conflicts since the end of World War II. According to UN estimates, 2 billion people currently live in areas affected by conflict. Understanding the causes and consequences of armed conflict is thus of vital importance. This undergraduate seminar introduces students to literature that uses empirical methods to shed light on key questions such as “What are risk factors associated with the outbreak of conflicts?”, “Who fights in civil wars?”, and “How does political violence shape individuals’ behavior and attitudes?”. The objective of this seminar is to familiarize students with the key readings, theories, and debates on the causes and consequences of armed conflicts. Particular emphasis will be on detailed discussions of empirical approaches to study conflicts. | Spring Semester |
Alina Greiner: Ü Kolloquium Abschlussarbeit Internationale Beziehungen | 2 | This colloquium assists BA students in developing and completing their final thesis in the field of international relations, with particular focus on empirical conflict research. The colloquium facilitates feedback from the instructor and students on each stage of the thesis. | Spring Semester |
Amelie Freiberg: HS Ausgewählte Themen der Internationalen Beziehungen: Sexual violence in armed conflicts – Patterns of wartime rape in civil wars | 6 | Wartime rape “is arguably one of the most horrifying and least understood aspects of modern conflict” (Cohen 2013, 461). | Spring Semester |
Amelie Freiberg: Ü Methoden der Internationalen Beziehungen: Data analysis in conflict research using Stata | 6 | The objective of this course is to introduce students to the basic statistical concepts and programming skills needed to address social science questions in the fields of conflict studies. The course offers a hands-on introduction to Stata. The aim of this is to help prepare the students for later BA thesis work, spending time on data treatment and creating usable measures and get to know major datasets in the area of conflict studies and their peculiarities. The students should have some familiarity with Stata, but there will be some time set aside at the beginning for a short re-introduction to the Stata interface. Some of the more common IR data sets will be discussed, with the aim that the students should be able to use these and critically discuss them in their own work. In addition to this the seminar will briefly look at the broader IR and conflict literature as part of their research designs. The course is taught in English. | Spring Semester |
Marie-Therese Meye: HS Ausgewählte Themen der Internationalen Beziehungen: Electoral Violence in (Non-) Democracies | 6 | Peaceful political competition is a central component of democracies, but the spread of electoral democracy as the global norm has not always implied inherently peaceful transitions of power. Instead, electoral processes in many countries are marred by violence, as illustrated by recent violent elections in Brazil, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, India, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, the United States, and Zimbabwe. Electoral violence is defined as the use of force by political actors against property or humans linked substantially to an electoral contest. | Spring Semester |
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Sabine Carey: International Politics | The security of individuals and states depends profoundly on international politics. Beyond the realm of security, structures and actors of “global governance” have been proliferating for many years. They influence crucial public policies in diverse ways. This lecture surveys academic debates on key topics of international politics, including: the sources of war, peace, and terrorism, the emergence and operation of international organizations and transnational civil society, and the making of key international policy outcomes including respect for human rights. | Spring Semester |