International construction law is gaining both importance and popularity because of the excellent and highly paid career opportunities and the increasing number of international construction projects. This intensive course offers the opportunity of gaining the competitive advantage of becoming

The Graduate Institute has been a long-time neighbour of the GATT secretariat, and later WTO, in Geneva. In addition, it has also developed cutting-edge expertise on the issues and challenges inherent to trade liberalisation and regulation. In its teaching programmes, the Graduate Institute is

Germany is the most populous democracy in the European Union and one of the major players in European politics. Nevertheless, German politics with its specific features and complex structures can be a conundrum of historic, cultural and constitutional peculiarities. Join us to explore in depth

'Nudging' is currently the talk of the marketing world. It is the art of influencing people to make decisions and change habits that are more beneficial for them and for society. Examples include cutting down on energy use, reducing speeding, discouraging obesity and conserving nature. At the same

This course deals with one of the most fundamental questions concerning Europe: %E2%80%98Does Europe exist?%E2%80%99 The name %E2%80%98Europe%E2%80%99 cannot easily be defined since it may refer to a political, cultural or geographical entity. It becomes even more difficult, if not impossible, to

The course will focus on the principles and fundamentals underlying the organizational structure and policy reforms being implemented within the European Union as a result of the financial crisis and subsequent Eurozone calamity. A historical review of the economic and financial events of the past

This course provides a framework for evaluating the business environment of the emerging markets of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). This region is rich with a diverse set of ethnic cultures, economic development, and political experiments before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. The

Most of what we learn about global news events comes to us from the mass media, an industry often described as being grounded in objectivity. But even the concept of objectivity is highly subjective. Differences based on culture, language, politics, economics, power structures and a variety of

Positive psychology was introduced by Martin Seligman around 2000 and can be viewed as a supplementary approach to clinical psychology. The positive psychological movement formulated three aims: (1) to focus on well-being and happiness instead of abnormal behaviour and psychopathology, (2) to be

The course is about leadership, strategy and change in a global business context. It confronts students with strategic business issues of today with the aim to develop business knowledge and to improve leadership skills to deal with these issues in a more effective and creative way. In the global