Many of the certainties of post-World War II international relations are vanishing or altering beyond recognition. This course will introduce students to the institutions, issues, and ideas that have shaped international relations since the end of World War II. We start by looking at the world in
A total of 244 armed conflicts have been recorded since the end of the Second World War. Of these, 131 conflicts have been active in the post-Cold War period. These facts suggest one clear conclusion: armed conflict remains to be a commonplace in contemporary world. However, the most striking fact
With a course in Temperature Effects in Soil Microbial Ecology you can help solve one of the largest global challenges of the 21st century: how to combine the increasing need for natural resources in agriculture with a sustainable management of nature and the environment. People with in-depth
It is becoming a truism in academia as well as in general media that presently much of the modern world, and especially the West, are permeated by a "culture of fear". Fear of the complexity and fluidity of their circumstances, fear of the "other", fear of a plethora of dangers
This course is focusing on how to develop and initiate sustainable innovative and entrepreneurial projects. The main component of this course is an interdisciplinary project where you will be working with a challenge from the real world surrounding the university. However for the first two weeks
The course focuses on the term "Sustainable Development" and how to achieve sustainability in our world. Students will get a critical insight of economic growth and the meaning of development. This will be accomplished by applying macroeconomic theory and evaluating empirical evidence
Experience what it takes to do business successfully in a sustainable way. Focus on a series of Capita Selecta on Sustainability, zoom in on business life in Europe, and take your business competencies to the ultimate test: a real-life management game. This course takes place in Biella, Italy
The Summer School offers an excellent opportunity to everybody who is interested in learning or improving his/her Slovak language skills as well as in getting closer knowledge of Slovakia - its history, present situation, traditions and dominants. Besides intensive Slovak language study the Summer
The Summer Programme on the WTO, International Trade and Development provides participants with a unique opportunity to enter into the analysis and atmosphere of multilateral trade, just a few meters away from the WTO. Lectures and discussions will shed light on the following issues: the reasons
The summer programme on International Affairs and Multilateral Governance provides participants with a unique opportunity to learn and think about major current issues in world politics and the resulting challenges for multilateral governance. The summer programme explores key issues in
