Master’s Programme in Global Political Economy
This master program aims to introduce students to the study of Global Political Economy (GPE), and provides a comprehensive introduction to the main theoretical approaches and most pressing historical and contemporary issues in the discipline.
The Master’s Programme in Global Political Economy encourage students to think in a reflective and challenging way about issues like global financial crisis, international trade, global distribution of labour, migration, gender politics, global security, global governance, and environment.
The program highlights three main perspectives that run through all courses and will serve as guiding principles to understand the emergence of GPE and its roots and implications in world affairs today: economics, history and power.
The program provides the necessary tools to analyze the international community’s evolution and the making of our world order, especially in the post-War period.
The program will prepare students for a professional as well as scientific career.
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Programme overview
Mandatory courses:
- Introduction to Global Political Economy (15 cred.)
- Qualitative Methods (7.5 cred.)
- Quantitative Methods (7.5 cred.)
- Advanced Qualitative Methods (7.5 cred.) OR Advanced Quantitative Methods (7.5 cred.)
- Research Design (7.5 cred.)
- Master's Thesis/Essay Course in Economic History with a specialization in Global Political Economy (30 cred.) OR Master's Thesis/Essay Course in International Relations with a specialization in Global Political Economy (30 cred.)
Optional Courses:
Note that not all courses are offered every term.
- A New Global Food Order? (15 cred.)
- Capitalism: A Global History (15 cred.)
- Democracy, Policy and Social Change (15 cred.)
- Debt in Historical Perspective (15 cred.)
- Economic Crises and Business in Global History (15 cred.)
- Energy and Security (15 cred.)
- Gendering Global Political Economy: Contemporary and Historical perspectives (15 cred.)
- International Relations in East Asia (15 cred.)
- Introduction to International Relations (15 cred.)
- Internship (15 cred.)
- Internship (30 cred.)
- Migration and Economic Structures 1700-2010 (15 cred.)
- The Global Political Economy of Development (15 cred.)
For details on the programme's structure, see the programme's Student Guide (PDF).
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How to apply
Due to the number of applicants and the evaluation process, late applications are not accepted to the Global Political Economy program.
Selection process
Additional eligibility criteriaWe make a selection among the eligible applicants. The selection of students is based on grades of academic courses and completion of a Bachelors´s thesis.
Please submit your thesis with your application to Antagning/University Admissions.
A thesis is defined as a 20-25 paged scientific paper which has the following components:- A research question
- A theory section
- A clearly specified method
- Empirical/data section
- Analysis
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