Teaching

Beyond Aid: Unpacking germanys Development Policy in the Context of Energy Transition and Global Political-Economic Dynamics (mit Exkursion nach Berlin) 

Nina Baghery

MA Global Political Economy and Development

(Block-)Seminar:

Mi. 06.11.24, 10:00 bis 12:00, t.b.a.

Sa. 14.12.24 bis So. 15.12., 10:00 bis 18:00 t.b.a.

Fr. 24.01.25 16:00 bis 20:00 Uhr t.b.a.

Sa. 25.01.25 bis So. 26.01.25, 10:00 bis 18:00 t.b.a.

Exkursion: Mo. 03.02.25 bis Fr. 07.02.25, whole day, t.b.a.

The aim of the seminar is to provide students with a critical understanding of the representation of interests in German development policy in the field of climate protection and energy transition, as well as the negotiation of interests embedded in development policy in the German Bundestag. Students will also be introduced to the relevant current academic literature. The seminar will focus on the interests of various actors involved in decision-making and policy-making in German development policy. The seminar will provide an introduction to the history and theory of development policy as well as a theoretical and empirical overview of the bodies and institutions of German development policy.

This will provide the basis for a critical reflection and discussion of the representation of interests of political, civil society and economic actors in the Bundestag in Berlin. The focus will be on the energy transition. During the excursion to Berlin in February 2024, the participants will experience how the representation of interests in the Bundestag works in practice. Students will meet experts from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Federal Ministry for Climate Protection and the Federal Ministry of Economics, members of the German Bundestag, political foundations, non-governmental organisations (e.g. PowerShift e.V. and Lobbycontrol), German development cooperation organisations (Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Kreditinstitut für Wiederaufbau) and experts from academia. This will give the students a practical impression of the various stakeholder groups, their interests and their potential influence on the shaping of development policy at federal level.

Introduction to North-South relations

IN GERMAN

Nina Baghery

BA Political Science

Seminar: Thu 16:00 to 20:00, Nora-Platiel 1 - Room 1311

This seminar looks at the historical background of the relationship between the Global North and the Global South based on global inequalities. The focus is on the relationship between Africa and Europe - from colonialism to the present day. A central literature basis for the seminar will be the new translation of Walter Rodney's work ‘How Europe Underdeveloped Africa’. Rodney's analysis of the historical development of Africa under the influence of European colonisation and the implementation of the capitalist economy forms a relevant basis for understanding unequal political and economic relations in an international context.

Rodney's perspective will be complemented by texts by authors who analyse the Latin American context from a postcolonial perspective. We will also look at German-African and German-Latin American economic relations. In particular, we will focus on human rights violations caused by the production and business practices of German companies in Africa and Latin America as well as the German and European supply chain law.

From Colonialism to Globalisation

MA Global Political Economy and Development

Anil Shah

Seminar+Tutorial: Mo. 9 bis 12 Uhr, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3023

This seminar will trace the history of the modern political and economic world order from colonialism to globalization. Students will engage with twelve landmark events between the seventeenth and twenty-first century to make sense of the emergence, consequences, and contemporary forms of global inequalities. The course introduces key concepts like colonialism, capitalism, imperialism, decolonization, and neoliberalism and uses them to show continuities and ruptures in the making of the contemporary world order. At the end of the class students can identify and analyze key mechanisms that shape the global political economy. The seminar will be complemented by a tutorial which provides space for personal and peer-reflection on the topics, texts, and personal experiences. Moreover, the tutorial will introduce some basic academic skills.

Landmark Events: Bank of England (1694), Haitian Revolution (1791), Berlin Conference (1884-1885), Paris Peace Conference (1919), Bandung Conference (1955), Organisation of African Unity (1963), World Economic Forum (1971), Chilean coup d’etat (1973), World Conference on Women (1995), World Social Forum (2001), International Trade Union Confederation (2006), Paris Agreement (2015).

Global Production Networks, part 2

Dr. Frauke Banse

MA Politikwissenschaften

(Block-)Seminar: Mo. 18.11.24 bis Mi. 20.11.24, Domäne Frankenhausen

• Building conceptional grounds for empirical research
• Getting to know different theories of global political economy
• Insights into the connection of international uneven and combined development, history, capital accumulation, trade and development policy, geopolitics and labor relations. This includes trade, development and industrial policies
• Insights into the GPN of selected sectors/problems (esp. labour, development and geopolitics)
• In-depth insights into a self-chosen research topic
• Conceptionalisation of own empirical research project, including application of theory
• Providing peer feed back

Governance of the World Market

Dr. Frauke Banse

MA Global Political Economy and Development, MA Labour Policy and Globalisation, MA Politikwissenschaften, MA Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften

Lecture + Seminar: Di. 08:00 bis 10:00, t.b.a.

Tutorial LPG 10:00 bis 12:00, t.b.a.

Tutorial GPED: Di. 10:00 bis 12:00, t.b.a.

Knowledge of …

• The history of the regulation of the world market, especially since Bretton Woods
• Basic international economic relationships
• Central organisations in this field (WTO, IMF, WB, ILO, etc.) and the central instruments of control (customs duties, NTBs, SAPs, free trade agreements, SDR, etc.)
• The state of the art of scientific discussions on the causes of crises and the effects of central global economic policies, especially in the areas of global financial flows (e.g. debt), trade relations and development policy
• Analytical ability to identify global economic constellations of interests and forms of governance and to be able to classify current crisis processes and tensions within the global political economy
• Cognitive skills: Representation and analysis of central international institutions and processes of the global economy, incl. understanding of the rationality of action and the scope of corresponding actors

Postcolonial research and discourse analysis

MA Global Political Economy and Development, MA Politikwissenschaften, Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften

Prof. Dr. Aram Ziai

Seminar: Di. 16:00 bis 18:00, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3024

The course will deal with the interconnectedness of knowledge and power, with discourse analysis as a methodological approach to trace this connection, and with postcolonial perspectives on methodology and research ethics highlighting specifically the relation between scientific knowledge and colonial relations of power.

Foundations of Global Political Economy

Prof. Aram Ziai

MA Global Political Economy and Development, MA Politikwissenschaften, Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften

Seminar: Di. 14:00 bis 16:00, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3023

This course will introduce students to basic texts from the areas relevant to the Global Political Economy and Development study programme: 1) Power, ideology and discourse; 2) International political economy, 3) devekopment studies, 4) postcolonial studies.

Postcolonial Political Economy

MA Global Political Economy and Development, MA Politikwissenschaften, MA Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften

Anil Shah

Seminar: Mi. 12 bis 14 Uhr, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3023

The seminar will explore how the global political economy, its colonial roots and legacies can be productively analysed. The first part will engage with two distinct research traditions, critical political economy and post/decolonial studies, showing the merits and critiques of each approach comparatively, and discussing avenues of a ‘postcolonial political economy’ synthesis. The second part introduces concepts to study inequalities in the global political economy, in particular neocolonialism, a re-interpretation of dependency theory, imperialism and global value transfers. The final part will engage with further conceptual debates concerning a surplus population in post-colonial capitalism, racial capitalism, climate colonialism and the question of reparations. In sum, the course offers students an advanced understanding of theoretical concepts drawing on a variety of disciplines. The emphasis will lie on a) reflecting the theoretical reasoning behind specific concepts, and b) a clear understanding of how these concepts are applied in empirical research.

The course constitutes the second part of the module “Theories of development and global political economy” (MCC II). All materials are available on Moodle.

Trade Union Strategies

Frauke Banse

MA Labour Policies and Globalisation

Seminar: Mi. 10:00 bis 12:00, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3023

Theories of global political economy and development

Prof. Dr. Aram Ziai

MA GPED, MA Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften

Di 09:15 bis 11:45, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3023

After a general introduction on epistemology, the course will cover different paradigms concerning theories of global political economy, inequality and social change. It will engage with explanations from historical and contemporary perspectives (such as modernization, dependency, neo-gramscian and feminist approaches) and analyse their ontological and methodological assumptions – as well as their biases and blind spots.

The sessions are usually structured into a 45 min lecture, 15 min break, followed by a 90 min seminar.

Postdevelopment theory and practice: Pluriversal Transitions

Dr. Julia Schöneberg, Prof. Dr. Aram Ziai

MA GPED, MA Politikwissenschaft

Blockseminar, 22.-24-07.2024, 10:00-18:00 Uhr, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3023

In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the limitations and contradictions inherent in mainstream development paradigms. From critiques of Western-centric approaches to calls for decolonizing development, there is a palpable sense of urgency to imagine and enact alternative futures. In this seminar we want to interrogate postdevelopment theory and practice, with a particular emphasis on lived utopias—real-world examples and imaginaries of alternative socio-political and economic arrangements that embody principles of solidarity, autonomy, and ecological justice.

Topics include:   

• Critiques of mainstream development paradigms and the emergence of postdevelopment theory.    

• The intersections of decoloniality, feminism, and ecological justice

• Alternative visions of development grounded in diverse cultural, indigenous, and grassroots perspectives.

• Case studies and examples of lived utopias that challenge dominant narratives and inspire collective action.

• Strategies for fostering pluriversal transitions toward more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable futures.

The seminar will take place in cooperation with the summer school on pluriversal transitions of the EU network "Decolonising Development" and with fellows of the DFG project "Theorising Postdevelopment". There is only a limited number of places available.

Global Production Networks I

Dr. Frauke Banse

MA GPED, MA Politikwissenschaft

Di 10:00 bis 12:00, Kurt-Schumacher 31 - Raum 1506

Globally connected production has been on everyone's lips latest since the coronavirus crisis. During this time, it had shown itself particularly in its fragility - triggered by government pandemic measures or high sickness rates. Currently, the geopolitical component of global production can be seen in the high dependency of chip production in Taiwan or the vulnerability of transport routes, such as in the Red Sea. In 2012, the fires in garment factories in Bangladesh and Pakistan placed a particular focus on working conditions in global supply chains. In Germany, among other places, this prompted the adoption of a supply chain act" (Lieferkettengesetz). German development policy proclaims the increase of domestic value creation in the Global South: the extracted raw materials should at least partly be processed locally. This plea stands in contrast to the European Union's trade policy, which runs counter to its development narrative. In terms of climate policy and Global Production Networks, the focus is on the high CO2 emissions caused by the enormous transportation requirements, among other things.

In this research seminar (Forschungsseminar) on Global Production Networks, we will deal with the theories of international division of labor and discuss the different terms used to analyze global production (Global Production Networks, Global Supply Chains, Global Value Chains and others). We will then focus in particular on the development policy, geopolitical and labor rights issues of Global Production Networks. Other aspects may be addressed at the request of students.

The seminar is the first part of a two-semester research seminar for the MA Political Science. In winter semester 24/25, the research papers will then be written in a joint process.

The course in summer semester 24 is explicitly open to students of the MA GPED.

Written examinations can be in English or German.

Deutschland - Israel – Palästina

Dr. Frauke Banse

MA GPED, MA Politikwissenschaft

Mi 10:00 bis 12:00, Kurt-Wolters 3 - Raum 1120 A

Seit dem Angriff der Hamas auf Israel im Oktober 2023 ist der Nahostkonflikt wieder ganz oben auf der globalen politischen Tagesordnung. Er ist in vielen Ländern auch von hoher innenpolitischer Relevanz. Wird die israelische Regierung für ihr militärisches Vorgehen in Gaza kritisiert, wirkt insbesondere in Deutschland der Vorwurf des Antisemitismus schwer. Schließlich steht die Gründung des Staates Israel in einem engen historischen Zusammenhang mit dem von Deutschland verübten Genozid an den europäischen Juden, dem Holocaust.

In diesem Seminar wollen wir der engen Verbindung zwischen deutscher NS- und Nachkriegsgeschichte, der Gründung des Staates Israel und der Vertreibung der Palästinenser:innen sowie der Besetzung verbleibender palästinensischer Gebiete durch Israel nachgehen. Wir diskutieren unter anderem den Zusammenhang zwischen der Relevanz Israels für die deutsche NS-Aufarbeitung, die Rolle des Antisemitismus für die Gründung des israelischen Staates und die Reaktionen der palästinensischen Bevölkerung bzw. der arabischen Nachbarstaaten auf die Gründung und Besatzungspolitik des Staates Israel.

Dieser historische Rückblick bereitet die Grundlage für die Analyse und Diskussion gegenwärtiger Dynamiken - im Nahen Osten/Westasien, in Deutschland/ Europa und global. Im gesamten Seminar wird ein besonderes Augenmerk auf die in diesem Fall besonders enge Verbindung zwischen Innen- und Außenpolitik gelegt.

Grundlage für die gemeinsame Auseinandersetzung wird unter anderem eine sorgfältige Definitionsarbeit und Methodenkritik sein. Folgende Fragen werden unter anderem gemeinsam bearbeitet: Welche Grundannahmen liegen den unterschiedlichen Definitionen von Antisemitismus zugrunde und welche politischen Konsequenzen lassen sich aus ihnen ableiten? Welche Kontextualisierungen, historischen Bezugnahmen und idealtypischen Bestimmungen sind normativ zulässig bzw. akademisch geboten?

Aufgrund der stark aufgeladenen gesellschaftlichen Debatte wird dem Seminar ein Code of Conduct zugrunde gelegt. Dieser wird in der ersten Seminarsitzung vorgestellt.

BA Kolloquium

Dr. Frauke Banse

BA Politikwissenschaft

Di 14:00 bis 16:00, Arnold-Bode 8 - Raum 0112

Das Kolloquium unterstützt BA Studierende beim Anfertigen ihrer Abschlussarbeit. Wir werden einführend wichtige Anforderungen an eine BA Arbeit, Aufbau sowie Herausforderungen des theoretischen und empirischen Arbeitens besprechen. Je nach Anzahl der Studierenden werden die Teilnehmenden in der zweiten Phase des Seminars ihr BA-Vorhaben einzeln präsentieren können oder sie fertigen in thematisch organisierten Arbeitsgruppen ein kurzes Forschungsexposé an. Auf Grundlage der Exposés werden wir dann die Herausforderungen gemeinsam diskutieren.

Authoritarian State and Civil Society

Hülya Kendir

MA GPED, MA Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften

Di 10:00 bis 12:00, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3023

This course discusses the core theoretical debates and empirical issue areas of state-civil society relations by focusing on the recent authoritarian state transformation and the changing roles of civil society organizations in this process from a comparative perspective. The course is divided into two parts. The first examines the major theoretical frameworks used for understanding the theoretical and historical foundations of state-civil society relations by focusing on civil society organizations. The second part then looks at the rise of civil society organizations in recent authoritarian state transformations with examples from different parts of the world. This part also focuses on various forms of resistance by civil society organizations and social movements against the new authoritarian regimes. The aim is to provide the students with the necessary analytical tools to study the links between recent authoritarian state transformation, the changing balance of state apparatuses and civil society organizations, and forms of civil societies.

Rassismus und Postkoloniale Studien

Anil Shah

MA GPED, MA & BA Politikwissenschaft

Di 10:00 bis 12:00, Nora-Platiel 5 - Raum 0107

Das Seminar bietet Studierenden eine Einführung in die Rassismusforschung und Postkolonialen Studien. Im ersten Teil werden historische und theoretische Grundlagen behandelt, mit deren Hilfe die Verflechtung von Rassismus, (Post-)Kolonialismus und Kapitalismus in der Herausbildung der modernen Welt verständlich werden. Im zweiten Teil geht es um aktuelle Entwicklungen und Debatten zu rassistischen Verhältnissen und koloniale Kontinuitäten in der Gegenwartsgesellschaft. Studierende lernen im Laufe des Seminars unterschiedliche Erscheinungsformen und Analysen des Rassismus kennen und werden in die Grundlagen der postkolonialen Studien eingeführt, die sich mit den politischen, ökonomischen, ideologischen Nachwirkungen des europäischen Kolonialismus nach seinem formalen Ende befassen. Der Kurs basiert auf der Lektüre von Texten. Das aufmerksame Lesen ist als Vorbereitung und Referenz für die gemeinsame Diskussion wichtig und wird erwartet. Darüber hinaus werden wir in einzelnen Sitzungen auch mit Ausschnitten aus Dokumentationen, Podcasts und Graphic Novels arbeiten. Alle Materialien stehen in einem Moodle-Kurs zur Verfügung. Das Passwort wird in der ersten Sitzung bekannt gegeben.

MA Thesis Colloquium

Anil Shah

MA GPED

Di 12:00 bis 14:00, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3023

The colloquium is a mandatory part of the MA Thesis module. All GPED students in the 4th semester and above are encouraged to participate and discuss their research projects. Throughout the semester, students will engage with vital questions that help them progress with their MA Thesis, for example: how to find a suitable topic, research question, and supervisor? What research design fits my project? How can I plan and organize the writing process amidst other responsibilities? Each session consists of two parts. In the first half an hour, one of the above questions will be tackled collaboratively (input by the lecturer + questions and experience-sharing from students). In the second part, students present their work in progress, paying particular attention to problems and questions they face. Students will receive constructive feedback from the group, which will help them to continue. There will be no regular readings or assignments, but all students are expected to participate regularly and actively for a positive group dynamic. The course is designed as a Brown Bag Lunch (BBL) seminar, i.e. everyone is invited to bring sandwiches, fruits, or other snacks to enjoy while listening, giving feedback and discussing.

Lecture Advanced - Research Methods 

Dr. Tolga Tören

MA GPED

Di 10:00 bis 12:00, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3023

Einführung in die Nord-Süd-Beziehungen

Nina Baghery

BA Politikwissenschaften

Seminar: Tue 16:00 - 18:00, Arnold-Bode 10 - Room 0104

Das Seminar befasst sich mit der Geschichte und Struktur der Nord-Süd-Beziehungen. Zentral besprochen wird der Zusammenhang zwischen der kolonialen Expansion des Kapitalismus zu aktuellen globalen Ungleichheitsverhältnissen. Nach einer kurzen Einführung in Ansätze und Grundbegriffe der Postkolonialen Studien sowie der Internationalen Politischen Ökonomie, wird die Geschichte des europäischen Kolonialismus im Zusammenhang mit der internationalen Reproduktion von sozialen und ökonomischen Ungleichheiten analysiert. Anschließend wird die Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (EZ) als Instrument der politischen und ökonomischen Behandlung von globalen Ungleichheiten in den Blick genommen. Unter Betrachtung der Agenda der deutschen EZ wird untersucht, inwiefern ihre Ausrichtung koloniale Herrschafts- und Ausbeutungsverhältnisse fortführt. Abschließend werden Möglichkeiten und Grenzen von Post-Development und Degrowth Ansätze als Alternativen zum kapitalistischen Entwicklungsmodell diskutiert.

From Colonialism to Globalization

Nina Baghery

MA Global Political Economy and Development

Seminar: Thu. 12:00 - 14:00, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Room 3023

Tutorial: Thu. 16:00 - 18:00, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Room 3023

This seminar will trace the history of the modern political and economic world order from colonialism to globalization. Students will engage with twelve landmark events between the seventeenth and twenty-first century to make sense of the emergence, consequences, and contemporary forms of global inequalities. The course introduces key concepts like globalization, capitalism, imperialism, decolonization, and neoliberalism and uses them to show continuities and ruptures in the making of the contemporary world. At the end of the class students can identify and analyze key mechanisms that shape the global political economy. The seminar will be complemented by a tutorial which provides space for personal and peer-reflection on the topics, texts, and personal experiences. Moreover, the tutorial will introduce some basic academic skills.

Landmark Events: Bank of England (1694), Haitian Revolution (1791), Berlin Conference (1884-1885), Paris Peace Conference (1919), Bandung Conference (1955), Organisation of African Unity (1963), World Economic Forum (1971), Chilean coup d’etat (1973), World Conference on Women (1995), World Social Forum (2001), International Trade Union Confederation (2006), Paris Agreement (2015)

Governance of the World Market

Dr. Frauke Banse

MA Global Political Economy and Development

Lecture: Tue. 10:00 - 12:00, Arnold-Bode 10 - Room 1102

Seminar: Tue. 12:00 - 14:00, Arnold-Bode 10 - Room 1102

Tutorial: Tue. 14:00 - 16:00, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Room 2019

The course will provide an introduction to the most important institutions of the global political economy, the World Trade Organisation, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. It will discuss the international division of labour and global value chains, the Bretton Woods system and its failure, the attempts to establish a New International Economic Order and the debt crisis and the subsequent Structural Adjustment Programs and their effects. The gender dimension of the global political economy and the role of multinational companies will also be discussed.

Einführung in das politikwissenschaftliche Arbeiten

Dr. Frauke Banse

BA Politikwissenschaften

Seminar: Tue. 14:00 - 16:00, G.-Forster-Str. 4 - Room 0005

Tutorial: Wed. 14:00 - 16:00, Kurt-Wolters 3 - Room 1120 A

In diesem Seminar und im dazu zugehörigen Tutorium (von Sophia Lutum) geht es darum, die grundlegenden Fertigkeiten für ein erfolgreiches Studium der Politikwissenschaft zu erlernen. Wie lese und schreibe ich wissenschaftliche Texte? Wie zitiere ich korrekt? Wie entwickle ich eine Fragestellung und eine Gliederung? Wie erkenne ich verschiedene Thesen von Autor*innen? Weshalb ist eine gute Begriffsarbeit bedeutend für die politikwissenschaftliche Analyse? Diese und andere Fragen behandeln wir anhand des Themenfeldes Globalisierung.

Nur wer sich über Ecampus anmeldet und einen Platz erhält, kann am Seminar teilnehmen. Wer bei der ersten Sitzung unangekündigt fehlt, verliert den Platz wieder. Nachrücker*innen werden dann entsprechend berücksichtigt.

Voraussetzung für das Erbringen einer Studien- oder Prüfungsleistung ist eine aktive Teilnahme am Seminar, die regelmäßige Lektüre der Textgrundlagen sowie das Schreiben dreier kurzer wissenschaftlicher Texte.

So es die Pandemielage erlaubt, finden die Seminarsitzungen bis auf wenige Ausnahmen in Präsenz statt.

Governance of Globalisation

Dr. Frauke Banse

Tutorial: Tue. 12:00 - 14:00, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Room 3023

This seminar deepens issues discussed in the lecture on “Governance of the World Market” and can only be attended if the lecture is visited parallel.

The class is designed for students of the MA program “Global Political Economy and Development”. Other interested students are requested to contact the lecturer first.

Trade Union Strategies

Dr. Frauke Banse

MA Labour Policies and Globalisation

Seminar: Wed 10:00 - 12:00, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Room 3023

In this class we will first develop a common understanding of what a “trade union” is. Hereafter, we learn about the different theoretical approaches to understand this specific organization of workers´ interest within capitalist societies. Based on these discussions, we will develop a common analytical framework to do practical research on different trade union strategies regarding wages, precarity, organizational health and safety, informality, social security, environment and others.

The class is designed for students of the MA program “Labour Policies and Globalisation”. Other interested students are requested to contact the lecturer first.

Foundations of Global Political Economy and Development

Jahnavi Rao

MA Global Political Economy and Development, MA Politikwissenschaften

Seminar: Mo. 14:00 - 16:00, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Room 3023

This tutorial introduces students to the fundamentals of Global Political Economy and Development. It is designed as a supplement to the other core courses ‘From Colonialism to Globalisation’ and ‘Governance of the World Markets’. Students will learn about the origins, goals, and perspectives of the following three transdisciplinary research areas: Development Studies, International Political Economy (IPE), and Postcolonial Studies. The course is structured into three major parts. The first will engage with what GPE is and how it evolved as an academic approach since the 1970s. Emphasis will be laid on the history of political and economic thought, and how political science became separated from economics. The second part covers the history and state of development studies as well as critiques and alternative approaches to study global inequalities from the perspective of postcolonial studies. The final part of the course draws on current debates and selected issues concerning poverty, inequality, and sustainable development to show how different approaches may be applied to contemporary phenomena.

Postcolonial Political Economy

MA Global Political Economy and Development, MA Politikwissenschaften

Prof. Dr. Aram Ziai

Seminar: Tue. 14 - 16 Uhr, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Room 3023

What stakes are at play within the current global political economy? Rising inequality, deepening social antagonisms, and market logic with impunity in the face of the climate emergency. International Political Economy has so far responded to these recurring concerns as representative of the long-standing relationship between power and wealth. Yet other relationships, namely those that involve imperialism, race and gender, and settler colonialism have been marginal to these debates. Following on recent calls for a more ‘global conversation’ within GPE that pays greater attention to spaces and communities beyond Europe and North America, this module seeks to confront the Eurocentric analysis of global political economy that might inform our understandings of contemporary issues of neoliberal conjuncture of global capitalism. This course offers an historically-informed reassessment of political economy that exposes its imperial foundations by drawing on the entangled histories between European industrialization, Atlantic slavery and its civilizing mission. The course broadly surveys the role of land and dispossession as both object and instrument of colonial power in the consolidation of the settler‐colonial state. The colonial origins of poverty within 18th century neoclassical tradition and the case of Haiti to explore ways debt was weaponized to compromise the nation-building processes of the world’s first black republic. This historical foregrounding situates contemporary challenges and political struggles as the colonial afterlives of contemporary global economic globalisation to explore issues of financialization and the “rise” of corporate power, global care work and social reproduction, extractive industries and the ecology as well as the return to alt-right populism and anti-imperial politics in the form of reparations. By confronting the colonial amnesia of the discipline, the module hopes to provide students with interdisciplinary analyses that renders visible global political economy to its embedded relationship with coloniality, racism, sexism or anthropocentrism and to invite new framings and questions to attend to the ongoing global crises.

World Bank Inspection Panel

MA Global Political Economy and Development, MA Politikwissenschaften

Prof. Dr. Aram Ziai

Seminar: Wed 10:00 - 12:00, Arnold-Bode 10 - Room 1217

After a general introduction to the World Bank, its history and changing purpose, the course will focus on the accountability mechanism of the institution: the Inspection Panel. The IP provides the opportunity for persons negatively affected by World Bank projects to file claims against them. Examining case studies, we will explore to what extent the IP was able to serve its purpose of making the voice of these persons heard and democratize global governance. Instead of a normal seminar paper, students can write reports on so far unresearched case studies which can be published on the home page of the research project on the IP.

Einführung in Rassismus und postkoloniale Studien

Nina Baghery

BA Politikwissenschaft

Di 16:00 bis 18:00, Moritzstr. 18 Campus Center - Raum 1111, Seminarraum 2

Zunächst befassen wir uns im Seminar mit dem Phänomen des Rassismus, seinen unterschiedlichen Erscheinungsformen sowie mit unterschiedlichen Ansätzen der Rassismustheorie. Anschließend werden postkoloniale Studien, die sich mit den Nachwirkungen des Kolonialismus nach seinem formalen Ende, v.a. mit kolonial geprägten Denkweisen und Darstellungsformen befassen, beleuchtet. Diese Ansätze werden durch Lektüre einiger zentraler Texte verschiedener postkolonialer Theoretiker*innen erschlossen. Im dritten Teil wird die postkoloniale Rassismusanalyse mit historisch materialistischen Perspektiven erweitert und unter dem Begriff Racial Capitalism erörtert, wie Rassismus innerhalb der kapitalistischen Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsform einzuordnen ist. Die Seminartexte werden in einem Moodle-Kurs zur Verfügung gestellt.

EU-Africa trade, development and investment relations - with excursion to Brussels

Frauke Banse

MA GPED, MA Politikwissenschaft

Mi 10:00 bis 12:00, Nora-Platiel 8 - Raum 0419

In this class, we will analyse the (contradictory) relationship between the investment and development policies of the European Union in Africa. Particular attention will be paid to the newly announced Global Gateway infrastructure initiative. Since this initiative is explicitly conceived as a geopolitical response to China's Belt and Road Initiative, this seminar will also address the geopolitical role of infrastructure and investment policies.

The course comprises of seminar sessions in Kassel and an excursion to Brussels. In the seminar sessions, we will discuss general questions concerning the EU trade, investment and development policies and ask which interest groups are dealing with these three interconnected policy fields. In Brussels we will discuss these issues with representatives of the European Commission, the African Union, the European Parliament, NGOs and business organisations.

As the preparation time is very limited, previous reading is obligatory. Students registered through hispos will be informed about required readings before the first seminar session.

Active participation in all seminar sessions is a precondition to taking part in the excursion. Students who are absent will not be able to take part in the excursion, for which there are only 25 places in total. MA Students from ”Political Science” and ”Global Political Economy and Development” are invited to join the class.

The excursion to Brussels will take place from June 5th to June 9th. Students will receive support for travel expenses.

Der Konflikt in der Sahelzone - internationale Dimensionen

Frauke Banse

MA GPED, MA Politikwissenschaft, MA Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften

Di 10:00 bis 12:00, Moritzstr. 18 Campus Center - Raum 1118, Seminarraum 5

Seit 10 Jahren ist die Bundeswehr im Rahmen der UN-Mission MINUSMA im westafrikanischen Mali stationiert, eine Verlegung in den benachbarten Niger ist wegen Unstimmigkeiten mit der malischen Regierung anvisiert. Der Konflikt in der Sahelregion hat sich in den letzten Jahren dramatisch ausgeweitet, weitere Länder wie Burkina Faso und Niger sind inzwischen schwer betroffen. Die sozialen, politischen und ökonomischen Kosten sind verheerend. Zudem sehen wir eine Zunahme geopolitischer Interessen an der Region.

In dem Seminar wollen wir den Ursachen des Konflikts in der Sahelregion auf den Grund gehen und die geopolitischen Interessen an der Region analysieren.

Mit Hilfe unterschiedlicher theoretischer Ansätze der Internationalen Beziehungen und der Internationalen Politischen Ökonomie werden wir die verschiedenen Blickwinkel kennenlernen, aus denen dieser Konflikt verstanden werden kann.

BA-Kolloquium

Frauke Banse

BA Politikwissenschaft

Di 14:00 bis 16:00, Moritzstr. 18 Campus Center - Raum 1117, Seminarraum 4

Das Kolloquium unterstützt BA Studierende beim Anfertigen ihrer Abschlussarbeit. Wir werden einführend wichtige Anforderungen an eine BA Arbeit, Aufbau sowie Herausforderungen des theoretischen und empirischen Arbeitens besprechen. Je nach Anzahl der Studierenden werden die Teilnehmenden in der zweiten Phase des Seminars ihr BA-Vorhaben einzeln präsentieren können oder sie fertigen in thematisch organisierten Arbeitsgruppen ein kurzes Forschungsexposé an. Auf Grundlage der Exposés werden wir dann die Herausforderungen gemeinsam diskutieren.

Die Klimakrise: Grundlagen, Herausforderungen, Lösungen

Svenja Quitsch

BA Politikwissenschaft

Mo 18:00 bis 20:00, Arnold-Bode 2 - Raum 0408

Dieser Kurs vermittelt ein umfassendes Verständnis des Klimawandels mit seinen politischen, gesellschaftlichen und individuellen Herausforderungen. Ziel ist es außerdem, Studierenden ein Verständnis für Klimamodelle, die Rolle des IPCC und den Zusammenhang zwischen Wissenschaft und Politik zu vermitteln und sie zu befähigen, Lösungsansätze kritisch zu betrachten und eigenes Handeln zu reflektieren.

Dieser Kurs basiert auf dem Ansatz Problem-basierten Lernens (PBL). Neben dem inhaltlichen Verständnis der Thematik, ist auch die Entwicklung methodischer Kompetenzen und sog. soft-skills ein wichtiger Bestandteil des Kurses. Dazu gehören sowohl eine eigenständigen, strukturierten Herangehensweise an neue Lerninhalte, als auch die Fähigkeit der pro-aktiven Gesprächsführung und konstruktives, reflektiertes Diskussionsverhalten.

Wichtig: Die Literatur für diesen Kurs besteht größtenteils aus englischsprachigen Fachartikeln. Die Bereitschaft, sich damit auseinanderzusetzen wird vorausgesetzt.

Wachstum überdenken: Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft und Politik im Wandel

Svenja Quitsch

BA Politikwissenschaft

Mo 16:00 bis 18:00, Nora-Platiel 8 - Raum 0419

Es ist doch gut, wenn die Wirtschaft wächst, oder? Inzwischen wird diese gar nicht so neue Frage nicht zuletzt wegen der schon eingetretenen und noch erwarteten Folgen der globalen Erwärmung wieder ambivalenter beantwortet. Dieses Seminar beleuchtet die Debatte über das „richtige“ Ziel des Wirtschaftens vor dem Hintergrund alten und neuen Postwachstumsdenkens. Studierende lernen verschiedene alternative Ansätze kennen, die das Wachstumsparadigma der klassischen Ökonomie hinterfragen. Dabei werden sie befähigt, die unterschiedlichen Dimensionen der Postwachstumsdebatte in einen politikwissenschaftlichen Kontext einzuordnen.

Dieser Kurs basiert auf dem Ansatz problembasierten Lernens (PBL). Neben dem inhaltlichen Verständnis der Thematik ist auch die Entwicklung methodischer Kompetenzen und sogenannter Soft Skills ein wichtiger Bestandteil des Kurses. Dazu gehören eine eigenständige und strukturierte Herangehensweise an neue Lerninhalte, die Fähigkeit der pro-aktiven Gesprächsführung sowie konstruktives und reflektiertes Diskussionsverhalten.

Wichtig: Die Literatur für diesen Kurs besteht größtenteils aus englischsprachigen Fachartikeln. Die Bereitschaft, sich damit auseinanderzusetzen wird vorausgesetzt.

Decolonial Feminisms

Julia Schöneberg

MA GPED, MA Politikwissenschaft

Di 18:00 bis 20:00, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3023

This seminar will explore intersectional and gendered inequalities through a decolonial lens. We will explore the ways feminisms have been and are used to resist and challenge effects of colonialism and (gendered) power relations. Departing from Olufemi’s claim that “feminist work is justice work” (Olufemi 2020) we will engage with approaches and demands of decolonial feminisms and explore their potential to transform power relations and promote social justice.

Alternativen zur "Entwicklung"? Einführung in Post-Development

Julia Schöneberg

BA Politikwissenschaft

Mi 08:00 bis 10:00, Arnold-Bode 10 - Raum 0104

„Die Idee der Entwicklung steht heute als geistige Ruine in der intellektuellen Landschaft. Sie überschattet unser Denken, aber gehört doch unübersehbar einer vergangenen Epoche an “ so schrieb Wolfgang Sachs 1992 im ‚Development Dictionary.‘ Fast 30 Jahre später wird ‚Entwicklung‘ allgemein noch immer als Allheilmittel verstanden um das „Leben aller Menschen grundlegend [zu] verbessern und eine Transformation der Welt“ (UN Agenda 2030 für Nachhaltige Entwicklung) herbeizuführen.

Der Kurs gibt einen Überblick über die Argumente verschiedener Postdevelopment Proponent*innen, ihrer Kritik an ‚Entwicklung‘ als eurozentristisch-hegemonialem Konstrukt und Alternativen hierzu. Zunächst werden wir Ansätze zur Dekonstruktion des Entwicklungsparadigmas und der verknüpften Diskurse diskutieren bevor wir uns mit der Frage beschäftigen: Was folgt auf die Kritik? Welche praktischen Alternativen zur Entwicklung sind denkbar, welche gibt es bereits? (Inwiefern) ist Postdevelopment gescheitert?

Theories of Development and GPE

Julia Schöneberg

MA GPED

Di 14:00 bis 16:00, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3023

After a general introduction on epistemology, the course will cover different paradigms concerning theories of global political economy, inequality and social change. It will engage with explanations from historical and contemporary perspectives (such as modernization, dependency, neo-gramscian and feminist approaches) and analyse their ontological and methodological assumptions – as well as their biases and blind spots.

The session are usually structured into a 45 min lecture, 15 min break, followed by a 90 min seminar.

Summer School: Decolonising Development

Julia Schöneberg

Blockseminar vom 03.07.2023 bis 05.07.2023, jeweils 08:00-20:00 Uhr

Racial Capitalism

Anil Shah

MA GPED

Mi 12:00 bis 14:00, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3023

In recent years, racial capitalism has developed into a buzzword. Within social movements and amongst many critical scholars, it has become a truism that racism and capitalism are thoroughly imbricated. But where does the term racial capitalism come from, and what does it mean? How exactly are racism and capitalism entangled, and how are they related to other processes of oppression, like coloniality and patriarchy? And how can one explore these relations empirically? The course engages with these questions and thereby touches on contemporary debates. In the first part of the course, we will engage with foundational theoretical concepts and historical processes that help us make sense of the term racial capitalism. In the second part, we will examine empirical analysis from different parts of the world concerning the prison-industrial complex, the rise of the global far right, border regimes, the COVID-19 pandemic, racial finance capitalism, algorithms of oppression, climate justice and reparations and strategies for anti-racist politics.

The course will be an excellent preparation for participating in the “Racial Capitalism: Marxism meets Postcolonial Studies” conference on 5.-6. October 2023 in Kassel.

Master Thesis Kolloquium

Anil Shah

MA GPED

Do 12:00 bis 14:00, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3023

The colloquium is a mandatory part of the MA Thesis module. All GPED students in the 4^th semester and above are encouraged to participate and discuss their research projects. Throughout the semester, students will engage with vital questions that help them progress with their MA Thesis, for example: how to find a suitable topic, research question, and supervisor? What research design fits my project? How can I plan and organize the writing process amidst other responsibilities? How can I manage my fieldwork? How can I align the thesis writing process with my future career perspectives? Each session consists of two parts. In the first half an hour, one of the above questions will be tackled collaboratively (input by the lecturer + questions and experience-sharing from students). In the second part, students present their work in progress, paying particular attention to problems and questions they face. Students will receive constructive feedback from the group, which will help them to continue. There will be no regular readings or assignments, but all students are expected to participate regularly and actively for a positive group dynamic. The course is designed as a Brown Bag Lunch (BBL) seminar, i.e. everyone is invited to bring sandwiches, fruits, or other snacks to consume while pondering over the difficult questions outlined above.

From Colonialism to Globalization

Anil Shah

MA GPED

Do 10:00-14:00 Uhr, Moritzstr. 25-31 Systembau 3 - Raum 0305

This seminar will trace the history of the modern political and economic world order from colonialism to globalization. Students will engage with twelve landmark events between the seventeenth and twenty-first century to make sense of the emergence, consequences, and contemporary forms of global inequalities. The course introduces key concepts like capitalism, imperialism, decolonization, and neoliberalism and uses them to show continuities and ruptures in the making of the contemporary world. At the end of the class students can identify and analyze key mechanisms that shape the global political economy. The seminar will be complemented by a tutorial which provides space for personal and peer-reflection on the topics, texts, and personal experiences. Moreover, the tutorial will introduce some basic academic skills.

Introduction to GPED Tutorial

Anil Shah

MA GPED

Mo 10:00-12:00 Uhr, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3023

This tutorial introduces students to the fundamentals of Global Political Economy and Development. It is designed as a supplement to the other core courses ‘From Colonialism to Globalisation’ and ‘Governance of the World Markets’. Students will learn about the origins, goals, and perspectives of the following three transdisciplinary research areas: Development Studies, International Political Economy (IPE), and Postcolonial Studies. The course is structured into three major parts. The first will engage with what GPE is and how it evolved as an academic approach since the 1970s. Emphasis will be laid on the history of political and economic thought, and how political science became separated from economics. The second part covers the history and state of development studies as well as critiques and alternative approaches to studying global inequalities from the perspective of postcolonial studies. The final part of the course draws on current debates and selected issues concerning poverty, inequality, and sustainable development to show how different approaches may be applied to contemporary phenomena.

Governance of the World Market: Institutions and actors in trade, finance and development

Aram Ziai

MA GPED

Di 16:00-18:30 Uhr, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3023

The course will provide an introduction to the most important institutions of the global political economy, the World Trade Organisation, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. It will discuss the international division of labour and global value chains, the Bretton Woods system and its failure, the attempts to establish a New International Economic Order and the debt crisis and the subsequent Structural Adjustment Programs and their effects. The gender dimension of the global political economy and the role of multinational companies will also be discussed.

Post-Development - Introduction and current debates

Aram Ziai

MA GPED, MA Politikwissenschaft

Blockseminar vom 16.-18.12.1022, Domäne Frankenhausen

Post-Development approaches can be conceived of as theories of imperialism focusing on the discourse and practice of ‘development’. They challenge the very foundations of development theory and policy as being Eurocentric and constituting relations of power between those defined as ‘developed’ and as ‘underdeveloped’. They propose ‘alternatives to development’ to be found in grassroots movements and indigenous communities which go beyond the Western models of the economy, politics and knowledge.

The seminar will deal with some of the main texts of Post-Development, current contributions to or critiques of PD, and presentations by the students of empirical examples.

Climate and Development Finance

Frauke Banse

MA GPED

Mi 10:00-12:00 Uhr, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3024

In recent years, we have often heard of an end to development aid, of a new partnership at eye level, for example, between Africa and Europe.

Among other things, the idea is to give less public money from Western countries to so called development projects in the Global South. Instead, more private money should flow to financing roads, schools, health care or ports. The financing of climate protection is also closely related to this. Thus, also for projects of renewable energies less public, but rather private funds are to be activated.

But what is behind the postulate of "beyond aid"? What are the social consequences of this paradigm shift in development aid and climate protection? How are these new financing practices to be classified in the global dynamics of a financialization, i.e., a growing political and economic influence of financial markets actors?

After clarifying what is meant by financialization, we will first address the question of the relationship between financialization, development aid and climate finance. Afterwards, we will deal more concretely with the social, economic, and political consequences of this connection.

For participating in the seminar, knowledge of international political economy or development/ climate policies is an advantage, but not a must. You will, however, need a general curiosity to get involved in economic issues.

Das Politische der Klima- und Entwicklungsfinanzierung, Teil II

Frauke Banse

MA Politikwissenschaft

Di 10:00-12:00 Uhr, Kurt-Schumacher 25 - Raum 2210/2212

Bei dem Seminar handelt es sich um den zweiten Teil des Projektseminars. Dieser wird inhaltlich sehr stark von den studentischen Projektgruppen geprägt werden, genaue inhaltliche Schwerpunkte sind entlang der jeweiligen Projektinhalte in Planung. Studierende, die ihre Abschlussarbeit zu dem Thema Entwicklungs- und Klimafinanzierung planen, können nach Rücksprache gern zusätzlich an dem Seminar teilnehmen.

Einführung in das politikwissenschaftliche Arbeiten

Frauke Banse

BA Politikwissenschaft

Di 14:00-16:00 Uhr, Nora-Platiel 6 - Raum 0211

In diesem Seminar und im dazu zugehörigen Tutorium (von Sophia Schönig) geht es darum, die grundlegenden Fertigkeiten für ein erfolgreiches Studium der Politikwissenschaft zu erlernen. Wie lese und schreibe ich wissenschaftliche Texte? Wie zitiere ich korrekt? Wie entwickle ich eine Fragestellung und eine Gliederung? Wie erkenne ich verschiedene Thesen von Autor*innen? Weshalb ist eine gute Begriffsarbeit bedeutend für die politikwissenschaftliche Analyse? Diese und andere Fragen behandeln wir anhand des Themenfeldes Globalisierung.

Einführung in die Nord-Süd Beziehungen

Nina Baghery

BA Politikwissenschaft

Do 16:00-18:00 Uhr, Nora-Platiel 5 - Raum 0107

Das Seminar befasst sich mit der Geschichte und Struktur der Nord-Süd-Beziehungen. Zentral besprochen wird der Zusammenhang zwischen der kolonialen Expansion des Kapitalismus zu aktuellen globalen Ungleichheitsverhältnissen. Nach einer kurzen Einführung in Ansätze und Grundbegriffe der Postkolonialen Studien sowie der Internationalen Politischen Ökonomie, wird die Geschichte des europäischen Kolonialismus im Zusammenhang mit der internationalen Reproduktion von sozialen und ökonomischen Ungleichheiten analysiert. Anschließend wird die Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (EZ) als Instrument der politischen und ökonomischen Behandlung von globalen Ungleichheiten in den Blick genommen. Unter Betrachtung der Agenda der deutschen EZ wird untersucht, inwiefern ihre Ausrichtung koloniale Herrschafts- und Ausbeutungsverhältnisse fortführt. Abschließend werden Möglichkeiten und Grenzen von Post-Development und Degrowth Ansätze als Alternativen zum kapitalistischen Entwicklungsmodell diskutiert.

Climate Change: Foundations & Governance

Svenja Quitsch

MA GPED

Di 12:00-14:00 Uhr, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3024

This course covers the main topics of global climate change and sustainable development. The aim is to equip students with the necessary knowledge to understand climatic and environmental change, interpret the models developed by the IPCC and evaluate political implications and policy responses within the context of sustainable development. More specifically, this course discusses concepts such as the earth’s climate system, planetary boundaries, various IPCC scenarios, mitigation and adaptation efforts, climate justice, the Paris Agreement, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and socio-ecological transformation.

N.B. This course follows the principles of problem-based learning (PBL), a co-creative and collaborative approach to learning that relies heavily on group discussions and independent self-study rather than lecture-style presentations.

Systems Thinking for Sustainability Transformations

Svenja Quitsch

MA GPED

Mo 16:00-18:00 Uhr, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3023

Achieving sustainability requires system change. But what even is a system? And how does a system change? Answering these two seemingly simple questions is at the core of this seminar. In the first part of this course, students learn basic concepts and tools of systems thinking and develop an in-depth understanding of system dynamics and transformations. In the second part, this new-found knowledge is applied to the governance of sustainability transformations.

N.B. This course follows the principles of problem-based learning (PBL), a co-creative and collaborative approach to learning that relies heavily on group discussions and independent self-study rather than lecture-style presentations.

International Organisations in World Politics

Matthias Kranke

MA GPED

Do 10:00-12:00 Uhr, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3024

International organisations (IOs, understood here as intergovernmental organisations) are highly influential actors in world politics. Although only few contemporary IOs possess considerable material power, many contribute substantially to the setting of global political agendas and rules for international cooperation. Yet while we tend to read and learn only about a fairly small number of fairly large IOs that are often in the public spotlight, a fairly large number of fairly small IOs remains out of sight. The seminar wants to make such IOs more visible. After a brief introduction to some of the best-known IOs, students undertake (group) projects to conduct empirical research on less-well-known IOs. The overarching objective is to gain a better understanding of smaller IOs by developing a general profile of their activities and analysing key operations through case studies in greater depth. Because many IOs engage in routines of cooperation, the seminar also encourages students to pay attention to these widely neglected inter-organisational dynamics.

More or Less? Post-Growth in Global Politics

Matthias Kranke

MA GPED

Mi 16:00-18:00 Uhr, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3023

Global politics has been marked by the pursuit of economic growth for decades. The widely accepted approach has been to tout growth as a solution to various socioeconomic problems. However, this logic has overlooked the prevalence of socioecological problems, which arise from the constraints imposed on human affairs by ‘planetary boundaries’. This increasingly palpable trade-off between growth and sustainability raises nagging questions about how to do global politics in the first place. How to generate and secure prosperity? How to reduce poverty? How to generate energy? How to build physical and other infrastructures? How, in short, to organise contemporary societies and their economies? The seminar addresses these and related questions, introducing students to the concepts of ‘economic growth’ and ‘post-growth’ (and, relatedly, ‘degrowth’ and ‘sufficiency’). Within self-designed case study projects, students can deepen their grasp of the emerging debate on growth vs. post-growth in global politics.

Capitalism, Development & Underdevelopment

Tolga Tören

MA GPED

Mo 18:00-20:00 Uhr, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3023

Since the end of World War II, there has been an interest in the ‘development’ or ‘industrialization’ problems of the ”underdeveloped countries” by scholars from the US or from European countries. In addition to the studies carried out at universities, many studies on development issues were supported or financed by some institutions including the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation etc. In other words, during the period, the development issue became one of the most prevalent topics at the academy and studies carried out by development economists, development sociologists or development anthropologists were gathered under the same headline: Modernization Theory.

Since the late 1950s, in parallel with the conditions of the world economy and debates on the relationship between ”developed” and ”underdeveloped” countries, different ”development” / ”underdevelopment” approaches, including the Latin American Structuralism, Dependency Theory, World-System Theory, the Theory of Articulation of Modes of Production, Basic Needs Approach, Washington Consensus, Institutionalist Economics and Post Development Approach, emerged.

From this, the aim of this course is critically to deal with the concepts of ”development” and ”underdevelopment” in parallel with the periodization of capitalist production relations on a world scale. In this context, during the course, the arguments of the approaches mentioned above will critically be discussed.

Labour, Capital, Welfare & Development in the Age of Globalization

Tolga Tören

MA GPED

Mi 8:00-10:00 Uhr, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3029

Ivan Illich – Selbstbegrenzung. Eine politische Kritik der Technik

Jacqueline Krause

BA Politikwissenschaft

Blockseminar, Vorbesprechung am 09.11.2022 von 12:00-14:00 Uhr

Das Seminar bietet die Möglichkeit einer intensiven Auseinandersetzung mit Ivan Illichs Kritik der Industriegesellschaft und seiner Werkzeuge. Es bietet die Möglichkeit des tieferen Verständnisses seiner Analysen und der daraus resultierenden möglichen Alternativen für postindustrielle, konviviale Gesellschaften. Was bedeutet Konvivilalität? Was umfasst seine Gesellschaftskritik? Was beinhaltet sein Modell multidimensionaler Ausgewogenheit? Welche Ansatzpunkte für sozial-ökologische Veränderungen sieht Illich? Dies und mehr wird im Seminar besprochen und diskutiert.

Decolonial Feminism

Hanna Al Taher

MA GPED, MA Politikwissenschaft

Blockseminar im Januar

Internationale Politik in einer postkolonialen Welt

Aram Ziai

BA Politikwissenschaft

Mi 08:00-10:00, Moritzstr. 18 Campus Center - Hörsaal 5 Raum 1101

Die Vorlesung befasst sich mit unterschiedlichen Bereichen internationaler Politik (Globalisierung, Krieg, Migration, Verschuldung, Klimawandel, Hunger, Terrorismus, Demokratisierung) aus der Perspektive unterschiedlicher Theorien (postkoloniale, feministische, marxistische, poststrukturalistische, neorealistische und institutionalistische Ansätze).

Theories of Development and GPE

Aram Ziai

MA GPED

Di 16:00-18:30, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3023

After a general introduction on epistemology, the course will cover different paradigms concerning theories of global political economy, inequality and social change. It will engage with explanations from historical and contemporary perspectives (such as modernization, dependency, neo-gramscian and feminist approaches) and analyse their ontological and methodological assumptions – as well as their biases and blind spots. Each session usually consists of a 45 min lecture, 15 min break, and a 90 min seminar.

EU Investment and Development Policies in Africa

Frauke Banse

MA GPED/MA Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften/MA Politikwissenschaft

Mi 10:00-12:00, Moritzstr. 25-31 Systembau1 - Raum 0108

In this class, we will analyse the (contradictory) relationship between the investment and development policies of the European Union in Africa. Particular attention will be paid to the newly announced Global Gateway infrastructure initiative. Since this initiative is explicitly conceived as a geopolitical response to China's Belt and Road Initiative, this seminar will also address the geopolitical role of infrastructure and investment policies.

The course comprises of preparatory seminar sessions and online discussion with organisations based in Brussels and Accra. In the seminar sessions, we will discuss general questions concerning the EU trade, investment and development policies and ask which interest groups are dealing with these three interconnected policy fields. In the seminar sessions, student groups prepare the envisaged online meetings with representatives of these interest groups and decision-making bodies. The last session of the class will take place after the online meetings with the organisations. We will analyse the meetings conducted and discuss the conclusions.

As the preparation time is limited to only a few seminar sessions, dedicated readings and preparations are essential. Active participation in all seminar sessions is a precondition to taking part in the online discussions with the organisations. MA Students from ”Political Science” and ”Global Political Economy and Development” are invited to join the class.

Das Politische der Entwicklungs- und Klimafinanzierung

Frauke Banse

MA GPED/MA Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften/MA Politikwissenschaft

Di 10:00-12:00, Moritzstr. 18 Campus Center - Raum 1110, Seminarraum 1

In den letzten Jahren haben wir immer wieder von einem Ende der Entwicklungshilfe, von einer neuen Partnerschaft auf Augenhöhe z.B. zwischen Afrika und Europa gehört. Es gelte unter anderem, weniger Geld westlicher Staaten zu geben und stattdessen stärker private Gelder in die Finanzierung von Straßen, Schulen, Gesundheitsversorgung oder Häfen in so genannten Entwicklungsländern fließen zu lassen. Damit eng verwoben ist auch die Finanzierung des Klimaschutzes. So soll auch für Projekte erneuerbare Energien weniger öffentliche, sondern vielmehr private Gelder aktiviert werden. Doch was verbirgt sich hinter diesem Postulat? Welche gesellschaftlichen Folgen hat dieser Paradigmenwechsel in der Entwicklungshilfe und im Klimaschutz? Wie sind diese neuen Finanzierungspraktiken in die globalen Dynamiken einer Finanzialisierung, also eines wachsenden politischen und ökonomischen Einflusses von Finanzmarktakteuren, einzuordnen? In diesem ersten Teil des zweisemestrigen Projektseminars werden wir uns mit diesen Fragen intensiv beschäftigen. Nachdem wir geklärt haben, was unter Finanzialisierung zu verstehen ist, widmen wir uns zunächst der Frage nach dem Zusammenhang von Finanzialisierung, Entwicklungshilfe und Klimafinanzierung. Danach werden wir uns konkreter mit den gesellschaftlichen, ökonomischen und politischen Folgen dieses Zusammenhangs beschäftigen. Dieser erste Teil des Projektseminars im Sommersemester ist explizit auch für Studierende zugelassen, die lediglich eine einfache Studien- und oder Prüfungsleistung erwerben möchten. Im zweiten Teil des Projektseminars - also im Wintersemester - widmen wir uns dann ihren jeweiligen Projektarbeiten. In einer mehrtägigen Studienklausur auf der Domäne Frankenhausen werden wir uns intensiv mit ihren Studiendesigns beschäftigen, die sie dann im Laufe des WiSe in Gruppenarbeit erstellen werden. Für die Teilnahme am Seminar sind Kenntnisse der Internationalen Politischen Ökonomie oder der Entwicklungs- bzw. Klimapolitik von Vorteil, aber kein Muss. Sie brauchen jedoch eine generelle Neugier, sich in ökonomische Fragen einzuarbeiten. Zudem brauchen Sie für Ihre Projektarbeiten Kenntnisse der qualitativen Sozialforschung. Sollten Sie diese noch nicht haben, besuchen Sie bitte den parallel angebotenen Methodenkurs im Modul 5.

BA Kolloquium

Frauke Banse

BA Politikwissenschaft

Di 14:00-16:00, Moritzstr. 2 - Raum Incon

Das Kolloquium unterstützt BA Studierende in der Abschlussphase beim Anfertigen ihrer Abschlussarbeit. Wir werden einführend wichtige Anforderungen an eine BA Arbeit, Aufbau sowie Herausforderungen des theoretischen und empirischen Arbeitens besprechen. Je nach Anzahl der teilnehmenden Studierenden werden die Teilnehmenden in der zweiten Phase des Seminars ihr BA-Vorhaben einzeln präsentieren können oder sie fertigen in thematisch organisierten Arbeitsgruppen ein kurzes Forschungsexposé an. Auf Grundlage der Exposés werden wir dann die Herausforderungen gemeinsam diskutieren.

Postcolonial Political Economy

Caroline Cornier

MA GPED

Mo 12:00-14:00, Nora-Platiel 6 - Raum 0211

What stakes are at play within the current global political economy? Rising inequality, deepening social antagonisms, and market logic with impunity in the face of the climate emergency. International Political Economy has so far responded to these recurring concerns as representative of the long-standing relationship between power and wealth. Yet other relationships, namely those that involve imperialism, race and gender, and settler colonialism have been marginal to these debates. Following on recent calls for a more ‘global conversation’ within GPE that pays greater attention to spaces and communities beyond Europe and North America, this module seeks to confront the Eurocentric analysis of global political economy that might inform our understandings of contemporary issues of neoliberal conjuncture of global capitalism. This course offers an historically-informed reassessment of political economy that exposes its imperial foundations by drawing on the entangled histories between European industrialization, Atlantic slavery and its civilizing mission. The course broadly surveys the role of land and dispossession as both object and instrument of colonial power in the consolidation of the settler‐colonial state. The colonial origins of poverty within 18th century neoclassical tradition and the case of Haiti to explore ways debt was weaponized to compromise the nation-building processes of the world’s first black republic. This historical foregrounding situates contemporary challenges and political struggles as the colonial afterlives of contemporary global economic globalisation to explore issues of financialization and the “rise” of corporate power, global care work and social reproduction, extractive industries and the ecology as well as the return to alt-right populism and anti-imperial politics in the form of reparations. By confronting the colonial amnesia of the discipline, the module hopes to provide students with interdisciplinary analyses that renders visible global political economy to its embedded relationship with coloniality, racism, sexism or anthropocentrism and to invite new framings and questions to attend to the ongoing global crises.

Einführung in Postkoloniale Studien und Rassismus

Lucia Fuchs

BA Politikwissenschaft

Blockseminar: 18.07.2022 bis 22.07.2022 jeweils 08:00 bis 14:00, Arnold-Bode 10 - Raum 0104

Die postkolonialen Studien befassen sich mit den Nachwirkungen des Kolonialismus nach seinem formalen Ende, vor allem mit kolonial geprägten Denkweisen und Darstellungsformen, welche in engem Zusammenhang mit Rassismus stehen. Nach einem kurzen Rückblick auf die Geschichte des Kolonialismus und seiner Legitimation geht es im Seminar zunächst um Begriffsdefinitionen und wichtige Konzepte der Rassismusforschung. Danach widmen wir uns zentralen Texten der wichtigsten postkolonialen Theoretiker*innen sowie der Anwendung postkolonialer Konzepte auf die Entwicklungspolitik. Die Bereitschaft zum Lesen und Diskutieren anspruchsvoller theoretischer Texte sowie ein großes Interesse an ihrer Anwendung auf Entwicklungspolitik wird vorausgesetzt. Keine Vorkenntnisse erforderlich.

Epistemische Klimagerechtigkeit? Postkoloniale, feministische und dekoloniale Perspektiven auf Klima(wandel)wissen

Johanna Tunn

MA Politikwissenschaft/MA GPED

Blockseminar: 22./23.04, 29./30.04., 20./21.05., Arnold-Bode 2 - Raum 0408

Besonders in Ländern des Globalen Südens gefährden steigende Meeresspiegel, fortschreitende Wüstenbildung und andere Auswirkungen der globalen Erwärmung Millionen von Menschen. Gleichzeitig sind die Ursachen und Folgen des Klimawandels ein Spiegelbild globaler Ungleichheit und Ausbeutung. Im Zuge der wachsenden Aufmerksamkeit auf die Klimakrise und deren ungerechte Auswirkungen haben sich Institutionen gebildet, welche hohe gesellschaftliche Relevanz für die Erarbeitung von Strategien für die Bekämpfung des Klimawandels und seiner Ursachen innehaben. Dabei greifen Institutionen wie der Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) auf Wissen und Vorstellungswelten zurück, welche selbst das Ergebnis kultureller, politischer, historischer und sozialer Entwicklungen sind und in hegemoniale Strukturen eingebettet sind.

Wissen über den Klimawandel und von ihm betroffene Menschen ist weder neutral noch objektiv - es wurde und wird in privilegierten gesellschaftlichen Kontexten produziert. In diesem Seminar schauen wir uns die Kontexte, Prozesse und Auswirkungen der Produktion von Klimawandelwissen aus Perspektive der epistemischen Gerechtigkeit an. Ein genauer Blick auf die Einflüsse von Kolonialismus, Rassismus und Gewalt ist dabei unabdingbar. Die Traditionen des Postkolonialismus, der feministischen Wissenschaftskritik und des dekolonialen Denkens haben dabei ein großes Potenzial, diese gängigen Prozesse der Wissensproduktion zu hinterfragen, zu erschüttern und neu zu konstituieren.

Einführung in das politikwissenschaftliche Arbeiten: Ungleichheit, Rassismus, Klimawandel

Anil Shah

BA Politikwissenschaft

Mi 8-10h, Moritzstr. 18 Campus Center - Raum 1112, Seminarraum 3

The World Bank and the Inspection Panel

Prof. Dr. Aram Ziai

MA GPED, MCC V/MA Politikwissenschaft

Di 14-16h,  Arnold-Bode 10 - Raum 0104

After a general introduction to the World Bank, its history and changing purpose, the course will focus on the accountability mechanism of the institution: the Inspection Panel. The IP provides the opportunity for persons negatively affected by World Bank projects to file claims against them. Examining case studies, we will explore to what extent the IP was able to serve its purpose of making the voice of these persons heard and democratize global governance. Instead of a normal seminar paper, students will write reports on so far unresearched case studies which can be published on the home page of the research project on the IP.

Introduction to Globalization and Development

Anil Shah

MA GPED, MCC I

Mo 9-12h, ICDD/GPN Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3023, hybrid

This seminar will introduce students to the interconnected paradigms of globalization and development – both having shaped debates on economics, politics and culture throughout the world since the mid-20^th century. Yet both have a much longer trajectory, notably 500 years of European imperialism and colonial conquest which have shaped contemporary forms of this interconnection. The course is structured along three major sections. In the first part, the meaning of globalization and development will be contextualized and discussed, particularly in relationship to the political economy of capitalism, colonialism, imperialism, and neoliberalism. The second section discusses contemporary issues and debates related to globalization and development, including the COVID-19 pandemic, global value chains, urbanization and informalization of production and labour in the Global South, the financialization of development, and the failure of international climate governance. The final part of the course is dedicated to questions of resisting, changing, and overcoming globalization and development, and developing a radical imagination of other common futures.

Discourse analysis and postcolonial research

Prof. Dr. Aram Ziai

MA GPED, Advanced Research methods

Mi 10-12h, Moritzstr. 25-31, Systembau2 - Raum 0206

This course must be taken in combination with the lecture on advanced research methods. The course will deal with the interconnectedness of knowledge and power, with discourse analysis as a methodological approach to trace this connection, and with postcolonial perspectives on methodology and research ethics highlighting specifically the relation between scientific knowledge and colonial relations of power.

Introduction to Political Science/GPE

Dr. Corinna Dengler

MA GPED

Blockseminar, am 27.10., 10.11. und 24.11. jeweils 10-16h. Gottschalkstr. 10-12 - Raum 2205

This seminar introduces you to the specific approach applied in the master’s program Global Political Economy and Development. It is designed as a supplementary tutorial to the core courses ‘Governance of the World Markets’ and ‘Introduction to Globalization and Development.’ The course covers the following questions:

• What is Global Political Economy and how did it emerge as an academic approach?

• What is the ‘political’ in GPE and why is the analysis of history and power relations essential?

• Why do ‘theory’ and ‘critique’ matter for GPE research?

• How can GPE analysis of the contemporary world economy look like?

The course is structured into three parts, namely (I) What is Global Political Economy?; (II) History, Power, Theory & Critique; and (III) Contemporary GPE Analysis, to which we will devote one seminar day (10am4-pm) respectively. The seminar is based on readings and students are expected to (a) read all texts, (b) highlight important arguments, and (c) note questions and criticism prior to the seminar sessions. Moreover, students are expected to actively participate in class discussions. There are neither assignments nor grades for this tutorial, which primarily seeks to prepare you for other courses in the GPED master’s program. The course is primarily oriented towards students who have no background in social sciences, however, students who are unfamiliar with International Political Economy (IPE) are also welcome to participate.

Arbeitsbeziehungen in Globalen Produktionsnetzwerken

Dr. Frauke Banse

MA Politikwissenschaft, Projektseminar, Teil 2

Di 10-12h, Moritzstr. 2 - Raum Incon

Einführung in das politikwissenschaftliche Arbeiten: Was sind Gewerkschaften?

Dr. Frauke Banse

Lehramt und BA Politikwissenschaft

Mittwoch 10-12h, Georg-Forster-Str. 4 - Raum 1004

BA Kolloquium

Dr. Frauke Banse

Dienstag 14-16h, Mönchebergstr. 1 - Raum 3012 Seminarraum III

Globale Gesundheit und COVID-19

Anna Weber

BA Politikwissenschaft

Blockseminar, am 22.10.21, 26.11.21, 27.11.21., 21.01.22 und 22.01.22

Post-Development Theories

Caroline Cornier

MA GPED/MA Politikwissenschaft, Modul 2

Di 10-12h, online

Post-Development approaches challenge the very foundations of development theory and policy as being Eurocentric and constituting relations of power between those defined as ‘developed’ and as ‘underdeveloped’. They propose ‘alternatives to development’ to be found in grassroots movements and indigenous communities which go beyond the Western models of the economy, politics and knowledge. The seminar will deal with some of the main texts of Post-Development, its variants and proposed alternatives, but also with the sharp criticisms raised against this school by development theory, with empirical examples and current debates on the topic.

Einführung in die postkoloniale Politikwissenschaft

Caroline Cornier

BA Politikwissenschaft

Blockseminar im Januar/Februar

Beyond Development? Entwicklungstheorien aus transdisziplinärer Perspektive

Dienstags, 10-12Uhr, für B.A. Politikwissenschaften
Dr. Corinna Dengler

Das Seminar is als Einführung in verschiedene Entwicklungstheorien und -paradigmen konzipiert und reicht von modernisierungstheoretischen Ansätzen über Dependenz- und Weltsystemtheorie hin zu Ansätzen, die nicht nach Entwicklungsalternativen, sondern nach Alternativen zur Entwicklung suchen. Ein thematischer Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf feministisch-dekolonialen Ansätzen. Das Seminar stützt sich auf das Buch Schmidt, Lukas & Schröder, Sabine (2016): Entwicklungstheorien - Klassiker, Kritik und Alternativen. Wien: Mandelbaum. Die Anschaffung des Lehrbuchs wird empfohlen.

Feminism, Decoloniality, and the Environment

Dienstags, 12-14Uhr, für M.A. GPED
Dr. Corinna Dengler

This class sketches out postcolonial perspectives on an ecofeminist political economy by examining existing and potential links, intersections, and discrepancies between feminisms, decoloniality, and the environment. In a first part, students will be familiarized with key concepts, engage with the feminist and postcolonial critique of science, and gain an overview of postcolonial feminisms as well as feminist academic engagement with the environment since the 1970s. The second part od the course then delves into postcolonial econfeminisms. After some socio-historical conceptual notes, e.g. on postcolonial intersectionality and feminist political ecology, the interdisciplinary inquiry will explore specificities of ecofeminisms in the context of Latin America (most notably the Andean region), Africa (most notably South Africa and Mozambique), and Asia (most notably India). Part III rounds off the course by critically engaging with current debates on feminisms, decoloniality, and the environment. The topics in this part range from feminist-decolonial perspectives on (neo-)extractivism and degrowth to global care chains, collective modes of caring, and environmental activism.

The Politics of Finance and Development

Montags, 10-12Uhr, für M.A. GPED
Anil Shah

In the modern world, it has become a truism that 'money makes the world go round'. But how so? What are the fundamental channels, instruments and institutions that organisze global financial glows in the field of Development? And how are these linked to relations of power, dependency, and oppression? This course introduces students to selected debates on Finance and Development in International Political Economy (IPE). It traces the relationship between finance and development from Europe's colonial expansion to the present-day era. The first part highlights how the birth of international finance in the form of joint-stock companies, insurance, and sovereign debt is linked to both capitalist development and colonial oppression. The secon part deals with key institutions, instruments and channels of development finance in the twentieth century, including (multilateral) development banks, bilateral development assistance and conditional loans. Building on these foundations, the third part of the seminar reviews current debates on financialization and financing sustainable development. Students will be familiarized with contemporary shifts in global development policy that highlight the role of private and market-based finance in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. 

Policy Making in the European Union: EU Trade, Investment and Development Policies

Blockseminar + Exkursion, für M.A. GPED & M.A. Politikwissenschaften
Dr. Frauke Banse

Arbeitsbedingungen in globalen Produktionsnetzwerken

Dienstags, 10-12Uhr, für M.A. Politikwissenschaften
Dr. Frauke Banse

Die Bretton Woods Institutionen in der Entwicklungspolitik

Dienstags, 14-16Uhr, für M.A. Politikwissenschaften und Lehramt
Dr. Frauke Banse

Rassismus und Postkoloniale Studien

Mittwochs, 08-10Uhr, für B.A. Politikwissenschaften
Prof. Dr. Aram Ziai

Das Seminar ist gegliedert in drei Teile. Im ersten befassen wir uns mit dem Phänomen des Rassismus, mit seinen unterschiedlichen Erscheinungsformen und unterschiedlichen Ansätzen der Rassismustheorie. Im zweiten Teil geht es um die postkolonialien Studien, die sich mit den Nachwirkungen des Kolonialismus nach seinem formalen Ende, v.a. mit kolonial geprägten Denkweisen und Darstellungsformen befassen. Diese Ansätze werden durch Lektüre einiger zentraler Texte verschiedener postkolonialier Theoretiker_innen (z.B. Hall, Fanon, Said, Mohanty,...) erschlossen. Im dritten Teil geht es um die Frage nach dem Verhältnis der beiden Forschungsfelder und ihre Verknüpfung. Die Seminartexte werden in einem Moodle-Kurs zur Verfügung gestellt.

Theories of Development and Global Political Economy

Dienstags, 16-18:30Uhr, für M.A. GPED
Prof. Dr. Aram Ziai

After a general introduction on epistemology, the course will offer different paradigms concerning theories of global political economy, inequality and social change. It will engage with explanations from historical and contemporary perspectives (such as modernization, dependency, neo-marxist and feminist approaches) and analyse their ontological and methodological assumptions - as well as their biases and blind spots.
The course consists of a 45min lecture and a 90min seminar. A number of texts will be taken from Chari, Sharad/Corbridge, Stuart (eds.) 2008: The Development Reader. London: Routledge.

Traumjob Entwicklungspolitik? Post-Development Perspektiven auf entwicklungspolitische Fachkräfte

Blockseminar, für B.A. Politikwissenschaften
Meike Strehl

Studying Social Movements beyond Eurocentrism

Blockseminar, für M.A. GPED
Sabrina Keller & Ruth Steuerwald

Decolonising Development

Do 10-12, Online

Dr. Jenna Marshall

Development projects conventionally claim to marshal scarce resources in the expectation for future benefits to enhance social and economic welfare. Yet how do legacies of imperialism and colonialism complicate this claim? What then does it mean to appraise the value of development projects decolonially? This course enables students to gain insights into how Eurocentrism remains entrenched within international development funding bodies, institutions and actors in order to understand the impact of colonial legacies on funding initiatives and policies - but also how these neo-imperial logics are confronted and resisted. In the first part of the syllabus, students will be exposed to post/decolonial methods of analysis that identify the various manifestations Eurocentrism takes (such as racialisation, othering, imperial episteme, economism etc.) in development. In the second part of the course, students will be introduced to current international development actors and policies to examine in-depth two (2) World-Bank sponsored projects: the Sardar Sarovar dam in India; the Chad-Cameroon Oil Pipeline. The aim of this course is to assess the degree to which empire and its colonial afterlives persists in structuring the ecologies, economies and societies in the global South. This course will encourage the development of policy analysis skills and the application of de/postcolonial critique in the international development field.

Discourse analysis and postcolonial research

Di 14-16, Online

Dr. Jenna Marshall

This course explores the interconnectedness of research interests as well as political and ethical commitments through an examination of methods of discourse analysis and postcolonialism in social scienceresearch. Discourse analysis is concerned with, amongst other things, the structural relationships of power manifested, constituted and legitimized usinglanguage (or in discourse). It also gives rise to theorizessocial processes and structures that produces discoursesas well as the social structures and processes within which individuals makes these discourses meaningful. In furthering these dynamics of power and knowledge,the course asks: Who is permitted entry into such theorization of the social world? The reminder of the course follows this line of inquiry by outlining the significance of postcolonial perspectives on methodology and research ethics. Here, students will explore the ways in which some peoples, cultures, cosmovisions are foreclosed from the realm of legitimate knowledge production. This epistemic silencing is predicatedon European Enlightenment and institutionalised through various techniques of colonial domination. Research from the perspective of the colonized therefore becomes complicit in imperial expansion and legitimates colonial violence across the world. Yet postcolonial perspectives also seek to remedy this violence through alternative approaches to knowledge production that democratizes encounters with others, opening up new vistas and modes of critique.

Einführung in die Entwicklungspolitik

Mi 10-12, Online

Beginn: 04.11.2020

Prof. Dr. Aram Ziai

Entwicklungspolitik soll die Lebensbedingungen von Menschen in als weniger entwickelt definierten Ländern verbessern. Das Seminar wird einen Überblick über das Politikfeld und seine Geschichte, Theorien, Akteure, Instrumente, Kritik und aktuellen Debatten aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven geben.

Finanzialisierung von Entwicklungspolitik

Dr. Frauke Banse

In den letzten Jahren haben wir immer wieder von einem "Ende der Entwicklungshilfe", von einer neuen "Partnerschaft auf Augenhöhe" z.B. zwischen Afrika und Europa gehört. Es gelte unter anderem, weniger Geld westlicher Staaten zu geben und stattdessen stärker private Gelder in die Finanzierung von Straßen, Schulen, Energieversorgung oder Häfen in so genannten Entwicklungsländern fließen zu lassen. Doch was verbirgt sich hinter diesem Postulat? Welche gesellschaftlichen Folgen hat dieser Paradigmenwechsel in der Entwicklungshilfe? Wie sind diese neuen Finanzierungspraktiken in die globalen Dynamiken einer Finanzialisierung, also eines wachsenden politischen und ökonomischen Einflusses von Finanzmarktakteuren, einzuordnen? In dem Seminar werden wir uns mit diesen Fragen intensiv beschäftigen.

Globales Lernen, ein Beitrag zur sozial-ökologischen Transformation?

Mo 16-18, Online

Beginn: 02.11.2020

Nilda Inkermann

Globales Lernen versteht sich als pädagogische Antwort auf die Globalisierung und nimmt für sich in Anspruch, Veränderungsprozesse im Sinne globaler Gerechtigkeit und Nachhaltigkeit mitzugestalten. In diesem Seminar werden wir uns mit der Entstehung und Verbreitung des Globalen Lernens auseinandersetzen. Dem sowohl pädagogischen als auch politischen Bildungsansatz liegen globalgesellschaftliche Problemdiagnosen und -analysen zugrunde, diese zu verstehen und zu diskutieren ist wichtiger Bestandteil des Seminars. Im Zentrum dieses Seminars steht die Frage, welches Wissen und welche Bildung notwendig ist, für ein zukunftsfähiges Zusammenleben auf unserem Planeten und welche Perspektiven Globales Lernen dafür bietet.

Introduction to Global Political Economy

Mo 10-12, Online

Beginn: 02.11.2020

Anil Shah

This seminar introduces you to the specific approach applied in the master’s program Global Political Economy and Development. It is designed as a supplementary tutorial to the core courses ‘Governance of the World Markets’ and ‘Introduction to Globalization and Development’.

Introduction to Globalization and Development

Mi 14-16, Online, begleitendes Tutorium 

Beginn: 04.11.2020

Dr. Jenna Marshall

This course will introduce students to the interconnected paradigms of globalization and development – both having shaped debates on economics, politics and culture in the ‘Global North’ and ‘Global South’ for at least three decades. Yet both have a much longer trajectory, notably 500 years of European imperialism and colonial conquest which have shaped contemporary forms of this interconnection. Moreover, both paradigms are be set by internal tensions between coexisting universalising as well as hierarchising dynamics withtheoretical roots in European Enlightenment thought. The course begins with situating both paradigms: development as a project of international policies towards and within the ‘Global South’ since the end of World War II and its replacement by a globalisation project emerging in the late 20th century. It then examines competing debates of globalisation and assessment of contemporary globalising processes, and how these particularly influence the developing world. It examines these influences through detailed analysis of contemporary manifestations of ‘globalisation’, including liberalism and protectionism and whether we can conceive of the present conjecture as the end of the globalization project due to the collapse of the liberal international order. The course will also be devoted to particular policy issues, such as global migration and transnationalism, the environment and land dispossession, underpinned by the international rules that govern them. The course will later examine the ways in which ‘globalisation’ is resisted,focusing on the rise of transnational social movements and the post-development era, as well as the possibility of transformation through an inclusion of marginalized voices that render visible the gendered and racialized processes embedded within these projects.

Propädeutikum: Einführung in das politikwissenschaftliche Arbeiten

Mi 8-10, Online, begleitendes Tutorium

Beginn: 04.11.2020

Anil Shah

Das Seminar verbindet aktuelle gesellschaftliche Debatten um Ungleichheit, Rassismus und die ökologische Krise mit kritischen Analysen aus dem Bereich Gesellschaftswissenschaften. In den ersten Sitzungen werden einführende Fragen geklärt: Was ist Wissenschaft? Wie politisch ist Politikwissenschaft? Was ist Bildung? Was hat all das mit Macht und Herrschaft zu tun? Im Anschluss setzen sich Studierende mit unterschiedlichen Textformen – von Zeitungsartikeln bis zu wissenschaftlichen Beiträgen aus Fachzeitschriften – auseinander und lernen dabei anhand von aktuellen Debatten Argumentationsmuster zu identifizieren, sowie Stärken und Schwächen eines Texts ausfindig zu machen. Im Laufe des Seminars lernen Studierende zwischen einer „Argumentation des Alltagsverstands“ und einer „wissenschaftlicher Argumentation“ zu unterscheiden. Ebenso sind Studierende nach Ende des Seminars dazu in der Lage zwischen „der Politik“ und „dem Politischen“ zu unterscheiden.

Postcolonial Political Eocnomy

Do 14-16, Online

Dr. Jenna Marshall

What stakes are at play within the current global  political  economy? Rising  inequality, deepening  social antagonisms, and market logic with impunity in the face of the climate emergency.International Political Economy has so far responded to these recurring concerns as representative of the long-standing  relationship  between power and wealth. Yet other relationships, namely those that involve imperialism, race and gender, and settler colonialism have been marginal to these debates. Following on recent calls for a more ‘global conversation’ within GPE that pays greater attention to spaces and communities beyond Europe and North America, this module seeks to confront the Eurocentric analysis of global political economy that might inform our understandings of contemporary issues of neoliberal  conjuncture of global capitalism. This course offers an historically-informed reassessmentof political economy that exposes its imperial foundations bydrawing on the entangled histories between European  industrialization, Atlantic slavery and its civilizing mission. The course broadly surveys the role of land and dispossession as both object and instrument of colonial power in the  consolidation of the  settler‐colonial state. The colonial origins of poverty within 18th century neoclassical tradition and the case of Haiti to explore ways debt was weaponized to compromise the nation-building processes of the world’s first black republic. This historical foregrounding situates contemporary challenges and political struggles as the colonial afterlives of contemporary global economic globalisation to explore  issues of financialization and the “rise” of corporate power,global care work and social reproduction, extractive industries and the ecology as well as the return to alt-right populism and anti-imperial politics in the form of reparations. By confronting the colonial amnesia of the discipline, the module hopes to provide students with interdisciplinary analyses that renders visible global political economy to its embedded relationship with coloniality, racism, sexism or anthropocentrism and to invite new framings and questions to attend to the ongoing global crises.

Post-Development Theories and Alternatives to ‘Development’

Di 14-16, Online

Beginn: 03.11.2020

Prof. Dr. Aram Ziai

Post-Development approaches challenge the very foundations of development theory and policy as being Eurocentric and constituting relations of power between those defined as ‘developed’ and as ‘underdeveloped’. They propose ‘alternatives to development’ to be found ingrassroots movements and indigenous communities which go beyond the Western models of the economy, politics and knowledge.The seminar will deal with some of the main texts of Post-Development, its variants and proposed alternatives, but also with the sharp criticisms raised against this school by development theory, with empirical examples and current debates on the topic.

Einführung in die Entwicklungspolitik

Blockseminar
Beginn: 05.06.2020
Esther Kronsbein 

Internationale Politik in einer postkolonialen Welt

Mi 8 - 10 Uhr
Beginn: 22.04.2020
Prof. Dr. Aram Ziai 

Decolonising Development

Di 12 - 14 Uhr
Beginn: 21.04.2020
Dr. Jenna Marshall

Decent Work in Global Value Chains

Di 12 - 14 Uhr
Beginn: 21.04.2020
Dr. Frauke Banse

Postcolonial Political Economy

Do 14 - 16 Uhr
Beginn: 23.04.2020
Dr. Jenna Marshall

Theories of Development and GPE

Di 16 - 18.30 Uhr
Beginn: 21.04.2020
Prof. Dr. Aram Ziai

Discourse Analysis and Postcolonial Research
Do 14-16, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3024, ICDD
Beginn: 24.10.19
Dr. Jenna Marshall

Einführung in die Entwicklungspolitik
Mo 16-18, Moritzstr. 25-31 Systembau2 - Raum 0209
Beginn: 21.10.19
Nilda Inkermann

Introduction to Globalization and Development
Mi 14-16, Kleine Rosenstraße 1-3 - Raum 3023, ICDD
Beginn: 23.10.19
Dr. Jenna Marshall

Mali - der Konflikt und die internationalen Beziehungen
Mi 10-12, Gottschalkstraße 10-12 - Raum 2201
Beginn: 23.10.19
Dr. Frauke Banse

Postdevelopment zur Einführung
Blockseminar
Fr, 13.12.19; 16-20 Arnold-Bode 2 - Raum 0408
Sa, 14.12.19; 9-18 Arnold-Bode 2 - Raum 0401
Fr, 24.01.20;16-20 Nora-Platiel 8 - Raum 0419
Sa, 25.01.20; 9-18 Nora-Platiel 6 - Raum 0211
Dr. Julia Schöneberg

Propädeutikum mit post- und dekolonialen Perspektiven - Einführung in das politikwissenschaftliche Arbeiten (mit Tutorium)
Mi 10-12, Moritzstr. 25-31 Systembau 2 Raum 0208
Beginn: 23.10.19
Dipl. Pol. Joshua Kwesi Aikins

Ursachen und Migration in Subsahara Afrika und die deutsche Entwicklungspolitik, Teil 2
Mi 8-10, Arnold-Bode 2 - Raum 0402
Beginn: 23.10.19
Dr. Frauke Banse