Contemporary Challenges in International Relations

We live in an increasingly complex, interconnected, and rapidly changing world, one that generates many challenges. And we want to help you to be better prepared to understand the world, analyse it, explain it and, if you want, intervene on those matters that you care the most want to change. The agenda of contemporary challenges in International Relations is enormous. Therefore, we have selected some issues to offer you an overview of key topics, such as polarization in contemporany democracies, peace and security, gender and armed conflicte, human rights, and the multidimensional global geopolitical competition.. And we will study this with cases form Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia.
The sessions will include lectures, in-class debates, small-groups projects and presentations by the students.

1. Introduction to International Relations
2. Latin America: Regional and international challenges in an emerging international order
3. Gender and Armed Conflicts
4. The Sustainable Develoment Goals: Development, peace and security challenges
5. Polarization: Endemic problem of contemporary democracies

Course leader

Rachid Aarab, Federico Guerrero, Juan Pablo Soriano and Pablo Aguiar
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona/Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)

Target group

The UAB Barcelona Summer School is open to standing local and international undergraduates and graduate students. International students who have been accomplished the first year of their undergraduate or at least the 50% of their first year credits at their home university could also be enroled at the programme. Working knowledge of the language instruction is highly recommended.

Course aim

We live in an increasingly complex, interconnected, and rapidly changing world, one that generates many challenges. And we want to help you to be better prepared to understand the world, analyse it, explain it and, if you want, intervene on those matters that you care the most want to change. The agenda of contemporary challenges in International Relations is enormous. Therefore, we have selected some issues to offer you an overview of key topics, such as polarization in contemporany democracies, peace and security, gender and armed conflicte, human rights, and the multidimensional global geopolitical competition.. And we will study this with cases form Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia.
The sessions will include lectures, in-class debates, small-groups projects and presentations by the students.

Credits info

6 EC
The subject is accredited with 6 ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) that your university might transfer to you own degree programme (depending on your home university’s regulations), especially if it has a mobility programme in place with the UAB.

Fee info

EUR 910: The course fee for international and national students (non-UAB students) is € 910 but those who register before May 15th will get 20% discount.

Scholarships

No but there is 20% discount on the tuition fee if prospective students register before May 15th.