New Trends in International Policy and Conflict Resolution

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The sessions are organized in the format of conference, with particular focus on the period of debate taking opportunity from the presence of guest-speakers. According to the defined program and the discussions throughout the semester, students must choose one of the topics under analysis and write a critical essay to be delivered at the end of the semester.

Learning Outcomes

The seminar's objetive is to promote students' contact with diverse topics and lines of research developed in the field of Peace and Security studies, broadly understood, thus stimulating their theoretical and empirical reflexion on contemporay topics, promoting debate and analytical, as well as their research autonomy skills. It assures that the contents are diversified and multidisciplinary, with theoretically and empirically differentiated focuses in this area.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

This seminar includes a series of guest speakers that research on recent and relevant topics and debates in the Peace Studies area, international security, critical perspectives on international politics’ themes. There will also be a practical exercise focusing on the discussion of the most recent bibliography available in these areas of study and research.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Continuous assessment: combination of written work and in-class participation : 30.0%
Research work: 70.0%

Bibliography

A bibliografia será indicada oportunamente de acordo com informação providenciada pelos/as convidados/as.

Para o exercício de análise bibliográfica serão sempre selecionadas obras recentes.

Bibliographic sources will be indicated according to the suggestions of the guest-speakers. For the literature analysis exercise there will be a choice of recently published materials.