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What caused the financial crisis of 2007/2008? What do financial markets have to do with famines? Why would anyone sell their house to buy a single tulip bulb? In which ways are all/most of us part and parcel of global finance, whether we want it or not - and are there any ways in which the power of finance can be contested or even resisted?

This course offers the opportunity to engage with all the questions about finance and political economy that you never dared ask because actors and processes related to ‘finance’ sound technical and complicated. Together we will investigate and dissect these complexities to analyse the social power relations that are at the core of global finance.

The Global Finance sessions are structured in three blocs – an introduction to key actors, concepts and approaches, a historical and contemporary survey of financial crises with particular attention to the 2007/2008 crisis, and finally a bloc of sessions focusing on various issue areas and discussions in Global Finance.

The course outline includes sessions on

• introduction to global finance • a survey of global finance – governance, institutions and actors • theoretical perspectives on finance

• financial crises in historical perspective • financial crises in the global south • the 2007/2008 financial crisis

• financialisation and labour • green finance • gender and finance • contesting and resisting global finance

The course workload (equivalent to 10 ECTS) is set as follows:

13 course sessions (12 standard sessions, one excursion of 4 hours) plus preparation = 50 Course readings = 140 Written assignment = 35 48hrs exam = 40 Feedback and evaluation = 5

A basic starting point in terms of literature for the course is

• Charles Kindleberger and Aliber, R.z (2011) Manias, Panics and Crashes. A history of financial crisis (palgrave, 5th edition) // _one of the best resources on the history of financial crises__

• Aida Hozic and Jacqui True (eds) (2016) Scandalous Economics (oxford university press) // presents an important intervention in the discussion of financial crisis by putting gender at the heart of analysis e-access through REX

• Roar Magazine (2016) The Rule of Finance, 2016(3) // brief articles by relevant scholars, good starting point for engaging with more detailed arguments in academic discussions available online

Each session will be assigned core and recommended readings; these will mainly be article-based. Students are welcome to share additional reading recommendations on moodle.

There will be a mid-term evaluation for the course, as well as the standard final evaluation. Students are encouraged to contact the course lecturers for meetings if there are questions. Feedback on the assignments will be arranged either in office hours or using the online feedback function on eksamen.ruc.dk.

Type of examination:

Individual written portfolio.

The portfolio consists of 2 written products which are prepared in whole or in part during the course. For example, the products can be answers to exercises, papers for presentations, written feedback, written reflections or written assignments.

The preparation of the products may be subject to time limits.The total size of the portfolio may not exceed 28,800 characters in length, including spaces.

The size specifications include the cover, table of contents, bibliography, figures and other illustrations, but exclude any appendices.

The requirements for the content and form of the portfolio and the length of the various products will be determined before the beginning of the course and published on the university’s website.

The portfolio is submitted in its entirety.The deadline for handing in the work will be published on the university’s homepage before the course begins.

An overall assessment of the portfolio is given.

Assessment: 7-point grading scale. Moderation: None.

• Specialised knowledge and understanding of a particular topic within one of the three pillars in Global Studies

• Advanced knowledge of academic and methodological debates related to the subject

• Skills in selecting and critically applying relevant theories and methods

• Skills in choosing relevant theories in order to investigate a problem area

• Skills in communicating and discussing theories and empirical results

• Competences in assuming responsibility for and reflecting on own learning and that of fellow students by actively participating in group work, presentations and discussions

• Competences in critically, independently and creatively selecting and utilising academic literature relevant to a specific research question

The objective of the advanced study course is to provide the students with advanced knowledge and understanding within a specific research area covered by one of the three pillars in Global Studies: Global Politics, Global Sociology and Global Political Economy. At least two advanced study courses will be offered per semester. The courses offered will change every semester within the following subjects:

Global Politics:

• International public sector organisations and global governance
• Regionalisation and regional integration in international politics
• International security
• International law and human rights

Global Sociology:

• International Mobility and information flow
• International political movements and social change
• International civil society, law and defence
• Contentious identities and new global actors

Global Political Economy:

• Work and globalization
• Natural resources and geopolitics
• Trade, investment and global production networks
• International Financial Economics

The courses are based on lectures, but will also include other teaching and working methods such as group work, exercises, student presentations, peer feedback and field trips or guest lectures as well as other practical activities.

Optional course