Courses in English by the Center for International Studies
English-language courses in the summer semester of 2026
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Lecturer |
Core subject |
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Dhawan |
International Politics |
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Dhawan |
International Politics |
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Lambie |
International Politics |
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Mendes |
International Politics |
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Steiger / Schubert |
International Law |
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Horst / Popovic |
International Law |
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The Law and Political Economy of the Post-Liberal International Economic Order (Seminar) |
Horst |
International Law |
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The Iran Conflict of 2026: International Legal Perspectives (Seminar) |
Steiger |
International Law |
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Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Sustainability (Nexus Seminar) |
Dijkstar-Silva |
Interdisciplinary |
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Leßmann / Huhn |
Economics |
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Kemnitz / Tcaci |
Economics |
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Leßmann, Yao |
Economics |
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Kemnitz / Kröper |
Economics |
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Eichler/ Bozdemir |
Economics |
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Introduction to Geographic |
Lindlacher / Bernardi |
Economics |
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Topics in International Economics: Geoeconomics (Seminar) |
Leßmann |
Economics |
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Current Topics in Empirical Economic Research – Political Economy |
Lindlacher |
Economics |
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Empirical Research Project (lecture) |
Leßmann / Zeller |
Economics |
English-language courses in the winter semester 2025/26
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Title |
Instructor |
Core subject |
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Opitz |
International Politics |
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Transatlantic Relations in Times of Crisis and Elections (Seminar) |
Opitz |
International Politics |
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Power in World Politics (Seminar) |
Bakalov |
International Politics |
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Kleinschmidt |
International Politics |
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Theories of Liberation and Freedom Struggles – Anticolonial, Decolonial, and Postcolonial Thought (Seminar) |
Al-Taher |
International Politics |
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Steiger / Popovic |
International Law |
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Steiger |
International Law |
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Horst |
International Law |
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The War in Syria and the Fall of Bashar al-Assad (Seminar) |
Steiger |
International Law |
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Dijkstra-Silva |
Interdisciplinary |
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Kemnitz / Bolz |
Economics |
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Thum / Atan |
Economics |
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Lindlacher |
Economics |
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Leßmann, Zeller |
Economics |
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Kemnitz |
Economics |
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Microeconomic Perspectives on Development Economics (Lecture + Practice) |
Lindlacher / Bernardi |
Economics |
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Eichler / Bozdemir |
Economics |
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Empirical Labor Economics (Lecture) |
Leibing |
Economics |
English-language courses in the summer semester 2025
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Title |
Lecturer |
Core subject |
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Dhawan |
International Politics |
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Dhawan |
International Politics |
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Lambie |
International Politics |
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Kleinschmidt |
International Politics |
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Rosert |
International Politics |
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Steiger / Schubert |
International Law |
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Klimke / Popovic |
International Law |
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Imagining World Order: International Law and Literature (Seminar) |
Klimke |
International Law |
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Steiger |
International Law |
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Skrbic |
International Law |
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Dijkstar-Silva |
Interdisciplinary |
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Leßmann / Santos Marquez |
Economics |
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Kemnitz / Tcaci |
Economics |
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Liebig |
Economics |
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Leßmann, Yao |
Economics |
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Kemnitz / Kröper |
Economics |
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Eichler, Bozdemir |
Economics |
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Introduction to Geographic |
Lindlacher / Bernardi |
Economics |
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Leßmann |
Economics |
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Current Topics in Empirical Economic Research – Causal Inference in Networking Infrastructures |
Lindlacher |
Economics |
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Empirical Research Project (lecture) |
Leßmann / Zeller |
Economics |
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European Investment Bank (lecture series) |
EIB |
Interdisciplinary |
English-language courses in the winter semester 2024/25
| Title | Lecturer | Core Subject |
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| Transatlantic Relations in Years of Crises and Elections (Seminar) | Opitz | International Politics |
| Theories of Violence and Non-Violence (Seminar) |
Dhawan |
International Politics |
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The Enlightenment and its Discontents (Seminar) |
Dhawan |
International Politics |
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Scenarios, Counterfactuals, and Futurity in World Politics (Seminar) |
Kleinschmidt |
International Law |
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Introduction to Public International Law (Lecture + Practice) |
Skribic / Popovic |
International Law |
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United Nations System (Lecture) |
Skribic |
International Law |
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Joining Forces for Nature – Recent Developments in International and European Environmental Law and Beyond (Seminar) |
Klimke |
International Law |
| Constitutionalization of International Law |
Skribic |
International Law |
| Gender and War: Sexual Violence and the Shifting Landscape of International Law (Seminar) | Skribic |
International Law |
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Dijkstar-Silva |
Interdisciplinary |
| Principles of Economic Theory/Public and International Economic Theory (Lecture + Practice) |
Kemnitz / Bolz |
Economics |
| Current Topics in Empirical Economic Research - Causal Inference in Network Infrastructure (Seminar) |
Chemnitz |
Economics |
| Empirical Economics (Lecture + Practice) | Leßmann, Santos-Marquez | Economics |
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Topics in Economic Policy (Seminar) |
Kemnitz / Kröper |
Economics |
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Microeconomic Perspectives on Development Economics (Lecture + Practice) |
Lindlacher |
Economics |
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Exchange Rates (Lecture + Practice) |
Eichler / Bozdemir |
Economics |
English-language courses in the summer semester 2024
| Title | Lecturer | Core Subject |
| Justice and Protest (Seminar) | Dhawan | International Politics |
| Free Speech, Hate Speech, and the Politics of Censorship (Seminar) | Dhawan | International Politics |
| International Political Economy (Seminar) | Lambie/Robel | International Politics |
| Global Political Economy (Seminar) | Lambie | International Politics |
| Power in World Politics (Seminar) | Bakalov | International Politics |
| Dangerous Liaison? Interorganizational Relations in the Transnational Realm (Seminar) | Kleinschmidt | International Politics |
| Faces of Globalization (Seminar) | Lambie | International Politics |
| Gender and Democracy (Seminar) | Miranda | International Politics |
| Introduction to European Law (Lecture + Practice) | Klimke / Tepe | International Law |
| International Economic Law (Lecture + Practice) | Klimke / Popovic | International Law |
| The Gaza Conflict: Legal Implications of the Hamas Attacks on October 7 and Israel’s Response (Seminar) | Steiger | International Law |
| Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Sustainability (Nexus Seminar) | Dijkstar-Silva | Interdisciplinary |
| International Trade – Theory and Policy (Lecture + Practice) | Leßmann / Santos Marquez | Economics |
| Economic Growth (Lecture + Practice) | Kemnitz / Tcaci | Economics |
| Economics of Science, Innovation, and Growth (Seminar) | Chemnitz | Economics |
| Development Economics (Lecture + Practice) | Leßmann, Yao | Economics |
| Economics of Migration (Lecture + Practice) | Kemnitz / Kröper | Economics |
| International Financial Markets (Lecture + Practice) | Eichler, de Boer | Economics |
| Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (Lecture + Practice) | Lindlacher | Economics |
| Topics in International Economics: Gender Economics (Seminar) | Leßmann | Economics |
English-language courses in the winter semester 2023/24
| Title | Instructor | Core Subject |
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| Introduction to Public International Law (Lecture + Practice) | Skrbic | International Law |
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United Nations System (Lecture) |
Skrbic |
International Law |
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Dhawan |
International Politics |
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Harbisch |
International Politics |
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Dhawan |
International Politics |
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Kleinschmidt |
International Politics |
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Opitz |
International Politics |
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Declining, dead, or fiction? The Liberal International Order in Theories of International Relations and Institutions (Seminar) |
Holzscheiter |
International Politics |
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Theory and Analysis of Discourse in International Relations (Seminar) |
Firewood |
International Politics |
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Caucci |
Interdisciplinary |
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The Eastern Partnership: Domestic Contexts, the EU, and Competing Third Actors |
Buscaneanu |
International Politics |
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Principles of Economic Theory (Lecture + Practice) |
Kemnitz |
Economics |
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Microeconomic Perspectives on Development Economics (Lecture + Practice) |
Lindlacher |
Economics |
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Gillo |
Economics |
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Lindlacher |
Economics |
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Leßmann, Santos |
Economics |
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Kemnitz |
Economics |
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Thum |
Economics |
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Eichler |
Economics |
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Yang |
Languages |
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English for International Relations – Academic Writing (Language Course) |
Natyshin |
Languages |
English-language courses in the summer semester 2023
| Title | Instructor |
| Introduction to European Law (Lecture + Practice) | Mührel / Tepe |
| Close Friends or Partners of Convenience? An Introduction to Transatlantic Relations (Seminar) | Rath |
| Regional Affairs of Eurasia (Seminar) | Minesashvili |
| International Political Economy (Seminar) | Lambie |
| Global Political Economy (Seminar) | Lambie |
| Complex Actors, Constellations, and Horizontal Cooperation in the Transnational Realm (Seminar) | Zajontz |
| Futures of War: Scenario Building Methods and the Study of Armed Conflict in International Relations (Seminar) | Kleinschmidt |
| Theories of International Organizations | Zajontz |
| Forgotten Conflicts: Different Perspectives of International and Regional International Law (Seminar) | Steiger |
| International Economic Law (Lecture + Practice) | Hankings-Evans/ Kramp |
| Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Sustainability (Nexus Seminar) | Caucci |
| International Trade – Theory and Policy (Lecture + Practice) | Leßmann / Naumann |
| Economic Growth (Lecture + Practice) | Kemnitz / Tcaci |
| Economics of Science, Innovation, and Growth (Seminar) | Kemnitz |
| Econometric Methods for Causal Inference (Seminar) | Leßmann |
| Current Topics in Public Economics: Changing Contours of International Economic Interdependence (Seminar) | Thum |
| Development Economics (Lecture + Practice) | Leßmann, Yao |
| Economics of Migration (Lecture + Practice) | Kemnitz / Kröper |
| International Financial Markets (Lecture + Practice) | Eichler, de Boer |
| Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (Lecture + Practice) | Lindlacher |
| Topics in International Economics: Gender Economics (Seminar) | Leßmann |
| Spatial Data in Development Economics (Seminar) | Lindlacher |
English-language courses in the winter semester 2022/23
| Title | Instructor |
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| Introduction to Public International Law (Lecture + Practice) | Steiger/Kramp |
| Theory and Analysis of Discourse in International Relations (Seminar) | Holzscheiter |
| United Nations System (Lecture) | Steiger |
| International Legal Implications of the Russian War of Aggression Against Ukraine (Seminar) | Steiger |
| Close Friends or Partners of Convenience? An Introduction to Transatlantic Relations (Seminar) | Rath |
| Interrogating the ‘International’ in International Relations (Seminar) | Soomro |
| The Enlightenment and its Discontents | Dhawan |
| Post-Colonial and Post-Soviet Entanglements | Dhawan/Lindenberger |
| Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Sustainability (Nexus Seminar) | Caucci |
| Regional railway transport after COVID in Germany – reduced, recovering, or booming? (Seminar) | Leßmann/Hirte |
| Evaluation of Infrastructure Investments and their Economic Impact (Seminar) | Lindlacher |
| Principles of Economic Theory (Lecture + Practice) | Kemnitz / Bolz |
| Global Food Security (Seminar) | Leßmann |
| Reading Course: International and Development Economics (S) | Leßmann |
| Scenario Planning: Europe in 2048: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Individual Work (Seminar) | Gillo |
| Financial Crisis (Seminar) | Eichler |
| International Trade – Theory and Policy (Lecture + Practice) | Leßmann / Naumann |
| Economics of Migration (Lecture + Practice) | Kemnitz / Kröper |
| Empirical Economics (Lecture + Practice) | Leßmann / Santos |
| Topics in Economic Policy (Seminar) | Kemnitz |
| Spatial Economy and the Environment (Lecture) | Hirte |
| International Public Economics (Lecture) | Thum |
| Advanced International Financial Reporting (Lecture) | Dobler |
| Exchange Rates (Lecture) | Eichler |
| English for International Relations – Negotiations (Language Course) |
Yang |
| English for International Relations – Academic Writing (Language Course) | Gamlin |
English-language courses in the summer semester 2022
| Title | Lecturer |
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| International Trade – Theory and Policy (Lecture + Practice) | Leßmann / Naumann |
| Moot Court/negotiation exercise – proceedings simulation | Nagamichi/Schmermer |
| Economic Growth (Lecture + Practice) | Tcaci |
| America’s Encounter with the World: Ideas in American Foreign Policy (Seminar) | O’Neal |
| Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Sustainability (Nexus Seminar) | Caucci |
| Introduction to Environmental Economics (Lecture) | Richter |
| Migration Governance and the EU (Seminar) | Roehrig |
| Pandemics and International Law (Seminar) | Steiger |
| International Political Economy (Seminar) | Lambie |
| International Economic Law (Lecture + Practice) | Andrasek / Hankings-Evans / Kramp |
| Global Political Economy (Seminar) | Lambie |
| Econometric Methods for Causal Inference (Seminar) | Leßmann |
| International Organizations in Migration and Humanitarian Governance (Seminar) | Welfens |
| Environmental Economics (Lecture + Practice) | Richter |
| Development Economics (Lecture + Practice) | Leßmann, Yao |
| Resource Economics (Lecture + Practice) | Maghularia |
| International Financial Markets (Lecture + Practice) | Eichler, de Boer |
Here you will find a list of all courses in the summer semester 2022
English-language courses in the Winter Semester 2021/22
| Winter Term 2021/22 | Lecturer |
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| Public International Law I (Lecture + Practice) | Steiger, Kramp, Dohmen |
| Reading Course Determinants of Long-run Economic Development (Seminar) | Leßmann |
| Introduction to European Union Law (Lecture + Practice) | Steiger, Sahin |
| Introduction to the Politics of International Human Rights (Seminar) | Pantzerhielm |
| Postcolonial IR? Interrogating the ‘International’ in International Relations (Seminar) | Soomro |
| United Nations System (Lecture) | Steiger |
| International Trade: Theory and Policy (Lecture + Practice) | Leßmann |
| Economics of Migration (Lecture + Practice) | Kemnitz |
| Economics of European Integration (Lecture) | Richter |
| Dangerous Liaisons: Interorganizational Cooperation in the Transnational Realm (Seminar) | Holzscheiter |
| Empirical Economics (Lecture + Practice) | Leßmann, Santos |
| International Public Economics (Lecture) | Thum |
| Exchange Rates (Lecture) | Eichler |
| Current Topics in International Monetary Economics (Seminar) | Detmers |
| Topics in Environmental Economics (Seminar) | Richter |
| Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Sustainability (Nexus Seminar) | |
| International Human Rights Law in a Nutshell: A Podcast Seminar (Seminar) | Steiger |
| Spatial Economy (Lecture) | Hirte |
| Topics in International Economics: Growth and Comparative Development (Seminar) | Leßmann |
| Financial Crisis (Seminar) | Eichler |
| Urban Economics (lecture) | Hirte |
English-language courses in the 2021 summer semester
| Title | lecturer |
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| Economic Growth (Lecture + Practice) | Kemnitz, Knoblach |
| Multidisciplinary Perspectives of Sustainability (Nexus Seminar) | Hüske |
| International Trade – Theory and Policy (Lecture + Practice) | Leßmann, Naumann |
| Introduction to Environmental Economics (Lecture) | Richter |
| The European Convention on Human Rights in Times of Crisis (Seminar) | Steiger |
| Economics of Crime (Seminar) | Thum |
| Borders and Migration to Europe (Seminar) | Pool |
| International Economic Law (Lecture + Practice) | Buser, Kramp, Dziuba-Claus |
| International Political Sociology (Seminar) | Pantzerhielm |
| International Political Economy (Seminar) | Schmitt |
| Global Political Economy (Seminar) | Lambie |
| Resource Economics (Lecture + Practice) | Thum, Maghularia |
| Environmental Economics (Lecture + Practice) | Richter |
| Development Economics (Lecture) | Leßmann |
| International Financial Markets (Lecture) | Eichler |
| Critical Theory and Global Political Economy (Seminar) | Lambie |
| Topics in International Economics: The Chinese Economy (Seminar) | Leßmann |
| Health Economics (Lecture) | Rösel |
Here you will find a list of all courses in the summer semester 2021
English-language courses in the Winter Semester 2020/21
| Winter Term 2020/21 |
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| Introduction to Public International Law (Lecture + Seminar) |
| Introduction to European Union Law (Lecture + Seminar) |
| Reading Course: Determinants of Long-run Economic Development (Seminar) |
| Introduction to the Politics of International Human Rights (Seminar) |
| Public International Law in a Nutshell: A Podcast Seminar (Seminar) |
| The Economics of Covid-19 (Seminar) |
| Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Sustainability (Nexus Seminar) |
| Scenario Planning (Seminar) |
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United Nations System (Lecture) |
| Dangerous Liaisons: Interorganizational Cooperation in the Transnational Realm (Seminar) |
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International Political Economy (Seminar) |
| International Trade: Theory and Policy (Lecture + Tutorial + Practice) |
| Economics of Migration (Lecture + Practice) |
| Economics of European Integration (Lecture) |
| International Public Economics (Lecture) |
| Advanced International Financial Reporting (Lecture) |
| Exchange Rates (Lecture) |
| Current Topics in International Monetary Economics (Seminar) |
| Economic Policy and Globalization (Seminar) |
| New Economic Geography (Lecture) |
| New Economic Geography (Lecture) |
| Current Topics in Public Economics (Seminar) |
| Urban Economics (Lecture) |
| Financial Crisis |
- Here you will find a list of all courses for the 2020/21 winter semester
English-language courses for the 2020 summer semester
| Title | lecturer |
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| Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Sustainability | Caucci/Hüske |
| Global Political Economy | Lambie |
| Economics of Regional Integration | Richter |
| International Trade – Theory and Policy | Richter |
| Topics in International Trade | Richter |
| Public International Law (International Law I) | Steiger |
| International Economic Law | Steiger |
| Economic Growth | Kemnitz |
| Scenario Planning (Seminar) | Gillo |
- Here you will find a list of courses for the 2020 summer semester
English-language courses, Winter Semester 2019/20
| Title | lecturer |
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| Dangerous Liaisons: Interorganizational Cooperation in the Transnational Realm (Seminar) |
Firewood |
| United Nations System (Lecture) | Steiger |
| Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in Theory and Practice (Seminar) |
Steiger |
| International Trade: Theory and Policy (Lecture + Seminar) |
Naumann |
| Economics of Migration (Lecture + Seminar) | Rößler/Kemnitz |
| Economics of European Integration (Lecture) | Richter |
| Advanced International Financial Reporting (Lecture) |
Dobler |
| Exchange Rates (Lecture) | Eichler |
| Topics in Economic Policy: Economics of Health and Development (Seminar) |
Kemnitz/Rößler |
| New Economic Geography (Lecture) | Hirte |
| Current Topics in Environmental Economics (Seminar) | Richter |
| Current Topics in Public Economics: Long-Term Care (Seminar) |
Karmann/Rösel |
| Scenario Planning (Course) | Gillo |
| European Law (Lecture) | Steiger |
- Here you will find a list of all courses for the 2019/20 winter semester
English-language courses, Summer Semester 2019
| Title | lecturer |
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| The Rise of the IOs? The European Union in international organizations (Seminar) |
Gastinger |
| Challenges to and Developments of International Humanitarian Law - The Geneva Conventions 1949–2019 (Seminar) |
Steiger |
| International Political Economy (Seminar) | Chiopris |
| Climate Risks & Migration (Seminar) | Bergmann |
| Scenario Planning (Seminar) | Gillo |
| Environmental Economics (Lecture + Seminar) | Richter |
| International Trade – Theory and Policy (Lecture + Seminar) |
Naumann |
| Economics of Regional Integration (Lecture + Seminar) |
Naumann |
| Advanced International Trade (Lecture + Seminar) |
Koch |
| International Financial Markets (Lecture) | Eichler |
| Global Political Economy (Seminar) | Lambie |
| Topics in International Trade (Seminar) | Koch, Richter |
| Resource Economics (Lecture) | Thum |
- Here you will find a list of all courses for the 2019 summer semester
English-language courses, Winter Semester 2018/19
| Title | lecturer |
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| We have come a long way (Seminar) | Steiger |
| *Politics and Policy Making in the European Union (Seminar) |
Gastinger |
| *Basics in Empirical Economics (Seminar) | Rösel/Rößle |
| *Strategic and Political Forecasting (Seminar) | Hackenbroich/Sacharow |
| *Scenario Planning (Seminar) | Gillo |
| *Critique and Problematization: Michel Foucault’s Analysis of Liberalism and Neoliberalism (Seminar) |
Gründel |
| United Nations System (Lecture) | Steiger |
| Economics of Multinational Enterprises (Lecture) |
Qu |
| Economics of European Integration (Lecture + Seminar) |
Richter |
| International Trade: Theory and Policy (Lecture) |
Naumann |
| Economics of Migration (Lecture + Seminar) | Kemnitz/Rößler |
| *Advanced International Financial Reporting (Lecture) |
Dobler |
| *Exchange Rates (Lecture) | Eichler |
| *Topics in Economic Policy: Economic Theory of Democracy and Dictatorship (Seminar) |
Kemnitz/Rößler |
| *New Economic Geography (Lecture) | Hirte |
Here you will find a list of all courses for the 2018/19 winter semester.
English-language courses in the 2018 summer semester
| Title | lecturer |
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International Trade – Theory and Policy (Lecture/Seminar) |
Kreickemeier, Naumann |
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Current Issues in International and European Migration Law (S) |
Steiger |
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(Strategic) Arms Control (S) |
Dietl |
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The Politics of Financial Crisis (S) |
Leiteritz |
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Emerging Approaches in Global Political Economy (S) |
Bolanos |
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Introduction to Data Science and Statistics for Political Science Analysis (V) |
Reynolds |
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Advanced International Trade (L/T) |
Kreickemeier, Qu |
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The Global Organization of Production (L/T) |
Qu |
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Economics of Regional Integration (L) |
Kreickemeier |
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International Organizations and Regimes (S) |
Reynolds |
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Environmental Economics (Lecture/Seminar) |
Richter |
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International Financial Markets (L) |
Eichler |
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Topics in International Trade (S) |
Kreickemeier, Richter |
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The Rise of the IOs? The European Union in International Organizations (S) |
Gastinger |
| International Political Economy (S) | Robel / Lambie |
| Global Political Economy (S) | Robel / Lambie |
Here you will find the courses for the 2018 summer semester