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    The Chair of International Relations offers lectures and seminars in the field of international affairs on all three academic levels. Below you can find current events as well as events of the past semesters.

    For courses taught by the Chair of International Relations in the current semester, please also refer to the university calendar.

    Courses:

    WS 2023:

    • MIA: International Politics and Market Economy (Lecture)
    • MIA: International Politics and Market Economy: Independent Studies (Tutorial)
    • MIA: The Second Nuclear Age: Sorting Out What's New and What's Not (Seminar)

    SS 2023:

    • BIA: International Relations Theory (Lecture)
    • BIA International Relations Theory: Independent Studies (Tutorial)
    • MIA: Fundamentals of Arm Control (Seminar)
    • MIA: Consultancy Project: Cyprus - an Unsolvable Conflict? (Workshop)
    • DIA: Dissertation Seminar (Seminar)

    WS 2022:

    • BIA: The War in Ukraine (Seminar)
    • BIA: American Grand Strategy: European Colonies to Global Superpower (Lecture)
    • MIA: International Politics and Market Economy (Lecture)
    • MIA: International Politics and Market Economy: Independent Studies (Tutorial)
    • MIA: The Second Nuclear Age: Sorting Out What's New and What's Not (Seminar)

    SS 2022

    • BIA International Relations Theory (Lecture)
    • BIA International Relations Theory: Independent Studies (Tutorial)
    • BIA Spring Project: Rising Powers (Seminar)
    • MIA: Fundamentals of Arm Control (Seminar)
    • MIA: Consultancy Workshop (Workshop)
    • DIA: Dissertation Seminar (Seminar)

    WS 2021

    No teaching activities

    SS 2021

    • BIA International Relations Theory (Lecture)
    • BIA International Relations Theory: Independent Studies (Tutorial)
    • MIA The Second Nuclear Age (Seminar)
    • MIA Foreign Policy Strategies: Theories and Cases (Seminar)
    • DIA Dissertation Seminar (Seminar)
    • UN Security Council Reform (Consultancy Reform)

    WS 2020

    No teaching activities

    SS 2020

    • BIA International Relations Theory (Lecture - 4,300,1.00)
    • BIA International Relations: Independent Studies (Tutorial - 4,300,3.00)
    • MIA The Second Nuclear Age (Seminar - 8,377,1.00)

    WS 2019

    • BIA American Grand Strategy (Lecture - 3,344,1.00)
    • MIA Foreign Policy Strategies: Theories and Cases (Seminar - 7,368,1.00)

    WS 2018

    • DIA Advanced International Relations Theory (10,401,1.00)
    • MIA Foreign Policy Strategies: Theories and Cases (7,368,1.00)
    • BIA American Grand Strategy: European Colonies to Global Superpower (3,344,1.00)
    • BIA Qualitative Methods Independent Studies 1 (3,308,3.01)

    SS 2018

    • BIA International relations Theory (3,400,1.00)
    • BIA International Relations Theory: Independent Studies (3,44,3.00)
    • DIA Dissertation Seminar, DIA (10,426,1.00)
    • MIA Global Environmental Politics (8,397,1.00) 

    WS 2017

    • MIA Foreign Policy Strategies: Theories and Cases (7,368,1.00)
    • BIA American Grand Strategy: European Colonies to Global Superpower (3,344,1.00)
    • BIA Qualitative Methods Independent Studies 1 (3,308,3.01)
    • BIA Qualitative Methods Independent Studies 2 (3,308,3.02)

    SS 2017

    • DIA Dissertation Seminar (10,426,1.00)
    • MIA Multi-Level Energy and Climate Governance (8,373,1.00)
    • MIA Future Thinking in Global Governance (8,382,1.00)
    • MIA International Relations Foresight (8,387,1.00)
    • BIA International Relations Theory (3,400,1.00)
    • BIA International Relations Theory: Independent Studies (3,400,3.00)

    WS 2016

    • DIA Philosophical Foundations (10,400,1.00)
    • MIA Foreign Policy Strategies: Theories and Cases (7,368,1.00)
    • MIA Research Colloquium (7,377,1.00)
    • MIA Anatomy of Global Petroleum Governance (7,384,1.00)
    • MIA Energy Governance and Management (7,386,1.00)
    • BIA Qualitative Methods Independent Studies 1 (3,309,3.01)
    • BIA Qualitative Methods Independent Studies 2 (3,308,3.02)

    HS 2023

    Contextual Studies: Contemporary Social Theory

    FS 2022 / 2023 / 2024

    • BIA: Spring Project Rising Powers

     FS 2023 / 2024

    • Contextual Studies: Contemporary Indian Society

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    Fall Semester 2024

    Wednesday 10.00 to 11.00 after previous registration or according to individual agreement.

     

    Please register in advance with back office (ipwunisg.ch) via email.

     

    During the break and between semesters consultation is only possible in exceptional cases.

    Please plan ahead and register in time. Usually, appointments are not available on short notice!

    First consultation about Bachelor's or Master's thesis

    • Please be aware of your deadlines and plan ahead.
    • Think about your topic before you see Prof. Davis and prepare a provisional outline.
    • If you have more ideas for a topic strengths and weaknesses of up to two or three ideas can be discussed.
    • The topic/research question of your Bachelor's thesis needs to be based upon the topics discussed in the lecture "International Relation Theory".

    Colloquium for all students currently writing their Master's thesis with Prof. Davis as advisor:

    • The colloquium allows for discussing your research question and design with others, helping you with the general challenges encountered while working on your thesis as well as learning from your colleagues who are already further advanced in their work.
    • Participation is expected from all students currently starting, writing or finishing their Master's thesis. Regardless of how advanced (or not) your project currently is, we expect you to participate at least once in the colloquium to discuss your approach. Depending on the stage of advancement of your work, we recommend to either present the basic outline and question or, if further advanced, to distribute a more detailed, written disposition in advance as a basis for discussion. 
    • The class is a regular course offered each semester alternately by Prof. Tina Freyburg or Prof. James Davis.

    Overview of all dates and deadlines

    Registration with back office: ipwunisg.ch

    Guidelines on "Citation, Plagiarism, and the Use of the Internet"

    Dear Students,

    For information on the topic of "Citation and Plagiarism," we would like to point you to an explanatory note of the same title, issued by the University of St. Gallen's senate panel, which you can find here. For information on the use of the internet for research purposes, we recommend the article "Use of Internet Sources in International Studies Teaching and Research" by Wayne A. Selcher that was published in International Studies Perspectives (Vol. 6 Issue 2, May 2005, p. 174-189). Students and members of the University of St. Gallen can access the journal's archive online via the library. 

    Please be aware that honesty should be a central virtue of university life. Identifying the origin of thoughts which are not your own is therefore a necessity - this is true also for the context of final assignments. It is no disgrace to avail oneself of someone else's thoughts - if labelled correctly as quotation - but a key competence of scientific research. What is disgraceful, however, is to use other peoples' thoughts without identifying them as such.

    That being said, the appropriate use of the internet for research purposes becomes more and more relevant. While it may happen under the cover of presumed anonymity, the non-labelling of thoughts which are not your own represents an instance of plagiarism - irrespectively of whether these thoughts were "just found on the internet." Most importantly, however, the simplification of scientific research through electronic access to journals and original documents does not change the fact that visiting the library is still a major part in the life of a student.

    Please be also reminded, in this regard, to always critically review the sources you use - no matter if they were pulled from the internet or not. While Wikipedia undoubtedly represents an exciting project which quasi democratizes the access to knowledge, "publishing wars" among contributors are not unheard of. For that reason, make sure to always thoroughly check whose narrative you reflect and put your trust in.

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