Development Economics: Globalization & the European Union is a graduate course on development economics with a focus on EU economic relations with the Global South. It is offered under the auspices of the Jean Monnet Chair in External Economic Relations of the European Union held by Prof. Grigoriadis and his team. Within the context of EU policy decision-making, the first part of the course will concentrate on key models and approaches in development economics such as new growth models, inequality and poverty, population economics and rural-urban transitions, the role of resources such as land and labor and the impact of financial development through the lenses of credit markets and insurance modeling. Furthermore, we discuss theoretical and empirical topics in EU development policy with a strong focus on the political economy of foreign aid and international trade. Students are expected to become conversant with the analytical tools and theoretical discussions presented in the literature and related to EU development and trade policies. The role of the European Union as a global trade and development actor is central in the learning process. Economics/Public Economics students must take both parts of this module to fulfill the School of Business and Economics requirements, while East European/Political Science/IR may take them separately according to their learning and schedule preferences within the School of Political and Social Sciences. The course grade is defined by a final exam/research paper (depending on degree program pursued).

Active Participation Requirement: 20-minute presentation of a syllabus reading.