After completing the module students
- understand international political economy (IPE) as a multidisciplinary field of study and a sphere of social reality within which politics, economy and governance intertwine
- are familiar with the central approaches to the study of IPE
- understand the key concepts that structure the academic field of IPE
- are aware of different empirical phenomena that IPE studies
- can apply theoretical and methodological tools to study the complex field of IPE

This module consist of lectures, independent reading and a miniconference organized at the very end of the module. Each lecture is dedicated to a particular approach to International Political Economy as an academic field of study. The students are required to familiarize themselves with a set of required pre-readings before coming to the lecture. At the lectures, the relevance of IPE as a field of study is illustrated in the context of contemporary issues within the global economy: international trade agreements, the rise of the BRICS, labor migration, privatization of health care, transformation of the welfare state, etc. The students write an essay on one of these topics and present their essays at a conference organized at the end of the course.

Available in the Moodle.

Lectures, independent reading, essay writing and a closing conference with student presentations.