Upon completion of the course, the students will be familiar with contemporary issues being studied in Administrative Science, Local and Regional Governance, Public Law, Public Financial Management as well as Politics of the Environment and Regions. The students will have an understanding of the associations between the various fields of specialization.

Theme: Ethics, responsibility and sustainability.

Lectures at 14.15-15.45, lecture hall C8:

19.9. Nadja Nordling: Innovation ecosystems and platform-based regional economic development.

26.9. Anna Kork: Public accountability in the era of reforms.

3.10. Teea Kortetmäki: Food-climate nexus and responsibilities for justice.

10.10. Motolani Agbebi: Chinese economic involvement in Africa: Implications for Human Capital Development.

17.10. Mia Pihlajamäki at !12:15-13.45, lecture hall A3!: Sectoral and regional integration in Baltic Sea environmental and fisheries governance.

17.10. Niina Meriläinen: Power-relations in policy making and governance.