Syllabus Sharing

The following are select syllabi for courses that I teach regularly. I have developed these myself, and they have evolved over the years with input from teaching assistants, students, and colleagues. Generally, they reflect the latest versions available. But current students should not treat these as authoritative. Instead, they should consult the current version via the official online platform (e.g. Moodle).

Why am I sharing these materials?

I make these available here for the reference of prospective students and fellow teachers. Teachers who would like to incorporate these ideas into their own courses are warmly invited to do so. They may also wish to contact me, if they would like to view my lecture slides for their own reference and development purposes. Fellow colleagues have done this in the past, and I am delighted to see these topics being taught in diverse and interesting ways.

Also, I rely heavily on Free and open-source software (FOSS. Indeed, I use it as much as possible; and I strongly encourage you to do the same. In part, this is my way of contributing back to the community, albeit using my comparative advantage.

What can you do?

First, if you do use these materials, please contribute “upstream”–meaning, offer feedback and suggestions of your own.

Second, perhaps the best thing you can do is to contribute your own materials and ideas to our community.

Last, it would mean a lot to me if you were to read and engage my research. I prioritise quality over quantity, and I do my utmost to write things that are meant to be read. Indeed, I would much prefer to write a few things that many people read and consider than to publish a lot of things that nobody reads or seriously considers. I would benefit very much from having your thoughts on my scholarhsip; and I would love to see you grapple with it in your own work.

What are the restrictions?

These materials are all licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. It is unfortunate that I have to resort to doing this; but it seems to be required by our (broken) intellectual property rights regime. Given my experience with intellectual property trolls and disreputable profit-seeking firms that reproduce such things (sometimes without attribution!), I dare not share without at least this element of (defensive) pragmatism.

Select Syllabi

Governing International Political Economy: Lessons from the Past for the Future (Undergraduate)

Governing International Political Economy: Lessons from the Past for the Future (Master’s Level)

International Political Economy (Master’s Level)

Great Thinkers and Pivotal Leaders: Shaping the Global Order (Undergraduate) Download