Summer school of the ECPR Standing Group on International Relations
The Politics of Interdependence
Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS)
Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences
18-22 June 2018
The 2018 ECPR Summer School on International Relations focuses on the political forces shaping patterns of global interdependencies as well as the political consequences that derive from them. While early research on interdependence has been mostly connected to the economic sphere, the intensification of global problems of the like of climate change and international migration has reinvigorated a research agenda that investigates clashes between different levels of government, institutions and rules.
The ECPR Summer School on International Relations provides encompassing courses on various aspects of the politics of interdependence, by capturing the old and new aspects of the concept. Through a variety of courses taught by renowned IR scholars, students will learn about research on the politics of interdependence at the forefront of IR from various theoretical and methodological perspectives. The summer school offers advanced training in the latest theoretical approaches and cutting-edge quantitative and qualitative methods applied in IR. It encompasses a wide range of issue areas whose functioning is affected by global interdependencies such as economic relations, security and monetary unions. In addition, the Summer School will connect students to an international forum of researchers and enable them to build an academic network with other junior and senior scholars in IR. Students will have the opportunity to present and discuss their own research to get feedback from the instructors and the other students.
Local organization:
Manuela Moschella, Scuola Normale Superiore
Anna Longhini, Scuola Normale Superiore
Lecturers
Stefano Costalli, Università di Firenze: Quantitative methods in IR
Fabrizio Gilardi, University of Zurich: Policy diffusion
Abraham Newmann, Georgetown University: Understanding world politics through the lens of the new interdependence approach
Elena Pavan, Scuola Normale Superiore: Social network analysis
Luca Pinto, Scuola Normale Superiore: Text analysis
Richard Rose, University of Strathclyde: National politics under conditions of interdependence
Waltrand Schelkle, LSE: Solidarity in hard times
Francesco Strazzari, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa: Research and ethics
Jennifer Welsh, European University Institute: Assessing the status of the ‘responsibility to protect’ in a connected international society.
Program
June 17: Arrival
Part I: International politics under conditions of interdependence
June 18
08:30- 09.30: Welcome coffee
09:30 – 12:30 Understanding world politics through the lens of the new interdependence approach (Newmann)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:30 Feedback session
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30 Methods session: Social network analysis (Pavan)
Part II: The making of international interdependence
June 19
09:30 – 12:30 National politics under conditions of interdependence (Rose)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:30 Methods session: Text analysis (Pinto)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 18:30 Feedback session
June 20
09:30 – 12:30 Policy diffusion (Gilardi)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:30 Feedback session
Free afternoon
Part III: Managing the consequences of interdependence
June 21
9.30 – 11: Methods session: Quantitative methods in IR (Costalli)
11- 13: Feedback session
13 – 14: Lunch Break
14:00 – 15: 30 Assessing the status of the ‘responsibility to protect’ in a connected international society (Welsch)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 18:30 Feedback session
19:30 Dinner
June 22
9:30 – 12:30 Solidarity in hard times (Schelkle)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13.30 – 15.30 Research and ethics (Strazzari)
Registration
Requirements
The summer school is open to PhD students, research master students and advanced master students from political science, international relations, public administration or related areas. A basic requirement is that all applicants should have completed introductory courses in political science or international relations at the BA-level.
Participants are expected to present their own research in the form of a research paper (6,000 to 8,000 words research paper or PhD thesis chapter), and to discuss another participant’s paper. Exceptionally we will also accept project proposals or research plans.
Required application materials
CV
Recommendation letter by advisor
Research paper abstract (up to 500 words)
All application material should be sent to anna.longhini@sns.it by April 6, 2018
Decisions on admission will be made on April 13, 2018.
Costs
The summer school fee is €350 per student. The fee will cover participation costs, lunches and accommodation in Florence.
Contact
anna.longhini@sns.it
