The study of International Relations, Government and Society is a core activity of scholars at LSE. The departments of International Relations, Government and Sociology were not only amongst the first of their kind, but have remained leading world centres for the development of their respective subjects ever since. Indeed, LSE has long prided itself on maintaining the largest Department of International Relations in Western Europe, while its departments of Government and Sociology, are amongst the largest and best known in Britain.
The teachers involved in the International Relations, Government and Society courses are drawn from the academic staff of the International Relations, Government, Economics, Anthropology, Media and Communications and Sociology Departments at LSE, with guest experts invited to contribute where appropriate. All teaching staff have published extensively in the field and many are frequent broadcasters and consultants in their specialist area.
Courses
Session One (18 June - 6 July 2018)
IR106: From Sarajevo to Baghdad: Key Decisions on War and Peace, 1914-2003 *NEW COURSE*
IR115: Culture and Globalisation *LIMITED AVAILABILITY*
IR130: Athens to Al-Qaeda: Political Theory and International Politics
IR160: The Middle East in Global Politics
IR201: Power Shift: The Decline of the West, The Rise of the BRICS and World Order in a New Asian Century
IR202: Genocide
IR203: An Urbanising World: The Future of Global Cities
IR209: International Political Economy
IR211: America as a Global Power: FDR to Trump *NEW COURSE*
IR245: International Journalism and Society - The Role of the Media in the Modern World
IR270: What Kind of Europe? Crisis, Reform and the International Role of the European Union
Session Two (9 - 27 July 2018)
IR102: Capitalism, Democracy and Equality: The Political Economy of the Advanced Nations * CLOSED *
IR105: Understanding Foreign Policy: the Diplomacy of War, Profit and Justice
IR120: Trade, Development and the Environment
IR140: Global Communications, Citizens and Cultural Politics * CLOSED *
IR200: International Organisation: The Institutions of Global Governance
IR204: International Migration, Social Integration and Public Policy
IR210: International Politics: Building Democracies from Conflict
IR250: The Global Politics of Protest and Change
Session Three (30 July - 17 August 2018)
IR100: Great Thinkers and Pivotal Leaders: Shaping the Global Order
IR101: Childhood across Cultures
IR205: Islam and Politics
IR207: Development in the International Political Economy
Courses may be subject to change without notice.