Economic development and systemic emergencies (wars, technological threats, economic and financial crises, epidemics, survival of the planet). Governance strategies for systemic emergencies.
Niall Ferguson, Catastrofi, Mondadori, Milano, 2021, Capitolo 3;
Jared Diamond, Crisi, Einaudi, Torino, 2019, Prologo, Capitolo primo, Capitolo undicesimo, Epilogo;
Saptarishi Bandopadhyay, All Is Well. Catastrophe and the Making of the Normal State, Oxford University Press, 2022, Capitoli 1 e 2;
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For prof. Biggeri seminars:
Biggeri, M., Cuesta, J., Ferrone, L., Hamza-Abbas, M., and Khurshid, A. (2021),"Children in the Context of War: Deprivation among Internally Displaced, Returnee, (1 cfu) Host aAAldren in East Mosul", Journal of Development Studies.
UNDP HDR srhs 2022 Human Security and Human Development
Policy forum section on Human Security and Human development, Journal of Human Development and capabilities (Vol 4, dicembre, 2022)
Learning Objectives
Skills acquired at the end of the course: Critical ability to analyse the
implications for the growth and development of an economic and
institutions.
Basic knowledge and understanding of the main themes of the
subject matter;
Ability to apply the notions studied and critical understanding;
Enhancement of independent judgement;
Repeated monitoring of communication skills;
Ongoing verification of learning skills.
Prerequisites
Have completed the Economics of Sustainable Development Course. Basic knowledge of history and knowledge of English at an intermediate level (B1-B2) are useful.
Teaching Methods
frontal lessons
classroom discussions
working groups
Further information
none
Type of Assessment
The final exam aims at verifying the learning performance.
The method of the exam changes between attending and non-attending students. The first ones are present normally in classrooms and necessarily participate in seminars and laboratory activities.
For attending students, the evaluation combines the results of laboratory activities (presentations and contributions to discussions in classrooms) with an individual test, either in written modality (answers to 2 open questions, 30 minutes) without the help of notes/texts, or in oral modality, on a subset of the reading list of reference texts recalled in a previous section (the subset will be identified in relation to the laboratory work).
The evaluation for non-attending students combines the results of individual written and oral examinations. The written one proposes the answer to 3 open questions on general concepts of modules A & B (45 minutes) as included in the reading list recalled in a previous section. The oral consists of a discussion of both the answers to the written exam and cases/methods, to demonstrate the ability to apply the general concepts.
Course program
1) Economic development and complex emergencies;
2) Epidemics;
3) Wars;
4) Technological threats;
5) Economic and financial crises;
6) The survival of the planet;
7) Cyclicality and radical uncertainty in complex emergencies;
8) Anticipated, unforeseen and unforeseeable consequences of complex emergencies;
9) Complex emergencies and the construction of institutional arrangements;
10) Responses and the limits of science;
11) Leadership and governance of complex emergencies;
12) Resilience and preparedness for complex emergencies.
Prof. Mario Biggeri (1 cfu) ciclo di 4 seminari:
- Human development and human security, , Health emergencies and health shocks + Community health financing
- Children in conflict countries, refugees camps in Jordan and Mosul (Irak)
- Emergency assistance coordination, Field experience dialoguing with an NGO expert
- Humanitarian assistance in the Ukrainan-Russia conflict dialoguing with an NGO expert