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The course in brief

Presentation

The course of study is divided into three curricula:

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  •     Fundamental rights and environmental protection
  •     Security and International Relations (in English)
  •     International Relations and European Studies

Learning by doing

The course supplements the lectures with:

  • seminars on topics pertaining to the international political framework and the analysis of international relations, as well as related methodologies of intervention
  • stages and internships at International Bodies and Entities working in the field of environment, human rights protection and peace-keeping
  • simulations of International Bodies (Parliament or European Council)
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  • trips to international organizations
  • stays at foreign universities

Professional outlets

  • Directive, organizational and managerial positions within public, private, NGO and international organizations working in environmental defense, human rights protection and peace-keeping
  • Access, after specific competition, to the diplomatic career
  • Directive and management positions with international and supranational, governmental and non-governmental organizations and administrations, development cooperation bodies, national and international study and research centers

What you will learn

La storia delle relazioni internazionali

Conoscere la storia delle relazioni internazionali

Il diritto delle istituzioni internazionali

Fondamenti giuridici delle relazioni internazionali, diritto dell'ambiente

La politologia

Studio del peace-keeping, del tema della sicurezza e dei processi di democratizzazione nell'ambito delle relazioni internazionali

L'economia e le relazioni internazionali

Economia, processi di sviluppo, economia dell'ambiente

La sociologia

I fenomeni sociologici delle società contemporanee

Il pensiero politico

Sovranismi, nazionalismi, forme dell'imperialismo e pensiero politico ecologista

La geografia

La geopolitica, le migrazioni, i conflitti in un mondo multipolare

L'antropologia e la demografia

Antropologia, demografia e migrazioni umane

La statistica

Strumenti statistici per lo studio dei fenomeni sociali, politici ed economici

Le lingue straniere

I linguaggi disciplinari delle relazioni internazionali

Did you know that.

Il corso di laurea consente di svolgere interessanti attività di stage all'estero e in Italia

I laureati del corso possono partecipare ai concorsi per l'ingresso nella carriera diplomatica

Tutti gli anni vengono banditi a livello nazionale e internazionale, europeo ed extraeuropeo, numerosi concorsi per operare nel campo delle relazioni e della cooperazione internazionale

Contents

A rapidly changing world

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Interpreting and managing these dynamics is one of the main and most ambitious challenges of our time.

International Relations, Peace-keeping, Environment

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The lessons taught in the course enable:

  • have the sociological, political, legal, economic, historical, geographical, anthropological and linguistic tools necessary to understand the processes involved in globalization and development policies, on a European and non-European scale
  • analyze international legal, political and economic structures, legal regimes, national and supranational institutional forms in their historical becoming and in their respective paths and operational processes
  • analyze international economic flows and relations, theories and practices of negotiation and diplomacy, with particular attention to the process of European integration, the evolution of major international bodies, and conflict management
  • acquire the skills necessary to design, prepare, implement, monitor, and communicate appropriate intervention projects in peace-keeping, environmental defense, and human rights protection, promoting international cooperation

Coordinator

In a globalized world, the study of foreign policy and international relations is vital for the understanding of any aspect of politics. Security, environment, human rights, social justice cannot be conceived independently of international relations and their continuous change and interactions. What are the main factors that influence international relations? This MA is designed to answer this complex and multifaceted question.

Andrea Catanzaro

Where we are

Department of Political and International Sciences - DISPI
Brignole educational centre ex Albergo dei Poveri
Piazzale Emanuele Brignole 3rd gate - west tower
16125 Genoa
+39 010 209 51131

Read more

Social Sciences Students' Single Desk
Via Francesco Vivaldi 5 - Genoa
tel. 010 20951890

scienzesociali@segreterie.unige.it

Office of Internships
tel. 010 20955527

tirocini.dispi@unige.it

Students with disabilities and students with DSA
prof. Aristide Canepa
tel. 010 20951122

aristide.canepa@unige.it

International Mobility Desk Department
Dr Claudia Soresini
Via Vivaldi 5
Tel. 010 20951883
aife@unige.it   sportellomobstud@unige.it

DISPI_Departmental Student Referees
Orientation, School-to-work, Placement
Prof. Daniela Tarantino (Guidance and School-Work Alternation) -
daniela.tarantino@unige.it
prof. Francesco Pierini (Placement) - francesco.pierini@unige.it

UNIGE_Placement and job orientation University Service
Piazza della Nunziata, 6 (3rd floor) - 16124 Genova - unige.it/work/

Placement and work guidance services sector
tel. 010 209 9675 -
sportellolavoro@unige.it

Internships Department
tel. 010 209 51846 -
settoretirocini@unige.it