Global Systemic Risk: Analyzing Interconnected World
Explore globalization, complex systems, and risk analysis to understand interconnected global challenges.
Explore globalization, complex systems, and risk analysis to understand interconnected global challenges.
This course introduces students to systems thinking, network theory, and risk analysis to better understand globalization and its potential challenges. It covers the dynamics of trade, finance, and epidemiology in our interconnected world. Students will learn about complex adaptive systems, network types, and sources of global systemic risk. The course examines specific areas such as supply chains, financial systems, and the COVID-19 pandemic through a global systemic risk lens. It concludes with discussions on governance challenges and potential scenarios of social collapse, offering tools to analyze contemporary global issues.
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What you'll learn
Understand the concept of globalization and its multifaceted impacts on society
Apply systems thinking and network theory to analyze complex global issues
Identify sources and mechanisms of global systemic risk
Analyze the interdependencies in global trade and financial systems
Evaluate the systemic risks exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic
Assess governance challenges in an interconnected world
Skills you'll gain
This course includes:
947 Minutes PreRecorded video
6 quizzes
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There are 6 modules in this course
This course offers a comprehensive exploration of global systemic risk, examining the interconnected nature of our modern world through the lenses of systems thinking, network theory, and risk analysis. The curriculum is structured into six modules, covering key aspects of globalization, complex systems, financial and trade networks, and global challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic. Students will gain insights into the mechanisms of complex adaptive systems, the structure and dynamics of various networks, and the sources and implications of global systemic risk. The course also addresses critical issues such as inequality, environmental challenges, and the potential for social collapse. Through a combination of lectures, expert interviews, and interactive discussions, participants will develop analytical tools to understand and assess contemporary global challenges in areas such as finance, trade, epidemiology, and governance.
Week 1: Introduction, What is Globalization, Debating Globalization
Module 1 · 4 Hours to complete
Week 2: Systems and Networks
Module 2 · 3 Hours to complete
Week 3: Risk and GSR
Module 3 · 4 Hours to complete
Week 4: Trade and Finance
Module 4 · 2 Hours to complete
Week 5: COVID-19 and Governance
Module 5 · 1 Hours to complete
Week 6: Collapse
Module 6 · 3 Hours to complete
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Instructor
Influential Sociologist and Vice-Dean at Princeton University's SPIA.
Miguel Centeno is the Musgrave Professor of Sociology and Vice-Dean of the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) at Princeton University. He has authored numerous articles, chapters, and books, including War and Society (Polity, 2016), Global Capitalism (Polity, 2010), States in the Developing World (Cambridge University Press, 2017), and a three-volume series titled State and Nation Making in the Iberian World (Cambridge University Press, Vol. I, 2013; Vol. II, 2018; Vol. III, 2022). Currently, he is working on a new book project focused on the sociology of discipline. Centeno is also the founder of the Research Community on Global Systemic Risk, funded by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) since 2013, which has produced several journal articles and chapters and is set to result in two new books in 2021. His administrative roles at Princeton include serving as head of First College, founding Director of PIIRS, head of the Program in Latin American Studies (PLAS), and chair of the Sociology Department. In 2001, he established the Princeton University Public Policy Program (PUPP).
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