The second edition of the Barcelona Summer School in International Politics will take place at the Barcelona Institute of International Studies (IBEI) during June 25 – July 6. The objective of IBEI's Summer School is to offer different short courses on significant topics in international relations and international political economy, taught by experts of international prestige. The direction and coordination of the summer school will be provided by Carles Boix, visiting professor at the IBEI.
The summer school is aimed at graduate students, professors and researchers in the areas of political science, economics, and international relations and international studies who are interested in learning first-hand about the latest advances in research.
The Barcelona Institute of International Studies is a graduate teaching and research institution recently created through the initiative of the CIDOB Foundation and five universities in Barcelona (the University of Barcelona, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Pompeu Fabra University, the Open University of Catalonia, and the Technical University of Catalonia) and is financed through public funding. The Barcelona Institute for International Studies supports research in all fields of international political economics, international relations, international security, foreign policy and comparative public policy.

PRICES

The price of each course is 300 €. However, there is a discount for early registration. Before May 31st, the price of each course will be 225 €.
For second course (and successive) the price will be 210 € each one of them.

COURSES

* International Security and Global Order after the Cold War (Prof. John Ikenberry, Princeton University)

* The Welfare State in an Interdependent World (Prof. Isabela Mares, Columbia University)

* The Political Economy of Trade (Prof. Michael Hiscox, Harvard University)

* Democratization in an Interdependent World (Prof. Carles Boix, Princeton University-IBEI)

* The Middle East at the Crossroads (Prof. Fred Halliday, London School of Economics-IBEI)

Each course will be taught over a period of one week, in a format of a daily two-hour sessions (10 hours). During these weeks, the teaching staff of the Barcelona Summer School in International Politics will also be available to participants hours to discuss their research projects.

Further information and registration form can be found at
www.ibei.org
summer@ibei.org