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Changing World Order

School of Governance Law and Society

Microdegree from the International Relations master's programme of the School of Governance, Law and Society

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Tallinn, Narva mnt 29, Tallinna Ülikool

Registration deadline

Credits 15 ECTS

Vacancies 15

Minimum number of participants 1

Price 1380

Document issued upon completion of training Tallinn University microcredential certificate

Trainers Matthew Crandall, Tiina Pajuste, Terry McDonald

Training Manager

The aim of the course is to help the participants understand the primary structures and instruments of global governance. The graduates will be able to analyze the formation of the global order and the role of small states in the changing world, analyze the creation of international norms and regimes, and understand the forces which are behind the changing world order.

 

Who are welcome to come to study?

Required degree:

Bachelor’s degree

Target group:

Public sector employees; foreign affairs specialists and people interested in applying for international relations MA programme.

Aim of the studies

 

After the course the participant:

  • understands how global governance functions;
  •  is able to analyze the role of small states in the contemporary world; is able to analyze the formation of global governance within a political and legal framework;
  •  understands factors that produce stability and consensus as well as factors that produce anarchy and conflict in the world and is able to implement the acquired knowledge.

Courses

 
AKJ7237.YK Global Norms and International Law  autumn 2024
RIR7612.YK Geoeconomics and Power Politics   autumn 2024
RIR7607.YK Small states in the changing world order   spring 2025

 

Academic staff

 

Matthew Crandall

Matthew Crandall (USA) is an associate professor of International Relations at Tallinn University and the International Relations master's programme administrator. He completed his PhD from Tallinn University and his Master's degree from the University of Tartu. His research interests include small state security and soft security threats. He has published in Contemporary Security Policy, Defence Studies, East European Politics, and Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe.

Tiina Pajuste

Tiina Pajuste, PhD, is an Associate Professor of International and European Law at Tallinn University.  Dr. Pajuste received her PhD from the University of Cambridge on “Accountability Mechanisms for International Organisations”.  Before her doctoral studies, she completed a Diploma in International Law at Cambridge, on the accountability of international territorial administrations. She also holds a LLM in Public International Law from the University of Helsinki (Finland) and a BA in Law from the University of Tartu (Estonia). Her research interests focus mainly on the activity and impact of international organisations, examining both practical and theoretical issues. 

Tiina Pajuste - What is the Role of Law in Peace Negotiations?

Terry McDonald

Terry McDonald´s areas of research are: International Political Economy, China's Role in IPE, Currency Mobility, Global Financial Governance

 

Conditions and registration

Required degree:

Bachelor’s degree

Graduation conditions:

All courses passed