B. Master Degree Programme in Development Studies

01. Compulsory Module 1: Principles of Development Research

• 140369 VO GM1 Principles of Development Research
• 140375 KU GM2 Development Policy and Development Cooperation Architecture
• 140377 KU GM2 Development Policy and Development Cooperation Architecture
• 140379 KU GM3 Development Theories and Paradigms from a Transdisciplinary Perspective - De/Constructing ‚Modern Man‘: Revisiting Concepts of Subjectivity and Society in Modernization Theories
• 140380 KU GM3 Development Theories and Paradigms from a Transdisciplinary Perspective
• 140364 VO GM4 - Theories of Science and Critique of Scientific Practices

02. Compulsory Module 2: Methods of Developmetn Research

• 140381 UE MM1 Methods of Quantitative Research
• 140382 UE MM1 Methods of Quantitative Research
• 140367 UE MM1 - T1 Methods of Qualitative Research
• 140368 UE MM1 - T1 Methods of Qualitative Research

03. Emphasis Transdisciplinary Developmetn Research

03. Emphasis 1: Political aspects of development research (VM1)

• 140232 SE T III - VM1 - VM2 - EU Overseas Territories and Countries (OCTs)
• 140237 SE T I - VM1 - VM3 - The European Union: Policy, Society and Inequalities
• 140301 SE T I - T III - VM1 - VM2 Dealing with Natural Hazards and Climate Change - from the Perspective of Development Geography
• 140332 SE T II - VM1 - VM7- Gender Politics in Latin America
• 140338 SE T II VM1 - VM6 Neoliberalism, Development, and Protest in the Arab World
• 140384 SE Materiality and Critique
• 140401 SE [ en ] T III -VM1 - VM2 Topics in Development Economics
• 140533 SE T III - VM1 - VM6 - Social and Political Transformation Processes in the Middle East
• 140161 VO Lecture Series: Migration and Development: Worlds in Motion
• 210084 VO M9 a: East European Studies - (Diss)
• 210146 VO M5 a: European Union and Europeanisation - Aktuelle Kontroversen über Wachstum und Entwicklung in Lateinamerika (Diss)
• 010128 DS Solidary Economy
• 140061 KU Elections in Africa: Instrument of Democratization or Means of Power Consolidation?
• 290010 VO Environmental Problems, Use of Resources and Aspects of Sustainable Development in Asia

04. Emphasis 2: Economic aspects of development research (VM2)

• 140235 VO+UE [ en ] T III - VM1 - VM2 Topics in New Institutional Economics
• 140236 VO+UE [ en ] TIII - VM2 - VM6 - Growth Diagnostics in Eastern Europe
• 140282 SE T II - TIII - VM2 - V5 - International Economy of Structural Imbalances - Center and Periphery in the Shadow of the Crisis in Europe
• 140301 SE T I - T III - VM1 - VM2 Dealing with Natural Hazards and Climate Change - from the Perspective of Development Geography
• 140309 SE SE IE - VM2 - VM7 Gender, Economics & Postcolonial Critique
• 140333 SE SE IE - VM2 - VM4 Corporate Social Responsibility - an Effective Tool to Protect Indigenous and Social Rights?
• 140401 SE [ en ] T III -VM1 - VM2 Topics in Development Economics
• 010128 DS Solidary Economy
• 040589 VO Foundations of Development Economics
• 040128 SE Development Policy: Development Cooperation since 2000 (MA)
• 290010 VO Environmental Problems, Use of Resources and Aspects of Sustainable Development in Asia

05. Emphasis 3: Sociological Aspects of Development Research

• 140237 SE T I - VM1 - VM3 - The European Union: Policy, Society and Inequalities
• 140243 SE [ de es ] T IV - VM3 - VM4 - Decoloniality / Interculturality - Critical Views and Social Practice in Global Cultural Geography
• 140266 VO+UE T I - VM3 - VM7 - New Perspectives on Citizenship, Gender and Development
• 140267 VO T I - T III - VM1 - VM3 - Minorities, Subcultures, Marginal Groups
• 140303 SE T II - VM3 - VM6 - Productive Urban Landscapes: 'Urban Farming' and 'Urban Gardening'
• 140342 VO+UE T IV - VM3 - VM4 Global Learning
• 140384 SE Materiality and Critique
• 140533 SE T III - VM1 - VM6 - Social and Political Transformation Processes in the Middle East
• 230173 UE Basics of Social Network Analysis I
• 140161 VO Lecture Series: Migration and Development: Worlds in Motion
• 140391 SE T IV - VM3 - VM7 - Transnational Feminisms: 'Non-Western' Feminist Key Texts
• 140395 SE T I - VM3 - VM4 Foundations of Social Criticism I
• 230048 SE Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches - From a theoretical, methodological and empirical point of view
• 230067 VO+SE Migration and Integration - Theoretical perspectives and research concepts
• 230082 SE "Ethnic" economies in Vienna: Selected research problems in theory and practice
• 230094 SE Southern Perspectives - Southern Actions
• 230125 SE Measuring migration - Quantitative developments of international migration and its consequences in Europe

06. Emphasis 4: Cultural Studies Aspects of Development Research

• 140243 SE [ de es ] T IV - VM3 - VM4 - Decoloniality / Interculturality - Critical Views and Social Practice in Global Cultural Geography
• 140267 VO T I - T III - VM1 - VM3 - Minorities, Subcultures, Marginal Groups
• 140289 VO+UE T II - VM4 - V5 - Colonial Narratives of Development
• 140320 SE T IV - VM4 - VM7 - Look at/of Women*
• 140326 SE T IV - VM4 - VM8 - The Arts as Accesspoint in Processes of Socio-political Transformation
• 140330 VO+UE T I - TII - VM4 - VM5 - Racism
• 140342 VO+UE T IV - VM3 - VM4 Global Learning
• 140390 SE T I - VM4 - VM6 Remembering 'Development': Museum, Archive, Cultural Memory
• 140395 SE T I - VM3 - VM4 Foundations of Social Criticism I
• 140272 SE [ en ] T II - VM5 Global Lives
• 140188 VO RTV - KOA - Development and Philosophy
• 140333 SE SE IE - VM2 - VM4 Corporate Social Responsibility - an Effective Tool to Protect Indigenous and Social Rights?
• 010026 VO Intercultural Philosophy - Intercultural Philosophy. Latin American Philosophy in the context of a global discourse on Modernity
• 140060 KU HIV/AIDS "in Africa": Differentiating Past and Presence
• 010109 VO Westafrican Religions
• 140119 VO Multilingualism Research - en vogue? Buzzwords, Issues and Competing Interests - An Introduction - Schlagworte, Grundfragen, Interessenskonflikte - eine Einführung

07. Emphasis 5: Historical Aspects of Development Research

• 140232 SE T III - VM1 - VM2 - EU Overseas Territories and Countries (OCTs)
• 140272 SE [ en ] T II - VM5 Global Lives
• 140282 SE T II - TIII - VM2 - V5 - International Economy of Structural Imbalances - Center and Periphery in the Shadow of the Crisis in Europe
• 140289 VO+UE T II - VM4 - V5 - Colonial Narratives of Development
• 140396 SE [ en ] Emphasis 1 - 8 - Seminar (optional 3 out of 8)
• 140330 VO+UE T I - TII - VM4 - VM5 - Racism
• 140390 SE T I - VM4 - VM6 Remembering 'Development': Museum, Archive, Cultural Memory
• 140189 VO RTV - KOA - Indian Ocean
• 140074 SE Panafricanism, African Nationalism and Marxist Ideology
• 140356 VO Global history or just area studies? - Tensions and Dynamics between African historiography and more recent approaches to global history?
• 070189 VO Early Modern History (approx. 1500 to approx. 1800) - A History of the Americas in Atlantic Perspective , 1701 - 1810
• 070017 SE Specialisation 1: Questions and Issues of Contemporary History - Genocide in Rwanda in 1994
• 070099 VO Lecture Specialisaton 1 - History of Brazil 1500-2000
• 140359 SE European Travellers to Africa between Research Interest and Colonial Purpose
• 070233 VO Early Modern History (approx. 1500 to approx. 1800) - Independence of American Colonies

08. Emphasis 6: Geographic and Regional Aspects of Development Research

• 140235 VO+UE [ en ] T III - VM1 - VM2 Topics in New Institutional Economics
• 140236 VO+UE [ en ] TIII - VM2 - VM6 - Growth Diagnostics in Eastern Europe
• 140303 SE T II - VM3 - VM6 - Productive Urban Landscapes: 'Urban Farming' and 'Urban Gardening'
• 140338 SE T II VM1 - VM6 Neoliberalism, Development, and Protest in the Arab World
• 140533 SE T III - VM1 - VM6 - Social and Political Transformation Processes in the Middle East
• 140396 SE [ en ] Emphasis 1 - 8 - Seminar (optional 3 out of 8)
• 140189 VO RTV - KOA - Indian Ocean
• 210146 VO M5 a: European Union and Europeanisation - Aktuelle Kontroversen über Wachstum und Entwicklung in Lateinamerika (Diss)
• 210084 VO M9 a: East European Studies - (Diss)
• 290076 VO City and Region
• 230147 SE Tourism and Development
• 070114 SE Seminar - Lebenslauf, Arbeit und Migration. Kleinräumige und globale Verbindungen
• 290167 VO South Asia - Current Problems and Development Trends, Part I
• 140060 KU HIV/AIDS "in Africa": Differentiating Past and Presence
• 140061 KU Elections in Africa: Instrument of Democratization or Means of Power Consolidation?
• 070099 VO Lecture Specialisaton 1 - History of Brazil 1500-2000
• 140074 SE Panafricanism, African Nationalism and Marxist Ideology
• 010026 VO Intercultural Philosophy - Intercultural Philosophy. Latin American Philosophy in the context of a global discourse on Modernity
• 140356 VO Global history or just area studies? - Tensions and Dynamics between African historiography and more recent approaches to global history?
• 010109 VO Westafrican Religions
• 070017 SE Specialisation 1: Questions and Issues of Contemporary History - Genocide in Rwanda in 1994
• 070189 VO Early Modern History (approx. 1500 to approx. 1800) - A History of the Americas in Atlantic Perspective , 1701 - 1810
• 070233 VO Early Modern History (approx. 1500 to approx. 1800) - Independence of American Colonies

09: Emphasis 7: Gender-specific Aspects of Development Research

• 140266 VO+UE T I - VM3 - VM7 - New Perspectives on Citizenship, Gender and Development
• 140309 SE SE IE - VM2 - VM7 Gender, Economics & Postcolonial Critique
• 140320 SE T IV - VM4 - VM7 - Look at/of Women*
• 140332 SE T II - VM1 - VM7- Gender Politics in Latin America
• 140188 VO RTV - KOA - Development and Philosophy
• 140391 SE T IV - VM3 - VM7 - Transnational Feminisms: 'Non-Western' Feminist Key Texts
• 140399 VO One out of Five - Interdisciplinary lecture series focusing on 'Violence against the elderly, particularly women'

10. Emphasis 8: Areas of Practice and Applied Develpmetn Cooperation

• 140326 SE T IV - VM4 - VM8 - The Arts as Accesspoint in Processes of Socio-political Transformation
• 140331 VO+UE P II - VM8 - How to Draft Project Proposals
• 140334 VO+UE [ en ] VM8 - Negotiating Change - Simulation of an International Conference for Sustainable Development
• 230172 TR Project Management and Evaluation

Second Stage of the Degree Programme

• 230173 UE Basics of Social Network Analysis I
• 230174 KU Job Orientation I
• 230169 SE Job Orientation - Experts-Laypersons-Dialogues about studies and world of work - Erleben, Reflektieren, Gestalten
• 230168 TR Communication Culture at Universities and at Work I
• 230077 TR Conflict Management in teams
• 140395 SE T I - VM3 - VM4 Foundations of Social Criticism I

11. Transdisciplinary Research Module

• 140383 UE FM1: Research Seminar (Part 1) - Research Design - Concepts and Debates of Transdisciplinarity - Models of Out-of-the-box-thinking and the Praxis of Reading the World
• 140385 SE Research Seminar (Part 2)
• 140386 SE FM2 - Resarch Seminar (Part 2) - Implementation - Archives of Helping? The Early History of Austrian Development Cooperation
• 140394 UE FM1: Research Seminar (Part 1) - Research design - Ernährung und Esskultur Vielfalt und Unsicherheit in globalen Zusammenhängen

12: Master Module