B. Master Degree Programme in Development Studies

01. Compulsory Module 1: Principles of Development Research

• 140369 VO GM1 - Principles of Development Research
• 140347 KU GM2 - Development Policy and Development Cooperation Architecture
• 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 - Feminist theory in intercultural perspective
• 140380 KU [ de en ] GM3 - Development Theories and Paradigms from a Transdisciplinary Perspective
• 140348 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

• 140349 UE [ de en ] MM1 - Methods of Quantitative Research
• 140381 UE MM1 - Methods of Quantitative Research
• 140351 UE MM1 - Methods of Quantitative Research
• 140358 UE MM2 - Methods of Qualitative Research - Introduction to choice of method, data generation and data analysis
• 140352 UE MM2 - Methods of Qualitative Research - Sprache als Feld: Diskursanalyse und Narrativanalyse in der Entwicklungsforschung
• 140353 UE MM2 - Methods of Qualitative Research - Practical guide for qualitative interviews, observation and ethnography

03. Emphasis Transdisciplinary Developmetn Research

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

• 140372 SE VM1 / VM2 - From decolonization to rebellion - Crisis and war in the Arab world
• 140401 SE VM1 / VM2 - Indigeneity - Discourses on decolonization and resource justice
• 140134 SE VM1 / VM6 - Transnational spaces of water resources management - Consequences for social, ecological and individual security
• 140151 SE VM1/VM7 Feminization of labor, social reproduction and border regime - Postcolonial Theory and International Political Economy
• 140152 SE [ en ] VM1 / VM8 - Operationalize the integration of human rights - Within the work of the United Nations
• 140533 SE VM1 / VM5 - History of Humanitarian Aid - Altruism versus Business
• 140393 SE [ en ] VM1 / VM6 - State-led Development and Developmental State in Asia and Africa
• 140214 VO+UE VM1 / VM3 - Internet, democracy & development
• 140365 VO+UE [ en ] VM1 / VM3 - Social Protection and Social Policy in the Global South
• 140368 VO [ de en ] Questioning Migration Management: Logics of Differentiation
• 140366 VO Colonialism - Questions, History, Cases
• 140131 VO RTV - VM1 / VM5 - Resource conflicts - Current developments in a historical context

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

• 140401 SE VM1 / VM2 - Indigeneity - Discourses on decolonization and resource justice
• 140372 SE VM1 / VM2 - From decolonization to rebellion - Crisis and war in the Arab world
• 140373 SE VM2 / VM3 - The Social Life of Raw Materials - Socioeconomic Approaches to Mining in Africa
• 140370 SE [ en ] VM2 / VM6 - Water and irrigation in international development
• 140391 SE [ de en ] VM2 / VM7 - Gender, economics and postcolonial critique
• 140410 VO+UE ( MOB ) VM2 / VM3 - A global view on Research, Technology and Development (,Technoglobalisation’)
• 140368 VO [ de en ] Questioning Migration Management: Logics of Differentiation
• 140366 VO Colonialism - Questions, History, Cases
• 040040 FK KFK ORPE: Solidary Economic
• 040108 VO Overindebtedness of sovereign States and economic development (MA)

05. Emphasis 3: Sociological Aspects of Development Research

• 140362 SE VM3 / VM7 - Perspectives of Development Sociology - Local and global analysis for a just world with a special reference to North-South and gender relations
• 140373 SE VM2 / VM3 - The Social Life of Raw Materials - Socioeconomic Approaches to Mining in Africa
• 140360 SE VM3 / VM4 - Coloniality and Geopolitics of Knowledge
• 140139 SE VM3 / VM6 - Conceptualizing nature, use of ressources and political agency in the West - Deep Ecology and Transition Towns as new narratives?
• 140144 SE VM3 / VM7 - Gender and Empowerment
• 140214 VO+UE VM1 / VM3 - Internet, democracy & development
• 140410 VO+UE ( MOB ) VM2 / VM3 - A global view on Research, Technology and Development (,Technoglobalisation’)
• 140387 VO+UE VM3 / VM4 - Everything for everyone! Zapatism as paradigm
• 140365 VO+UE [ en ] VM1 / VM3 - Social Protection and Social Policy in the Global South
• 140368 VO [ de en ] Questioning Migration Management: Logics of Differentiation
• 140366 VO Colonialism - Questions, History, Cases
• 230182 VO Society and Environment
• 230165 KU Basics of Social Network Analysis II
• 140400 VO+UE VM3 / VM6 - Return of the World? Nature in urban landscapes

06. Emphasis 4: Cultural Studies Aspects of Development Research

• 140360 SE VM3 / VM4 - Coloniality and Geopolitics of Knowledge
• 140217 SE VM4 / VM8 - Racism and development
• 140387 VO+UE VM3 / VM4 - Everything for everyone! Zapatism as paradigm
• 140411 VO+UE VM4 / VM7 - Violence of pictures, pictures of violence - 'The horror of what is shown in the photographs cannot be separated from the horror that the photographs were taken' (S. Sontag)
• 140412 VO+UE VM4 / VM5 - Forms of intercultural encounters in the context of European expansion overseas
• 140394 VO+UE [ en ] VM4 / VM6 - Staging the pre-modern other in post-colonial tourist space - A critical exploration of ‘happy peasants’, ‘noble savages’ and imperial discourse in volunteering abroad
• 140368 VO [ de en ] Questioning Migration Management: Logics of Differentiation
• 140366 VO Colonialism - Questions, History, Cases
• 010003 VO Intercultural Philosophy - Cross-cultural Philosophy: decolonization, cultural self-assertion, human rights
• 140227 KU Historical, Anthropological, and Cultural Perspectives: A Reading Course
• 140251 VO Plurilingualism Research: Approaching linguistic practices through an everyday life perspective

07. Emphasis 5: Historical Aspects of Development Research

• 140384 SE VM5 / VM6 - Critical Historiography of Power - George Padmore (1903-1959), Africa and the World
• 140533 SE VM1 / VM5 - History of Humanitarian Aid - Altruism versus Business
• 140392 SE [ en ] VM5 / VM6 - Understanding Central America - From Precolonial Times to Globalization
• 140412 VO+UE VM4 / VM5 - Forms of intercultural encounters in the context of European expansion overseas
• 140368 VO [ de en ] Questioning Migration Management: Logics of Differentiation
• 140366 VO Colonialism - Questions, History, Cases
• 140131 VO RTV - VM1 / VM5 - Resource conflicts - Current developments in a historical context
• 070155 VO Lecture (PM4) - Europa und die Welt
• 070232 VO Lecture (PM4) - "Asyl und Asylgesetzgebung in Österreich seit dem Ersten Weltkrieg"
• 070266 SE [ en ] Seminar (PM4) - Austrian Africa-Policy from the Era of Kreisky (1970-1983) until today: Coexistence, Policy of Neutrality, Third World (Nonaligned Countries), Development Cooperation

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

• 140370 SE [ en ] VM2 / VM6 - Water and irrigation in international development
• 140134 SE VM1 / VM6 - Transnational spaces of water resources management - Consequences for social, ecological and individual security
• 140139 SE VM3 / VM6 - Conceptualizing nature, use of ressources and political agency in the West - Deep Ecology and Transition Towns as new narratives?
• 140384 SE VM5 / VM6 - Critical Historiography of Power - George Padmore (1903-1959), Africa and the World
• 140392 SE [ en ] VM5 / VM6 - Understanding Central America - From Precolonial Times to Globalization
• 140393 SE [ en ] VM1 / VM6 - State-led Development and Developmental State in Asia and Africa
• 140394 VO+UE [ en ] VM4 / VM6 - Staging the pre-modern other in post-colonial tourist space - A critical exploration of ‘happy peasants’, ‘noble savages’ and imperial discourse in volunteering abroad
• 140400 VO+UE VM3 / VM6 - Return of the World? Nature in urban landscapes
• 140366 VO Colonialism - Questions, History, Cases
• 140368 VO [ de en ] Questioning Migration Management: Logics of Differentiation
• 290122 RV Lecture Series: Borders

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

• 140391 SE [ de en ] VM2 / VM7 - Gender, economics and postcolonial critique
• 140362 SE VM3 / VM7 - Perspectives of Development Sociology - Local and global analysis for a just world with a special reference to North-South and gender relations
• 140144 SE VM3 / VM7 - Gender and Empowerment
• 140151 SE VM1/VM7 Feminization of labor, social reproduction and border regime - Postcolonial Theory and International Political Economy
• 140209 SE [ en ] VM7 - Gender Violence und Human Rights
• 140411 VO+UE VM4 / VM7 - Violence of pictures, pictures of violence - 'The horror of what is shown in the photographs cannot be separated from the horror that the photographs were taken' (S. Sontag)
• 140366 VO Colonialism - Questions, History, Cases
• 140368 VO [ de en ] Questioning Migration Management: Logics of Differentiation
• 030226 KU Applied Social Psychology for Legal Experts
• 140284 VO Gender in Africa
• 240236 VU VU topics - Lecture Series & Workshops

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

• 140152 SE [ en ] VM1 / VM8 - Operationalize the integration of human rights - Within the work of the United Nations
• 140217 SE VM4 / VM8 - Racism and development
• 140135 VO+UE VM8 - Evaluation in International Development Co-operation
• 140395 VO+UE VM8 - How to draft project proposals
• 140366 VO Colonialism - Questions, History, Cases
• 140368 VO [ de en ] Questioning Migration Management: Logics of Differentiation
• 140383 KU Academic Presentations: Preparation and Performance

Second Stage of the Degree Programme

• 230163 TR Project Management and Evaluation
• 230164 TR Communication Culture at Universities and at Work II
• 230165 KU Basics of Social Network Analysis II
• 230166 KU Job Orientation II

11. Transdisciplinary Research Module

• 140161 FS FM1 - Research Seminar (Part 1) - Research Design - International Development in Vienna - an area of Global Learning
• 140162 FS FM1 - Research Seminar (Part 1) - Research Design
• 140164 FS [ de en ] FM1 - Research Seminar (Part 1) - Research Design - Qualitative methods in development research, and research lab in South- East Africa
• 140399 FS FM1 - Research Seminar (Part 1) - Research Design - Austrian Development Aid / Cooperation: Actors and Concepts
• 140176 FS FM2 - Research Seminar (Part 2) - Realisation - Change! Transdisciplinary research seminar (part 2) scenic research
• 140166 FS FM2 - Research Seminar (Part 2) - Realisation
• 140172 FS FM2 - Research Seminar (Part 2) - Realisation
• 140174 FS FM2 - Research Seminar (Part 2) - Realisation - A comparative history of development policies ‘West’ and ‘East’ (1960-1990) in a Global History perspective: encounters, interactions, transfers, entanglements ‘West’, ‘East’ and ‘South’

12: Master Module

• 140404 KU Writing Seminar
• 140405 MAKU Master Course
• 140403 MAKU Master Course
• 140406 MAKU Master Course