VM1-9 Block of Elective Modules: Emphasis Transdisciplinary Development Research (45 ECTS)

VM1 Political aspects of development research (15 ECTS)

• 240057 VO Commodities and Development: Current Issues and Historical Context - Globale Warenketten und ungleiche Entwicklung
• 240061 SE VM1 / VM8 - Development policies and imperialism - imperial development policies?
• 240139 SE VM1 / VM6 - Global social inequalities in the context of planetary urbanisation
• 240005 SE VM1 / VM6 - Energy transitions and green extractivism
• 240102 SE [ en ] VM1 / VM2 - International Environment and Economic Development - Globalization and its implications, financial crises, trade liberalization, migration, foreign aid
• 240062 SE VM1 / VM3 - Introduction to Peace and Conflict Research
• 240122 SE VM6 / VM1 -The state and developmental industrial policy: theories and recent controversies
• 240060 SE VM1 / VM7 - Keys to empowerment - The struggle for gender equality and women’s rights in comparative perspective
• 240116 SE [ en ] VM5 / VM1 - Refugees and Forced Displacement in a Global Historical Perspective
• 240056 SE VM5 / VM1 - Systems of domination and structures of dependence in Africa - Colonialism, neocolonialism, neoliberalism and globalization: Impact on policy, economy and society
• 240053 SE [ en ] VM1 / VM5 - (Disputed) places of national memories and commemorative cultures in East Asia - Their Significance for global geopolitics
• 240046 VO+UE VM1 / VM3 - (Im)Mobility, Climate Change and Human Rights from an Intersectional Perspective
• 240105 VO+UE VM1 / VM2 - Ressources and Development - Sustainable Development on Basis of Ressources: Debates, Conflicts and Strategies
• 240109 SE VM1 / VM6 - Transformation Processes in Latin America between Movements and the State

VM2 Economic aspects of development research (15 ECTS)

• 240057 VO Commodities and Development: Current Issues and Historical Context - Globale Warenketten und ungleiche Entwicklung
• 240102 SE [ en ] VM1 / VM2 - International Environment and Economic Development - Globalization and its implications, financial crises, trade liberalization, migration, foreign aid
• 240075 SE [ en ] VM6 / VM2 - African resources from a global perspective. Chains, networks and regulation
• 240059 SE [ en ] VM7 / VM2 - Sex, lies and economics
• 240123 SE VM2 / VM6 - Uneven socio-spatial development in the EU - Integration and desintegration from the perspective of development studies
• 240105 VO+UE VM1 / VM2 - Ressources and Development - Sustainable Development on Basis of Ressources: Debates, Conflicts and Strategies
• 150140 VU [ en ] China’s Belt and Road Initiative - Strategic and Economic Impacts on the Indo-Pacific Region
• 040166 KU Solidary Economic (MA) - Cooperative economy and Cooperatives
• 040195 KU Alternative management - entrepreneurial organizations and social ingetration system (MA) - MA
• 040707 SE International Cooperative Management (MA)
• 180037 VO [ en ] The Story of Economic Ideas: Macroeconomic theories
• 240063 VO+UE VM4 / VM2 - Cursed economies - On notions of witchcraft and the supernatural in global development discourses

VM3 Sociological Aspects of Development Research (15 ECTS)

• 240057 VO Commodities and Development: Current Issues and Historical Context - Globale Warenketten und ungleiche Entwicklung
• 240125 VO [ en ] VM3 / VM6 - Borders and development: concepts, practices, struggles
• 240062 SE VM1 / VM3 - Introduction to Peace and Conflict Research
• 240048 SE [ en ] VM3 / VM7 - Frailty, care and migration in global dependency
• 240095 SE [ en ] VM3 / VM6 - Human Im/Mobility - Perspectives and Approaches on 'Migration, Displacement and Relocation'
• 240047 SE VM3 / VM7 - Global Inequalities, Gender and Race
• 240025 VO+UE [ en ] VM8 / VM3 - Sustainable Project Management for Poverty Reduction and Social Entrepreneurship
• 240046 VO+UE VM1 / VM3 - (Im)Mobility, Climate Change and Human Rights from an Intersectional Perspective
• 330033 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Global Nutrition
• 240124 SE ( ON-SITE ) VM4 / VM3 - Revolutions in the Global South

VM4 Cultural Studies Aspects of Development Research (15 ECTS)

• 240057 VO Commodities and Development: Current Issues and Historical Context - Globale Warenketten und ungleiche Entwicklung
• 240040 SE VM4 / VM6 - Development theory and critique in Africa
• 240064 SE VM4 / VM5 - Graphic Novels and development theories
• 240128 SE VM8 / VM4 - Photography in the context of humanitarianism and development
• 240063 VO+UE VM4 / VM2 - Cursed economies - On notions of witchcraft and the supernatural in global development discourses
• 150224 VO [ en ] ( MIXED ) Intercultural Negotiation Patterns
• 010088 VO African Religions
• 080050 VO Contemporary Art in Interplay with Politics, Society, and Economy
• 143041 PS Introductory Seminar: African Swag. Youth Cultures and Translocal Entanglements
• 143044 SE Anti-racist and Decolonial Education in the "Weltmuseum Vienna"
• 143149 VO Critical Social Commentary and Historical Reflections in 20th Century West African Cinema - Ousmane Sembène & Co.
• 143201 VO Writing and publishing in contemporary Africa: Focus West Africa
• 230156 VO Visual Sociology: an Introduction with Focus on Images

VM5 Historical Aspects of Development Research (15 ECTS)

• 240057 VO Commodities and Development: Current Issues and Historical Context - Globale Warenketten und ungleiche Entwicklung
• 240064 SE VM4 / VM5 - Graphic Novels and development theories
• 240056 SE VM5 / VM1 - Systems of domination and structures of dependence in Africa - Colonialism, neocolonialism, neoliberalism and globalization: Impact on policy, economy and society
• 240053 SE [ en ] VM1 / VM5 - (Disputed) places of national memories and commemorative cultures in East Asia - Their Significance for global geopolitics
• 240116 SE [ en ] VM5 / VM1 - Refugees and Forced Displacement in a Global Historical Perspective
• 142042 VO [ en ] A Global History of Drugs in Modern South Asia
• 142157 SE [ en ] An Environmental History of Modern South Asia
• 143042 SE [ de en ] Tracing Colonial Continuities - Approaches to Decolonizing Knowledge Systems in International Research Collaborations
• 143254 SE International solidarity in the struggle against apartheid - an examination of the memoirs of the International Brigade against Apartheid
• 180037 VO [ en ] The Story of Economic Ideas: Macroeconomic theories

VM6 Geographic and Regional Aspects of Development Research (15 ECTS)

• 240057 VO Commodities and Development: Current Issues and Historical Context - Globale Warenketten und ungleiche Entwicklung
• 240125 VO [ en ] VM3 / VM6 - Borders and development: concepts, practices, struggles
• 240139 SE VM1 / VM6 - Global social inequalities in the context of planetary urbanisation
• 240005 SE VM1 / VM6 - Energy transitions and green extractivism
• 240075 SE [ en ] VM6 / VM2 - African resources from a global perspective. Chains, networks and regulation
• 240040 SE VM4 / VM6 - Development theory and critique in Africa
• 240122 SE VM6 / VM1 -The state and developmental industrial policy: theories and recent controversies
• 240095 SE [ en ] VM3 / VM6 - Human Im/Mobility - Perspectives and Approaches on 'Migration, Displacement and Relocation'
• 240123 SE VM2 / VM6 - Uneven socio-spatial development in the EU - Integration and desintegration from the perspective of development studies
• 240109 SE VM1 / VM6 - Transformation Processes in Latin America between Movements and the State

VM7 Gender-specific Aspects of Development Research (15 ECTS)

• 240057 VO Commodities and Development: Current Issues and Historical Context - Globale Warenketten und ungleiche Entwicklung
• 240060 SE VM1 / VM7 - Keys to empowerment - The struggle for gender equality and women’s rights in comparative perspective
• 240047 SE VM3 / VM7 - Global Inequalities, Gender and Race
• 240048 SE [ en ] VM3 / VM7 - Frailty, care and migration in global dependency
• 240059 SE [ en ] VM7 / VM2 - Sex, lies and economics
• 143264 VO [ en ] 21st Century African Women’s Writing and Feminism
• 210131 VO M8: SpezialVO Gender and Politics - Masculinities in Politics
• 240113 SE VM7 / VM8 - Development worker in focus - The image of the 'expatriate' in cultural productions from Africa

VM8 Areas of Practice and Applied Development Cooperation (15 ECTS)

• 240057 VO Commodities and Development: Current Issues and Historical Context - Globale Warenketten und ungleiche Entwicklung
• 240061 SE VM1 / VM8 - Development policies and imperialism - imperial development policies?
• 240128 SE VM8 / VM4 - Photography in the context of humanitarianism and development
• 240025 VO+UE [ en ] VM8 / VM3 - Sustainable Project Management for Poverty Reduction and Social Entrepreneurship
• 330033 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Global Nutrition
• 240113 SE VM7 / VM8 - Development worker in focus - The image of the 'expatriate' in cultural productions from Africa
• 240120 VO+UE [ en ] VM8 - Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation

VM9 Transdisciplinary free elective Modul (15 ECTS)

• 233060 UE [ en ] Science in Society Laboratories
• 233061 UE [ en ] Science Communication Laboratories