The course is held between 30 August 2021 - 2 November 2021

Link to orientation map: Campus Linné 

Welcome to Global Studies: Key Concepts! This course introduces you to some of the main conceptual discussions and empirical inquiries surrounding global issues. It combines insights from different disciplines including human ecology, peace and development studies, and social anthropology. The concepts covered in the course can be used to analyze contemporary global processes such as disembedding and reembedding, mobility, gentrification and political contestation. We will reflect critically on questions of how "the local" and "the global" relate to each other and how contemporary globalization affects life prospects, environments, gender relations, livelihoods, and conflict patterns in different parts of the world.

Link to Reading List, Syllabus and Schedule:

Find syllabus and reading list 

Please note that the reading list can be updated until 8 weeks before the start of the course and the syllabus can be updated until 2 weeks before the start of the course.

Link to schedule

Please note that the schedule is preliminary until 2 weeks before the start of the course.

Contact

Course Coordinators

If you have questions about the course, you can contact the course coordinator:

Kilian Spandler: kilian.spandler@gu.se 

Study Administration

If you have questions about admission, registration and access to Canvas, you can contact study administrator Sofia Hansson & Elin Hermansson You will find the contact information in the Student Portal.

If you need a transcript of records you can order one here: https://studentportal.gu.se/english/e-services/transcript-of-records 

Study Counselling

If you need to talk about your study situation or if you have questions on how to plan your studies, you can contact the Study Counsellors at the School of Global Studies:

studentcounselling@globalstudies.gu.se

Your Contact Details

At the University of Gothenburg we retrieve contact details from different sources so it is important that you, when needed, forward or update your e-mail address in our different systems in order not to miss any important information. Please make sure your contact details are correct, by following the instructions here: https://studentportal.gu.se/english/e-services/e-mail

Sustainable student life

For general information and support for a better study environment we recommend that you visit the site Sustainable student life in the Student Portal. This is where you can also find contact information for student healthcare.

About Canvas and the Student Portal

Link to schedule, syllabus and reading list will be published here at the syllabus page before the course starts. You will access the other pages once you have registered for the course. Most courses will use the function Modules to navigate the course content. For information on how to use Canvas, please look at the Canvas guides or contact Servicecenter for support. 

At My Studies in the Student Portal you will find general information and contact information for various functions that are relevant to students at the School of Global Studies. You can find these pages at the following link: https://studentportal.gu.se/english/my-studies/globalstudies

In the Student Portal you will also find other student related information and log in to all the student university e-services. We recommend that all students explore the resource "To search, read and write".