Lars-Erik Cederman: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2020 |
| Name | Prof. Dr. Lars-Erik Cederman |
| Field | Internationale Konfliktforschung |
| Address | Internationale Konfliktforschung ETH Zürich, IFW D 49.2 Haldeneggsteig 4 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 632 67 59 |
| cederman@icr.gess.ethz.ch | |
| Department | Humanities, Social and Political Sciences |
| Relationship | Full Professor |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 364-1058-00L | Risk Center Seminar Series | 0 credits | 2S | A. Bommier, D. Basin, D. N. Bresch, L.‑E. Cederman, P. Cheridito, H. Gersbach, G. Sansavini, F. Schweitzer, D. Sornette, B. Stojadinovic, B. Sudret, U. A. Weidmann, S. Wiemer, M. Zeilinger, R. Zenklusen | |
| Abstract | This course is a mixture between a seminar primarily for PhD and postdoc students and a colloquium involving invited speakers. It consists of presentations and subsequent discussions in the area of modeling and governing complex socio-economic systems, and managing risks and crises. Students and other guests are welcome. | ||||
| Objective | Participants should learn to get an overview of the state of the art in the field, to present it in a well understandable way to an interdisciplinary scientific audience, to develop novel mathematical models and approaches for open problems, to analyze them with computers or other means, and to defend their results in response to critical questions. In essence, participants should improve their scientific skills and learn to work scientifically on an internationally competitive level. | ||||
| Content | This course is a mixture between a seminar primarily for PhD and postdoc students and a colloquium involving invited speakers. It consists of presentations and subsequent discussions in the area of modeling complex socio-economic systems and crises. For details of the program see the webpage of the seminar. Students and other guests are welcome. | ||||
| Lecture notes | There is no script, but the sessions will be recorded and be made available. Transparencies of the presentations may be put on the course webpage. | ||||
| Literature | Literature will be provided by the speakers in their respective presentations. | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Participants should have relatively good scientific, in particular mathematical skills and some experience of how scientific work is performed. | ||||
| 853-0010-00L | Conflict Research II: Civil Wars  Only for Public Policy BA. | 4 credits | 2V + 1U | S. Rüegger, L.‑E. Cederman | |
| Abstract | Introduction to research on civil wars. This course covers the causes, processes and solutions to civil conflicts and wars. | ||||
| Objective | - Knowledge on different causes of civil wars. - Knowledge on processes during civil wars. - Knowledge on different solutions and strategies to end civil wars. - Application of theory to current examples of civil wars. | ||||
| Content | This course focuses on civil war, which is the most common type of political violence. The course is divided into three blocks: The first part analyses the causes of civil wars. The second part focuses on processes during ongoing civil wars, such as mobilization and conflict diffusion. The third part investigates in the factors that contribute to effective peace building. Research questions: What are the causes of civil wars? What happens during civil wars? How do civil wars end? | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Participation in the preceding course, Conflict Research I: Political Violence, is recommended. | ||||
| 853-0010-01L | Conflict Research II: Civil Wars (without exercises) | 3 credits | 2V | S. Rüegger, L.‑E. Cederman | |
| Abstract | Introduction to research on civil wars. This course covers the causes, processes and solutions to civil conflicts and wars. | ||||
| Objective | - Knowledge on different causes of civil wars. - Knowledge on processes during civil wars. - Knowledge on different solutions and strategies to end civil wars. - Application of theory to current examples of civil wars. | ||||
| Content | This course focuses on civil war, which is the most common type of political violence. The course is divided into three blocks: The first part analyses the causes of civil wars. The second part focuses on processes during ongoing civil wars, such as mobilization and conflict diffusion. The third part investigates in the factors that contribute to effective peace building. Research questions: What are the causes of civil wars? What happens during civil wars? How do civil wars end? | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Participation in the preceding course, Conflict Research I: Political Violence, is recommended. | ||||
| 857-0006-00L | Political Order and Conflict Number of participants limited to 15. MA Comparative and International Studies are given priority. Registration required: lcederman@ethz.ch. | 8 credits | 2S | L.‑E. Cederman, G. Schvitz | |
| Abstract | This seminar builds on the MACIS seminar on political violence and covers primarily the quantitative literature on civil and regional wars, especially with respect to the effect of economic and ethnic factors, political institutions and the geographic and international context. The students will develop an original research question to be dealt with in a research paper. | ||||
| Objective | This seminar covers ethnic violence, political-economy perspectives on war, the role of political institutions, and the international dimensions of civil conflict. The goal of the seminar is to expose the students to these topics by allowing them to discuss them in class and to write a term paper addressing an original research question. | ||||
| 868-0003-00L | Module 3: Mediation Content Does not take place this semester. Only for MAS Mediation in Peace Processes. | 10 credits | 9G | A. Wenger, L.‑E. Cederman | |
| Abstract | Students learn about the content of peace processes in this module. This module combines various approaches to developing options with an examination of contemporary cases and how various content issues are managed and interlinked. The module focuses on security, power-sharing, justice, socioeconomic and environmental arrangements. | ||||
| Objective | Mediators learn about the content of peace negotiations and peace agreements in this module. The module builds on the understanding that the goal of mediation is not to eliminate the issues that are tearing a society apart, but rather to find mechanisms to deal with differences in a non-violent manner. Mediators need a sufficient understanding of various thematic topics related to peace processes (e.g., security, power-sharing, justice, economics) in order to create linkages between them and the specific content issues therein. An adequate level of knowledge of core themes will also help mediators understand how to work with expert advisors to support a mediation process. This module both introduces relevant theory on ways of dealing with content issues and looks at how such issues were managed and interlinked in specific contemporary cases. This module also begins to address the teamwork dimension of mediation, which will be further elaborated on in the following modules. | ||||