Lars-Erik Cederman: Catalogue data in Autumn 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
E-mail	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	B. Stojadinovic, D. Basin, A. Bommier, D. N. Bresch, L.‑E. Cederman, P. Cheridito, H. Gersbach, G. Sansavini, F. Schweitzer, D. Sornette, B. Sudret, 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 complex socio-economic systems and crises. Students and other guests are welcome.
Learning 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 for open problems, to analyze them with computers, 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 colloquium. Students and other guests are welcome.
Lecture notes	There is no script, but a short protocol of the sessions will be sent to all participants who have participated in a particular session. 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 mathematical skills and some experience of how scientific work is performed.
857-0009-00L	Political Violence Only for Comparative and International Studies MSc.	8 credits	2S	A. Wenger, L.‑E. Cederman
Abstract	This course offers an introduction to political violence in domestic and international politics. The course covers explanations of interstate wars, theories of civil and ethnic wars and regional conflict. Other topics include new threats, including transnational terrorist networks and other non-state actors, and the relationship between conflict and nation-building and democratization processes.
Learning objective	This course offers an introduction to political violence in domestic and international politics. The course covers explanations of interstate wars, theories of civil and ethnic wars and regional conflict. Other topics include new threats, including transnational terrorist networks and other non-state actors, and the relationship between conflict and nation-building and democratization processes.
857-0107-00L	State Formation, Nationalism and Conflict Number of participants limited to 12.	3 credits	2S	L.‑E. Cederman, Y. I. Pengl
Abstract	Introduction to theories of state formation, nationalism and post-nationalist processes. The seminar focuses on how these macro-historical processes have been conceptualized and evaluated in both the qualitative and quantitative empirical literature.
Learning objective	Participants will gain an overview of the most prominent theories of historical state formation highlighting geography, economic factors as well as interstate competition and warfare. Special emphasis is placed on how the onset of nationalist ideologies in the late 18th century transformed trajectories of state formation, death, and (dis)integration and what lessons can be learned beyond historical Europe. In addition to the classical theoretical and historical literature, we will discuss more recent attempts to study these questions using the quantitative toolkit of the modern social sciences. One learning goal is to familiarize students with novel data sources and methodological approaches to systematically study the macro-political processes of state formation and nation building.
868-0001-00L	Module 1: Mediation in Context Does not take place this semester. Only for MAS Mediation in Peace Processes.	10 credits	9G	A. Wenger, L.‑E. Cederman
Abstract	This module defines and contextualises peace mediation in relation to other conflict resolution approaches. The module focuses heavily on conflict analysis, introducing the students to the latest knowledge about conflict typologies, trends, and causes in addition to providing them with various opportunities to practice conflict analysis using diverse methods.
Learning objective	This module defines and contextualises peace mediation in relation to other conflict resolution approaches. The module focuses heavily on conflict analysis, introducing the students to the latest knowledge about conflict typologies, trends, and causes in addition to providing them with various opportunities to practice conflict analysis using diverse methods.
868-0003-00L	Module 3: Mediation Content 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.
Learning 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.