France

This course considers the characteristics and political dynamics of the unprecedented geographical construction of the European Union. It is based on the interactive pedagogy of the flipped classroom: students appropriate resources and facts during the week and mobilize them in group work workshops during the course sessions. Students prepare and present serious simulation games.

This course discusses the evolution of industry, the production of goods through the transformation of raw materials or materials that have already undergone one or more transformations and the exploitation of energy sources. It focuses specifically on “Industry 4.0,” which refers to digital technological innovations. Additionally, the course covers lean management and its associated tools and methods. 

This course is specialized for international students. It studies basic texts of French and francophone literature, with a particular focus on the different styles used and topics approached. The course also discusses French history and how it is reflected in an authors' writing.

This course considers international law's dynamics in the modern world and delves into some of the pressing structural, institutional, and thematic challenges of the international legal order. It explores the potential and risks posed by evolving norms, new actors, and failing institutions. It also critically studies the capacity of international norms, international institutions, and judicial bodies to deal with global issues like climate change and environmental protection, the right to self-defense, peacekeeping, human rights and democracy, and international criminal justice. This course provides important legal knowledge, both in terms of concepts and methods, to hone analytical and problem-solving skills.

This course provides a historical, financial, political, and institutional overview of international financial architecture. The first part of the course reviews the progressive construction of the multilateral system over the last few centuries, with a specific focus on the main UN organizations, the Bretton Woods institutions, and multilateral development banks. In the second part, the course focuses on the limits of the current architecture in the face of the multiplicity of new global challenges (the fight against poverty and inequality, global warming and the protection of biodiversity, food and energy security, the response to pandemics). The course concludes with a reflection on possible ways forward for the current architecture, in an increasingly volatile economic, financial, and geopolitical context. 

This course offers an introduction to the fundamentals of political economy of international relations through the survey of international economic organizations and other global coordination attempts and development economics.
While reviewing all types of countries, it particularly focuses on least developed and transition economies, exploring the relationship between international economic organization mandates, policies, and economic development in
practice. The course does not require a significant background in economics but a fundamental understanding of micro- and macroeconomics is helpful. The course offers a review of theoretical and practical core knowledge and a systematic application through group case studies.

This course introduces both the fundamentals of child protection systems in Europe and the way international humanitarian work incorporates child protection mechanisms in developing countries. It covers how the supranational governance of humanitarian organizations, the EU, and states construct their child protection policies and set political agendas. The seminar combines conceptual tools, historical insights, and empirical evidence to investigate the evolution of child protection policies in the context of economic, environmental, and security crises and is divided in two parts: European child protection political agenda; and international humanitarian work and child protection policies in West Africa. Classes are partly discussion-based and include moderated group debates and student oral presentations. The course imparts practical skills and strategies to policy-related issues from first hand experiences in service delivery and policy-making.

This course highlights the political and intellectual bases of the European project since the 19th century to better understand the current transformations.

This course examines health economics and policy. Topics include health insurance regulation, physician pricing, hospital pricing, and the value of health.

This course, which focuses on China's Xi Jinping era, provides keys to understanding Chinese positions on the international stage. It compares official statements with the reality of Beijing's actions to understand the motives, modalities, and consequences of Chinese foreign policy.