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Description
The module will familiarise students with the global policy arena and the role that scientific expertise and technology development play in it. The module familiarises Masters students with theories, perspectives and approaches that interrogate development and progress. It focusses on the interface between international policy regimes and developing country positionalities and examines evolving expectations and assumptions about modernity, technoscientific progress and ethics of knowledge production. The module is structured to teach and illustrate the application of STS theories and concepts through case study examples and have students reflect on how they engage with these ideas. Aside from introducing students to these concepts, the goal is also to build critical thinking and research skills through examination of key international development policy regimes and governance theories, strategies and practices and interrogating the ways in which global economic asymmetry is framed and addressed.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
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This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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