Topics in Policy Analysis (Half-Term): Global Systemic Risk

This course explores the emergence and consequences of global systemic risk, particularly in the governance of global flows of money, goods, and people. We focus on networks and complex adaptive systems as useful frames for studying globalization. We discuss standard theories of globalization and how these miss critical systemic attributes. We translate much of the debate about globalization into a broad map of interconnected networks. Case studies include the networked structure of global supply chains, the epidemiological considerations that emerge from increased international migration, and the global problems of climate change.