Estudia

1. Security and Securitization: 1.1 Security and securitization, 1.2 ‘Risk society’

2. Introduction to Geopolitics: 2.1 Power and territory, 2.2 Classical geopolitics, 2.3 Critical, feminist, and anti- geopolitics, 2.4 Popular geopolitics and comparative perspectives

3. Global migrations and ‘border security’: 3.1 Introduction to migration and security, 3.2 Borders, 3.3 Migrant justice

4. Global trade and supply chain security: 4.1 Introduction to global trade and supply chains, 4.2 Supply chain risks: labor, environmental, geopolitical, 4.3 Supply chain disruption

5. Biosecurity: 5.1 Biopolitics, 5.2 Biotechnology and global risks, 5.3 Bio-surveillance and resistances

6. Emerging technologies and global risks: 6.1 Security and technological innovation, 6.2 The geography of the Internet and global cybersecurity, 6.3 Geopolitics of the global AI race

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• Williams, J., & Boyce, G. A. (2013). Fear, loathing and the everyday geopolitics of encounter in the Arizona borderla. Geopolitics, 18(4), 895-916
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• Barker, K. (2015). Biosecurity: securing circulations from the microbe to the macrocosm. The Geographical Journal, 181(4), 357-365
• Douzet, F. (2014). Understanding cyberspace with geopolitics. Hérodote,, 3-21
• Kumar, A., & Thussu, D. (2023). Media, digital sovereignty and geopolitics: the case of the TikTok ban in India.. Media, Culture & Society, 45(8), 1583-1599

Activitats d'avaluació:

The class follows continuous assessment. Therefore, it is necessary to attend all classes and activities.

The subject only has a final grade. If the subject is failed, no partial grade will be saved for the following year.



Aquesta assignatura seguirà l'avaluació contínua. Per tant, cal assistir a totes les classes i activitats formatives.

L'assignatura només té una nota final. Si se suspèn l'assignatura no es guardarà cap nota parcial per al curs següent.

Criteris específics de la nota «No Presentat»:
If the student does not take the final exam, they will receive a grade of 'No Presentat'.

Avaluació única:
Those requesting single evaluation will be required to complete both a written exam (50%) and oral exam (50%) covering all course content.

Requisits mínims per aprovar:
Per considerar superada l’assignatura, caldrà obtenir una qualificació mínima de 5.0

Office hours are available upon request from the student. Please email the professor at casey.lynch@udg.edu to arrange a time.

The professor will communicate with the class as a whole through Moodle. Individual questions or concerns will be communicated through email.

No està permès l’ús d’eines d’IA