Seminário de Investigação em Relações Internacionais (not translated) - 1st semester
Code
73218102
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Políticos
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Alexandra Magnólia Dias, Teresa Rodrigues
Weekly hours
2
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
To associate PhD students to current research projects, thus contributing to improve their theoretical and methodological abilities and technical skills both in quantitative and qualitative analysis.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
Students research (bibliographic review, and primary sources and data collection) will focus on four major themes: 1) Globalization Studies and Transnational Threats, 2) Human Security, 3) Demographic ageing, migrations and security risks, 4) Insecurity perceptions.
Bibliography
NOGUEIRA, J. (2011), O Método Geopolítico Alargado. Persistências e Contingências em Portugal e no Mundo, Lisboa, IESM.
RODRIGUES, T., (2012b), O futuro (in)certo das dinâmicas demográficas em Portugal, Portugal, Contributos para um Conceito Estratégico de Defesa Nacional. Lisboa, IDN, Atena 28, pp.205-230.
SCIUBBA, J., (2011), The Future Faces of War. Population and National Security, Oxford, PRAEGER.
TEIXEIRA, N. S., Lourenço, N., & Piçarra, N. (2006): «Estudo Para a Reforma do Modelo de Organização do Sistema de Segurança Interna». Relatório Preliminar (p. 119). Lisboa: IPRI
WEINER, Myron, RUISSELL, Sharon Stanton (ed.) (2001): «Demography and National Security», Nova Iorque Oxford: Berghan Books
Teaching method
In order to improve their methodological abilities and technical skills, PhD students are expected to have an active participation in the seminar sessions, discussing the assigned readings, sharing their individual research experiences and regularly reporting on the work in progress.
Evaluation method
In the seminar sessions the work in progress and preliminary results of the above-mentioned research project are presented and discussed, as well as the students progress reports on
their bibliographic and empirical research. In the end, each student will submit a short written essay thereon.