F1GD 4450 - Global Governance: Overcoming Fragmentation — Pedagogical Programmes and Course Directory

Information

Description

***UPDATED for 2025/26***

This course explores the coexistence of different regimes of global governance (trade and investment law, human rights, development cooperation, climate change, etc.), asking whether bridges can be built across these regimes to improve synergies and avoid inconsistencies. It will consider, for instance, the linkage between trade and "non-trade" issues; how transnational corporations can be held accountable; and the role of global development goals such as the SDGs in ensuring coherence across different regimes.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Understanding of global governance
Understanding of substantive issues emerging on the global agenda
Understanding of international diplomacy

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Negotiation in international fora; Consensus-building across conflicting concerns related to sustainable development; Advocacy skills.

Prerequisites

None

Teaching format

The tutor will provide oral feedback to the presentations in class and written feedback on the final essay

Assessment

Assessment will be based on:

Class participation (actively taking part in class debates)30%

Policy brief (by groups of 3-4 students)30%

Final reform proposal (individual policy proposal of 1,000 to 1,200 words to be sumitted at the end of the semester): 40%

Workload

Attendance: 2 hours a week / 24 hours a semester
Online learning activities: 2 hours a week / 24 hours a semester
Reading and Preparation for Class: 6 hours a week / 72 hours a semester
Research and Preparation for Group Work: none
Research and Writing for Individual Assessments: 2 hours a week / 24 hours a semester

Readings

Main readings 3

Olivier De Schutter, 'The international dimensions of the right to development: a fresh start towards improving accountability', prepared at the request of the Working Group on the Right to Development, UN doc. A/HRC/WG.2/19/CRP.1 (22 January 2018)
Olivier De Schutter, "Towards a New Treaty on Business and Human Rights", Business and Human Rights Journal, vol. 1 (2015), pp. 41-67,
Olivier De Schutter, "Trade in the service of climate change mitigation: The question of linkage", Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, vol. 5 (2014), pp. 65-102

Teaching units

Unit no.	Unit type	Teaching units	Teachers	Number of hours	Credits
57374	Cours séminaire	Global Governance: Overcoming Fragmentation	Olivier DE SCHUTTER	24	6
58379	—	Global Governance: Overcoming Fragmentation	—	16	0

F1GD 4450 - Global Governance: Overcoming Fragmentation