DSPO 25A85 - Green Industrial Policy: History, Theory, Methods

This seminar will introduce students to the emerging landscape of "green industrial policy.” Focus will first be placed on defining such policy, broadly construed as public interventions targeting rapid industrial change in pursuit of national decarbonization. The seminar will then foreground historical precedents of rapid industrial change, especially in the Global South. From here, we will survey ongoing policy experiments in different regional contexts, and conclude with case studies of China, Mexico, and France. Throughout the seminar, attention will be placed on distinct theoretical and methodological approaches to studying green industrial policy, with students completing original research proposals.

Students must have basic knowledge of economic policy, international relations, and climate change.

Students will be evaluated via participation (10%), Methodology Memos (45%), and a Final Research Proposal (45%, with 80% based on a written paper and 20% based on a presentation). The expectations and format of each assignment will be provided in the course syllabus and discussed during class.