SGO2200 – Economic geography: Globalisation and regional development

Schedule, syllabus and examination date

Course content

This course provides students with an introduction to economic geography, with particular emphasis on the two main research areas that are i) economic globalisation and ii) regional development. The overall theme of the course is: What are the main processes at play in the economy that condition the location and distribution of economic activity, and how are different places, and people, affected? The first part of the course (‘Foundations’) gives an overview of the discipline, and major trends in the world economy. The second part (‘Perspectives’) presents key concepts and theories that in the third part (‘Dynamics and Outcomes’) are applied to disentangle the geographies of production and the restructuring of work and employment, the impact of multinational corporations, and the role of states. Particular attention is here paid to the causes and consequences of uneven development at different spatial scales. The fourth part (‘Prospects’) reflects on the future of economic globalization from the perspective of democratic support at the national level and evolving geopolitical circumstances.??

Learning outcome

Knowledge?

Through this course, you will acquire knowledge about?

  • key theories and concepts in economic geography ?

  • major trends in the world economy and the key actors driving them?

  • exogenous and endogenous forces affecting regional industrial change ?

  • why certain industries concentrate (cluster) in certain places

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Skills and competences?

This course will enable you to??

  • analyse the role of technological change and innovation in global and regional economic change.?

  • analyse the role of transnational corporations in global and regional economic change?

  • analyse the role of states in global and regional economic change ?

  • reflect upon the positive and negative consequences of economic globalisation?

Admission to the course

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register