Advanced Certificate in International Political Economy (ACIPE)
Participating departments
International Relations, Political Science, Public Policy, Economics and Business, Sociology and Social Anthropology. Participating departments will allow ACIPE students to earn the credits in line with the requirements set out below.
Requirements
In order to receive the certificate together with the degree proper, the following requirements need to be fulfilled:
1. Admission to one of the participating departments.
2. 1YMA: ACIPE students must take 4 mandatory credits and obtain 6 further elective credits from the approved annual list of ACIPE courses. 2YMA: ACIPE students must take 4 mandatory credits in the first or second year of their studies and obtain 10 further elective credits over the course of both years from the approved list of ACIPE courses.
3. ACIPE students must write their thesis on a topic related to International Political Economy, and the topic should be approved by the Director of ACIPE [Dora Piroska].
4. Participation in lectures, special seminars, and workshops organized at CEU by the ACIPE is required. Attendance and participation will be considered part of the student’s overall performance.
ACIPE FAQ https://ir.ceu.edu/acipe-faq
Advanced Certificate is issued as a diploma supplement and signed by both Program Director and the Rector. Qualified graduates receive ACIPE certificates from the registry office together with their CEU diplomas and final transcripts.
List of courses AY 2022/23
Core course (Fall 2022)
Introduction to International Political Economy (Andrew X. Li/Dora Piroska, IR), 4 credits
Elective courses 2022/23
Fall term
The Political Economy of the European Union (Laszlo Csaba, IR), 4 credits
Worldly philosophers of capitalism (Bela Greskovits, IR), 4 credits
Geoeconomics (Thomas Fetzer, IR), 2 credits
Europe in Crises (Daniel Izsak, IR), 4 credits
The politics of South-South development in Africa (Daniel Large, DPP), 2 credits
Globalization and Global Inequality (Miranda Wu, SOCL), 4 credits
The Rise and Fall of Development (Andreas Dafinger, SOCL), 4 credits
Welfare States in the current era (Imre Szabo, POLS), 4 credits
Political Economy of International Organizations (Andrew X. Li, IR), 2 credits
Winter term
IPE of Digital Everything (Dora Piroska, IR), 4 credits
Global Political Economy of Eastern Europe (Dora Piroska, IR) 2 credits
Political Economy of Development (Valentin Seidler, IR), 4 credits
Illiberal Capitalism (Laszlo Csaba, IR), 4 credits
Comparative regionalism (Daniel Izsak, IR), 4 credits
Economic Transformations (Balazs Vedres, SOCL), 2 credits
Neoliberalism and its alternatives (Attila Folsz, POLS), 2 credits
International Economic Integration (Michael Landesmann, Roman Stöllinger, Julia Gruebler, ECBS), 2 credits
Global Economy: Emergence and Current Issues (Julius Horvath, ECBS), 2 credits
Decarbonizing IR: Fossils, Emissions and Security (Alexander Etkind), 4 credits
Banking and Financial Institutions (Ibolya Schindele), 2 credits
Spring term
Development Banking (Dora Piroska, IR), 2 credits
Politics and policies of development aid (Thilo Bodenstein, DPP), 2 credits
International Economic Policy (Jacek Rostowski, ECBS), 3 credits
EU Industrial Policy and Global Economy (Yusuf Akbar, ECBS), 2 credits
For a detailed program and courses description, please visit this page.