MA Globalisation and Development (IDS, University of Sussex)
Training Provider: University of Sussex
IDS is proud to announce a new Masters programme which includes a trip to China to witness the country’s rapid economic growth. The innovative one-year Globalisation and Development degree starts in October 2008 and will provide a fresh perspective on globalisation. It will focus on the shift of power from West to East. For example, this year China surpassed the US as the main engine of global economic growth. When considering Russia and India along with other Asian economies, it becomes clear that over half of all the global economic growth is being generated by emerging economies, most of them from the East.

Students will be exposed to the latest research and policy advice from leading IDS researchers working on the new challenges faced, and posed, by developing countries that come from the East. In the summer term of 2009 they will also take part in a two-week field trip to China which should include meetings with public officials, representatives from the private sector, trade unions, academics and non-governmental organisations.

The MA is unique in that it complements academic training with policy perspectives and practical learning that draws on the accumulated experience of a team of researchers with a rich portfolio of work on the ground, and cutting-edge research on policy-driven issues. The MA is managed by the Globalisation Team at IDS, which comprises a select group of researchers including Professors Hubert Schmitz and John Humphrey, two leading experts on industrial organisation and global value chains, and Jing Gu, a Chinese scholar currently working on the political economy aspects of China’s Foreign Direct Investment in Africa.