Accreditations
The first semester of the first year is composed of five mandatory courses, which aim to provide the theoretical and methodological foundations for the analysis of economic systems from a Political Economy perspective.
The second semester of the first year is more focused, as students can choose four elective courses . There is a vast list of electives available. To help students in their choice, some recommendations are provided annually (see below). Also, there is a required research seminar in the second semester that aims to allow students to engage with contemporary academic research in the field of Political Economy, fostering the contact with experienced national and international scholars.
The second year is entirely oriented towards the development of the dissertation. Students are required to attend a methodological elective course focused on the needs of their research (again, a suggested list provided annually, see below), as well as a mandatory research seminar, where their research work will be discussed.
Programme Structure for 2024/2025
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Social Constitution of the Economy
6.0 ECTS
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Comparative Political Economy
6.0 ECTS
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International Political Economy
6.0 ECTS
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States and Markets in Economic Theory
6.0 ECTS
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Readings in Political Economy
6.0 ECTS
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Political Economy Research Seminar
6.0 ECTS
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2nd Cycle Internship
6.0 ECTS
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| 2nd Year | ||
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Case Study Methods in Political Economy
6.0 ECTS
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Research Methods in Anthropology
6.0 ECTS
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Econometric Methods I
6.0 ECTS
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Dissertation in Political Economy
54.0 ECTS
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Recommended optative
- 03648 - Political Economy of Financialization
- 03647 - Political Economy and Development
- 04072 - Policy Evaluation Methods (Pgapp)
- 02890 - Regulation and Labour Markets
- M4602 - Globalization and Development Challenges
Optional courses will only be held if they achieve a minimum number of enrollments.
Objectives
The main objective of the master in Political Economy at ISCTE-IUL is to introduce students to the theories and methods for the advanced study of economies as socioeconomic and power systems, in its various aspects: the relationship between State, markets and other systems of provision of goods and services; the processes of international economic integration; the regulation of economic activities in different contexts; the methods of theoretical and empirical analysis of these and other processes and economic results. This program also aims to prepare students who intend to continue their doctoral studies in the field of Political Economy. In this sense, there is a complementary relationship between the interdisciplinary doctoral program in Political Economy, recently approved, and this Master’s program.
The programme aims to enable students to analyse economies as complex systems, whose evolution is determined by social, political, cultural, technological and ecological factors, interacting in specific institutional, historical and geographic contexts. As such, the programme aims to stimulate and prepare students to conduct multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary study and research of economic processes. To this end, students are expected to gain a deep understanding of the contributions made by the main authors, the main research topics and the most used methods in Political Economy, as well as the skills needed to develop autonomous research in this field. At the end of this study cycle students should be prepared to continue their studies at doctoral level and complete them successfully, as well as to carry out professional activities that require capacity to analyse socioeconomic systems with a high level of rigor and critical sense.