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HIGHLIGHTS

More than 80 per cent of the graduate students of the Master in International Relations recommend the programme.

A job market survey undertaken last May 2009 asked all students of the Master in International Relations a range of questions, including “Would you recommend the Master programme?” More than the 80 per cent of the responses to that question were positive. The survey, which was carried out by the IBEI career development office, tackled other aspects of the career path. The responses, show that graduates find a job related to their degree quite quickly (from three months to one year), that the job responsibilities in the majority of the cases are related to the Master’s curriculum, and that the overall job satisfaction of IBEI graduates is high. See the report

In this issue

• More than 80 per cent of the graduate students of the Master in International Relations recommend the programme
• Agreement with the Ministry of Defense
• Annual Report 2008
• 3rd Meeting of the International Academic Council
• Scholarships from the Generalitat de Catalunya Foreign Affaire and Cooperatins and IBEI
• Barcelona Summer School in International Politics
• Forthcoming Activities

CURRENT AFFAIRS

Agreement with the Ministry of Defense

On 15 June 2009 the Ministry of Defense and IBEI entered an agreement on a Cooperative Education Programme. The agreement was signed by Mr. Luís Cuesta Civis on behalf of the Ministry and Mr. Jacint Jordana Casajuana, Director of IBEI.
The agreement entitles alumni from the Master in International Relations to participate in studies and analysis in the areas of international relations and strategic security and defense, in cooperation with certain ministerial bodies.

Annual Report 2008

IBEI’s Annual Report 2008 is now available. It provides details of the Master’s academic programme, as well as the steady development of its innovative research programmes and of its capacity to attract academics and researchers of international renown.

3rd Meeting of the International Academic Council

On 25 May 2009 the third meeting of the International Academic Council was held. The body is composed of professors of prestigious universities who meet once every year and a half to discuss IBEI’s most strategic issues. Members of the Council include academics such as Dani Rodrik (Harvard University), Margaret Levi (University of Washington), José M. Maravall, Stathis Kalyvas (University of Yale), David Held (London School of Economics and Political Science – LSE), Michael Zürn (Hertie School of Governance), John Braithwaite (Australian National University) and Carles Boix (Princeton University).

POSTGRADUATE STUDIES

Scholarships from the Generalitat de Catalunya Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and IBEI

The Departament d’Afers Exteriors i Cooperació de la Generalitat de Catalunya and the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI) jointly offer two partial tuition-fee waivers for the Master in International Relations 2009-2010, a grant of 6,000 euros for the full-time programme and another grant of 6,600 euros for the part-time programme.
More info: http://www.ibei.org/web_new/eng/becas_DAEC.htm

Barcelona Summer School in International Politics

The fourth IBEI Barcelona Summer School in International Politics will take place from 29 June to 10 July 2009. It will be attended by more than 70 students from 20 countries. This year, the courses are being conducted by such authorities as Professor Carles Boix, Professor Brian Burgoon, Professor James Feraon, Professor Daniel Drezner and Professor Fred Halliday. The Barcelona Summer School in International Politics offers five courses (of ten hours each) on central topics in international relations and international politics.

IBEI also hosts this year the 2nd Mundus MAPP Summer School from July 6 to 10, 2009. The 2009 Summer School will look into the phenomenon of Policy transfer and its implications for the governance structures of Europe and Latin America. The sessions draw on faculty from Mundus MAPP partner institutions and Scholars of the IBEI Summer School.

More info:
http://www.ibei.org/web_new/summer_school/pres.htm

FORTHCOMING ACTIVITIES

22/10/2009 | 16:00 | Seminars Room - IBEI

Ciudades, globalización y nuevas políticas urbanas
Joan Subirats (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

05/11/2009 | 16:00 | Seminars Room - IBEI

Legacies and Leverage. EU Political Conditionality and Democracy Promotion in Historical Perspective
Frank Schimmelfennig (ETH Zürich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)