Syllabus

Schedule: Each two-hour online session combines a lecture (input from the lecturers) and a group discussion (can be combined with a group workshop). Introductory/warm-up session and the wrap-up session/final group discussion are planned for an hour-long session.

1/ COVID-19 and (liberal) democracy

· Introductory/warm-up session

· Session I: Democracy in the state of emergency: What´s next? How to reconcile the two?

· Session II: The Covid-19 crisis, the rise of populism, and reinforcement of the identity politics

2/COVID-19 and multilateralism and global political cooperation I

· Session I: The U.S. presidential election 2020: Anticipating a new U.S. foreign policy?

· Session II: Evaluation of the German EU Presidency 2020, Central-Eastern European response to the COVID-19 pandemic

3/ COVID-19 and multilateralism and global political cooperation II

· Session I: The Middle East after pandemic: What to expect?

· Session II: China: Propaganda and influence during the COVID-19 pandemic

4/COVID-19 and societal implications

· Session I: The COVID-19 pandemic and the gender equality perspective

· Session II: COVID-19 and its impacts on the cyber security

5/COVID-19 and environment

· Session I: What does COVID-19 mean for climate change?

· Session II: The New Green Deal, European climate goals in the COVID times

· Wrap-up session, final group discussion

Lecturers and tutors

Institute of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University

Doc. PhDr. Tomáš Nigrin, Ph.D.

Doc. Mgr. Tomáš Weiss, M.A., Ph.D.

PhDr. Jan Hornát, Ph.D.

PhDr. Zuzana Lizcová, Ph.D.

Mgr. Eliška Černovská

Irena Kalhousová, Ph.D.

PhDr. Martin Mejstřík

Course coordinator:

Mgr. Kateřina Kuklíková

Academic and methodological supervisor:

Irena Kalhousová, Ph.D.

External lecturers and tutors:

Alice Rezková – Research fellow at the AMO Research Center (Association for International Affairs)

Michal Thim – Research fellow at the AMO Research Center (Association for International Affairs)