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Dr. Jonathan Boyd yra politikos ir tarptautinių santykių docentas. ISM Vadybos ir ekonomikos universitete pradėjo dirbti 2015 metais.
2012 m. jis apsigynė tarptautinių santykių daktaro laipsnį St. Andrews universitete, Škotijoje. 2012-2015 metais jis dirbo tarptautinių santykių dėstytoju Redingo universitete (University of Reading), Jungtinėje Karalystėje.
Jo tyrimų sritys apima tarptautinių santykių teoriją ir JAV užsienio politiką. Jo tyrimai buvo publikuoti tarptautiniuose recenzuojamuose mokslo žurnaluose, įskaitant ir žurnalus History of Political Thought ir Hobbes Studies. Savo tyrimus Dr. Boyd nuolat pristato metinėje tarptautinių studijų asociacijos konferencijoje ir Britanijos tarptautinių studijų asociacijos konferencijoje.
Jis taip pat yra aukščiausio lygio žurnalų, įskaitant Millennium ir International Studies Review, recenzentas.
Dr. Boyd yra publikavęs savo straipsnius Lietuvos žiniasklaidos leidiniuose, įskaitant Verslo Klasė, Verslo Žinios ir IQ. Jis taip pat dažnai duoda interviu Lietuvos spaudai, taip pat Delfi, LRT Radijui ir kt.
Jis yra dėstęs Amerikos (University of Connecticut, University of New Haven ir George Mason University), Kanados (University of Western Ontario) ir Britanijos universitetuose (University of St Andrews, University of Stirling ir University of Reading). Dr. Boyd yra vadovavęs bakalauro ir magistro darbams tarptautinių santykių, saugumo studijų, politikos mokslų, makroekonomikos, filosofijos ir tyrimų metodų srityse.
Tyrimų sritys:
– Tarptautiniai santykiai;
– Saugumo studijos;
– Užsienio politika;
– Politinės minties istorija.
Dėstymo sritys:
– Makroekonomika;
– Politikos mokslai;
– Politinės minties istorija;
– Socialinių mokslų tyrimų metodai.
Programos kodas
POL104
Kreditai
6
Mokymosi kalba
Annotation
This course is an introduction to International Relations (IR), which is a branch of Political Science that studies the political and social consequences of the division of the world into separate territorially-based political units. It is also typically extended to include international organisations and non-state actors, and it focuses on issues broadly conceived of as having global—rather than limitedly domestic or local—significance.
The course is divided into four parts. In part one, students will be provided with background knowledge of the historical evolution of the state system. Building on that, students will then explore the central explanatory concepts of IR—power, interest, and identity—and their IR theory counterparts—Realism, Liberalism, and Constructivism. In the second part, students will engage with and learn the methods of a compelling alternative theoretical approach to IR: the Strategic Perspective. It both challenges and differs significantly from traditional theories of IR by arguing that the preferences of leaders and their constituents—rather than national interests or the state system—are the primary drivers of foreign policy. In the final sections, students will use this Strategic Perspective and the logic of strategic interaction to explain major characteristics of, events, and trends in global politics. The focus of the fourth part will be warfare and conflict; specifically, the use of military force, military alliances, nuclear deterrence, terrorism and military intervention. The fifth part will examine significant aspects of peace, governance and world order, namely, international organisations, climate change, human rights and international law.
Aim of the Course
The course will introduce students to the academic study of International Relations (IR), and give an overview of the major concepts, traditional theories and pressing issues in contemporary global politics. The primary aims of the course are to provide students with (i) a perspective of international relations as being predominately driven by individually-motivated strategies that shape war, peace, and world order; (ii) an understanding of the strategic calculations underlying the actions of the leaders of nations, international organisations and non-governmental interest groups; and (iii) the tools to understand empirical regularities by using strategic theory approaches.
Learning outcomes
Dėstytojai
HUM165
Course description
Futures Thinking is a multidisciplinary method for thinking constructively and creatively about the future, starting from the assumption that the future is not something that will happen to us tomorrow but is being created by us today. Students will be introduced to the major changes that will occur in the next 10, 20 or more years, including global warming, inequality, global health, the future of work, among others. In each area, students will undertand how experts have created scenarios to cope with uncertainty, identify dynamics, develop policy choices, assess alternatives, and ultimately, make decisions. Students will be immersed in Futures Thinking through discussing and debating influential reports – for example, by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the OECD, the World Health Organisation, and McKinsey Global Institute. Students will then work collaboratively to assess the potential local impact of these global trends and evaluate local examples of Futures Thinking.