2024-2025 / SOCI0088-1

Introduction to international cooperation and humanitarian aid

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculty of social sciences)5 crédits 

Lecturer

Gautier Pirotte

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course consists of an initial approach to the different forms of international aid (humanitarian aid, development aid), distinguishing between

- sources of funding (public aid, private aid),

- the actors (state agencies, international institutions, NGOs, grassroots international solidarity initiatives, etc.)

- different themes (food aid, environment, gender, governance and human rights, education, health, global citizenship, etc.)

- different debates (sustainable development, motivation for aid, amounts, perverse effects, etc.).

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the Introduction to International Cooperation course, students will be able to :

  • Identify the main players and current dynamics within international cooperation (development aid and humanitarian aid).
  • Identify and understand the debates within the international aid industry.
  • Develop a critical approach to international cooperation, its main players and its various contemporary issues.
  • Identify the contribution of the social sciences to the study of the international aid industry.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

None

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is structured around :



1. In class :

- Lectures by the teacher + wooclap ;

- Debates around a movie.

2. Out of class:

- Homework based on watching short video clips (Homework available on E-campus)

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course


Additional information:

Mainly face-to-face classes.

Homework based on video clips. These are available via the course reference book. (Cf. Section)

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Required reading: 

PIROTTE Gautier (2021), La Fabrique de l'aide internationale, Liège, Presses Universitaires de Liège, 192p. 

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )

Continuous assessment

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contacts

Gautier Pirotte

Gautier.Pirotte@uliege.be

Tel : 04/366.27.80



 

Association of one or more MOOCs

There is no MOOC associated with this course.