Global Think Tank 2751-KON-GTT

1. Think tanks: Definitions, functions, typology, and classification.
2. Origins and Evolution of Global Think Tanks.
4. Think Tank Strategies and Networking.
5. Independent global think tanks
6. Global think tanks in the agenda of states and political parties
7. Russia's war in Ukraine: the activity of global think tanks
7. Global think tanks in the US: influence on domestic policy
8. Global think tanks in the US: influence on foreign policy
8. Global think tanks in China
9. Russia's global think tanks
10. Non-Western global think tanks
11. Europe's global think tanks.
12. Global think tanks in Poland.

Total student workload

Total 3 ECTS (approx. 75 hours) 1. Hours in contact with the lecturer - 2 ECTS (approx. 50 hours) a) teaching activities - 30 hours b) direct consultations with the lecturer or online - 15 hours c) making up for absences - 5 hours 2. Hours of individual student work - 1 ECTS a) preparation for classes, obtaining information necessary to participate in classes (history of individual think tanks, action strategies, comparative analysis) - 25 hours

Learning outcomes - knowledge

W1: knows the concept and typologies of think tanks W2: understands how think tanks function and their importance for the political system and civil society

Learning outcomes - skills

U1: can analyze the place and role of think tanks in the socio-political system U2: can explain various aspects of think tank independence

Learning outcomes - social competencies

K1: is ready to engage in activities in think tanks and other civil society organizations

Teaching methods

- description - seminar lecture

Expository teaching methods

- participatory lecture
- description

Exploratory teaching methods

- case study
- project work
- situational

Online teaching methods

- content-presentation-oriented methods
- exchange and discussion methods

Prerequisites

Introduction to international relations.

Course coordinators

Agnieszka Bryc

Assessment criteria

The final grade consists of:

- Attendance (33%)
- Class participation (discussion, briefing) (33%)
- Preparation/presentation of a case study (33%)

Practical placement

None.

Bibliography

E.J. Fagan, The Thinkers: The Rise of Partisan Think Tanks and the Polarization of American Politics, Oxford University Press 2024.

Julien Landry, Critical Perspectives on Think Tanks: Power, Politics and Knowledge, Edward Elgar Publishing 2021.

The Future of Think Tanks and Policy Advice Around the World, James McGann (ed.), Palgrave Macmillan 2021.

Donald E. Abelson; Stephen Brooks; Xin Hua, Think Tanks, Foreign Policy and Geo-Politics: Pathways to Influence, Routledge 2016.

James G. McGann, The Fifth Estate: Think Tanks, Public Policy, and Governance, Brookings Institution Press, Year: 2016.

Think Tanks and Global Politics: Key Spaces in the Structure of Power, Alejandra Salas-Porras,Georgina Murray (eds.), Palgrave Macmillan 2017.

Christopher James Rastrick, Think Tanks in the US and EU: The Role of Policy Institutes in Washington and Brussels, Routledge 2017.

Wojciech Ziętara, Think Tanki i fundacje polityczne, UMCS 2017.

T. Bąkowski, J. H. Szlachetko (red.), Zagadnienie think tanków w ujęciu interdyscyplinarnym, Gdańsk 2012

T. Kaczmarek, Kto kieruje globalizacją? Think tanki – kuźnie nowych idei, Warszawa 2011

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of 2751-KON-GTT in USOSweb