Course Spotlight
Ph. D. in Economics,
University of Minnesota, 1983
M.A. in Economics,
Hitotsubashi University, 1973
The International Peace Studies Program at IUJ helps its students acquire the skills and knowledge to manage the risks and challenges in this era of globalization. The following is one of the basic courses in risk management in IUJ's Peace Studies Program.
Risk Management under Globalization / Prof. Watanabe (Core Required course)
The sense of insecurity has been increasing among people in the world, in both high income and low income countries. Traditional institutions and organizations do not appear to be functioning effectively to restore the sense of security in people's daily lives. What lies below the sea change in the sense of security among peoples in the past decades, particularly in high income countries, is the emergence of new risks associated with globalization.
Strong demand now exists for identifying the new risks and the changes to old risks and for establishing institutions and organizations to manage them effectively at various levels in the world, including cooperative relationships among individuals, local communities, business organizations, NGO/NPOs, governments and international organizations.
First, this course studies the changes in risks and their structures in people's daily lives, including risks such as global climate change, infectious diseases (such as SARS, avian flu, HIV/AIDS), diseases caused by pollution, drugs and poisonous food, crimes, traffic, nuclear power plants and other accidents. Then we will evaluate the successes and failures of various institutional arrangements in managing these risks and explore the possibilities of finding better arrangements.
IPSP has high flexibility allowing students to take any desirable courses from either the Graduate School of International Relations and business management courses offered by the Graduate School of International Management.
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