
English: 
The political psychology of conflict and
cooperation is an exciting, it's a
fascinating new module we're putting
together and it's sitting alongside
modules that examine conflict
cooperation security diplomacy.
The purpose of the course is to
understand the psychological mechanisms
that determine political decision making
that drive the way individuals,
institutions, organizations, react to
events that shape the world of
international politics.
So very often in political science we
look at the effects we study effects, why
did this and we look at what happened
and when it happened but we very rarely
focus at what were the steps that
generated this particular event from
happening what were the emotional
content and the cognitive content that
went into political decisions so that we
can arrive at a particular outcomes.

English: 
The political psychology of conflict and cooperation
is an exciting, it’s a fascinating new module
we’re putting together, and it’s sitting
alongside modules that examine conflict, cooperation,
security, diplomacy. The purpose of this course
is to understand the psychological mechanisms
that drive the way individuals, institutions,
organisations react to events that shape the
world of international politics. Very often
in political science we look at the effects,
we study effects; we look at what happened,
and when it happened; but we very rarely focus
on what were the steps that generated this
particular event from happening. What were
the emotional content, and the cognitive content
that went into political decisions so that
we can arrive at particular outcomes. What
this course does is focusing on the psychological

English: 
What this course does is focusing on the
psychological dynamics of how these
events take place,
so what is the role of emotions what
is the role of cognitions of thinking,
we're going to be looking at different
types of processing models, how we
receive information, how we make
decisions on the basis of the
information we receive. We're going to
look at the way emotions colour or
interact with cognition and deliver a
particular outcome again a decision will
be examining stereotypes will do
heuristics. And so overall what this
course does is allow us to understand a
very often and described or taken for
granted that black box of political
decision-making in order to then be able
to get a better idea of why events
happened the way they did.
So the course has a theoretical and an
empirical component so there will be a
lecture format,
interacting with the readings
but it also will have the opportunity to

English: 
dynamics of how these events take place, so
what is the role of emotions, what is the
role of cognition – so, thinking; we’re
going to be looking at the different types
of processing models; how we receive information;
how we make decisions based on the information
we receive. We’re going to look at the ways
emotions colour or interact with cognition
and deliver a particular outcome – again,
a decision. We’ll be examining stereotypes,
we’ll do heuristics, so overall what this
course does is allow us to understand a very
often undescribed or taken for granted black
box of political decision-making in order
to get a better idea of why events happen.
So the course has a theoretical and empirical
component So there will be a lecture format
and interacting with the readings, but also

English: 
come together as a group and design our
own unique political psychology research
project that is related to a major
puzzle in international relations and
hopefully by the end of the course will
be
able to come to terms with the benefits
and the shortcomings of our analytical,
theoretical and empirical world in
processing real-world phenomena.
So as we learn about the theories we are
also going to be learning about Sarah
methods, experimental design, interviews,
content analysis, discourse analysis and
how we can take these tools and use them
to our advantage to be able to unpack or
deconstruct the way political phenomenon
take place.
So what you need for this course is an
open mind and enthusiasm in
understanding the puzzles of
political decision-making and
interesting engaging with the
fascinating insights of disciplines like

English: 
we’ll have the opportunity to come together
as a group and design our own unique political
psychology research project that is related
to a major puzzle in international relations,
and hopefully by the end of the course we’ll
be able to come to terms with the benefits
and the shortcomings of our analytical, theoretical,
and empirical world in processing real world
phenomena. So as we learn about the theories,
we are also going to be learning about survey
methods, experimental design, interviews,
content analysis, discourse analysis and how
we can take these tools and use them to our
advantage to be able to unpack, or deconstruct,
the way political phenomena take place. What
you need for this course is an open mind and
enthusiasm in understanding the puzzles of
political decision-making and interest in

English: 
international relations, political
psychology, sociology communication and
political methodology.
So if you have any questions or you want
to know anything else about the course
or receive material to prepare for the
course in advance,
don't hesitate to send me an email.

English: 
engaging with the fascinating insight of disciplines
like International Relations, Political Psychology,
Sociology, communication, and political methodology.
So if you have any questions, or you want
to know anything else about the course, or
to receive material to prepare for the course
in advance, don’t hesitate to send me an
email.
