Social Policy in an Interdependent World (SPIW)

StudOn Password (SS 2025): the password for the course will be provided at the first lecture on April 29, 2025. Students should register for the StudOn course to receive emails from the instructors and to access course content and materials. Please contact Elisa Poletto (elisa.poletto@fau.de) if you have questions.

Bachelor, 5 ECTS

Type of Course: Lecture and Exercise

Course offered: annually in Summer Semester

Module number: 87014

Contact person: Prof. Dr. Matthias Wrede and Elisa Poletto, M.A.

Course Content: Stylized facts about Social Issues and Social Policy; Efficiency and Social Justice from a National and an International Perspective; Comparative Social Policy: Welfare Systems and Policies in Selected Fields; Social Policy and International Flows: Migration, Trade, Capital Flows; Social Policy and European Integration.

Lecture: Tuesdays 08:00-09:30, Lange Gasse 20, Lecture Hall H2 (Hermann Gutmann-Hörsaal), starting on April 29 in Summer 2025.

Exercise: Thursdays 15:00-16:30, Findelgasse 7/9, Room FG 0.015 (ground floor), starting on May 8 in Summer 2025. Further details about the schedule for the exercises will be provided at the first lecture and via StudOn during the semester.

Attendance during the semester is expected at both the lectures and the exercises.

StudOn Password: the password for the course will be provided at the first lecture. Students should register for the course via StudOn to directly receive emails from us and to access important course content and materials. Please contact Elisa Poletto (elisa.poletto@fau.de) should you have questions.

Written Exam (Summer 2025): Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. (60 minutes), Lange Gasse 20, Lecture Hall H4.

Syllabus (Summer 2025): SPIW Syllabus SS 2025

Language: English

Recommended prerequisites: Microeconomics; Introduction to Econometrics.

Integration in curriculum: Fourth Semester (summer term) Bachelor of International Business Studies (IBS) and Bachelor of International Economic Studies (IES). The course is compulsory for students of the IBS and IES bachelor degree programs.

Permitted aids during the exam: a silent, non-programmable calculator

Further information on the course can be found in the current Module Handbook. The course documents and materials will be made available at StudOn.