The Political Psychology of Crises and Conflicts

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• In class discuss theoretical and empirical insights about a contemporary crisis or conflict and identify available academic literature and data sources that can be used to investigate this case further.
• Analyse the interrelationship between the theories and empirical paradigms reviewed in the lectures
• Identify the major debates, theoretical and empirical contributions from studies that lie at the intersection of political psychology, international relations, and conflict studies, and critically evaluate related literatures
• Organize your workload to meet deadlines
• Apply the relevant political psychology concepts and methodological approaches to your own research, with the aim to produce a research project proposal that tests specific research hypotheses related to research on the political psychology of crises and conflicts

This module aims to provide you with an overview of the central debates in the study of political psychology in order to understand contemporary crises and conflicts; generate an understanding of key theoretical puzzles and empirical techniques employed to answer these puzzles; identify the advantages and constraints of the research methods political psychology scholars use to investigate crises and conflicts; demonstrate the value of political psychology research in understanding, explaining, and predicting the behaviour of citizens, political elites, and policy makers during contemporary crises, global challenges, as well as inter-state and intrastate conflicts; provide expertise in the design and implementation of a political psychology research project dedicated to the understanding of a contemporary crisis or conflict.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.