Global Systemic Risk
- Free
- No certificate
- Beginner
- 2 weeks
Global Systemic Risk is Miguel Centeno's Princeton course on how globalization works as a whole and what the risks are of living in a world where no one is in charge. It introduces systems thinking, network theory and risk analysis and uses them to examine trade, finance and epidemiology, analysing potential challenges to the current global order. Six weekly modules cover an introduction to globalization and the debate over it, systems and networks, risk and global systemic risk, trade and finance, COVID-19 and governance, and collapse.
The lectures are organised as classes of seven to ten minutes grouped into longer modules with a linear core curriculum. Coursera labels the course beginner level with a flexible schedule and estimates two weeks at ten hours a week. The page states that all features of the course are available for free and that, as per Princeton University policy, no certificates, credentials or reports are awarded.
What you’ll learn
- Define globalization and the debates about it
- Apply systems thinking and network theory to how the world is linked
- Use risk analysis to identify global systemic risk
- Examine trade, finance and epidemics as connected systems
- Consider governance failures and the possibility of collapse
Who it’s for
Readers in business, policy or the social sciences who want an analytical framework for interconnected global risks; no technical background is required.
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