This course will introduce students to advanced topics in Policy Studies as decided by the instructor.

The basic aim of this course is to introduce students to the study and understanding of modern industrial societies.

This course will explore the manner in which technology frames law’s possible impact on citizenship in the twenty- first century. It will explore four identified themes central to understand how the intersection of law and technology affects the framing, recognition and enjoyment of constitutional rights by citizens.

The course will introduce students to major social issues facing the society and help them appreciate the relevance of psychological theory and research to the understanding of these issues. The course will provide a balance between major social psychology perspectives, research in the field and introduce students to the various intervention strategies related to social issues. The policy implications of social psychology research and interventions will also be discussed.

Helping students understand and engage with the innovation process, especially the special conditions of inclusive innovation, from both a theoretical as well as practical perspective

Anthropogenic climate change is one of the defining global environmental challenges of this century. Policy-making for complex environmental problems (like climate change) requires harmonizing knowledge and action in the scientific, socio-economic and political domains. The objective of this course is to help students explore the complexities of climate change policy-making in a world characterized by scientific, economic and political uncertainties and to understand that science itself is in part determined by social and political context in which it arises.

This course will introduce students to various theoretical approaches to study science and technology policy. It will explore six identified themes central to understanding science and technology policy processes and outcomes, and study how different theoretical approaches seek to overcome the challenges in each.

This course will introduce students to basic concepts of policy making, how policies are crafted to meet societal objectives or developed in response to societal challenges, and what factors might determine their success, with science and technology providing the context for understanding the above.

This course will familiarize students with the emerging discipline of STS (Science and Technology Studies) and introduce them to the sociology and social theories of Science & Technology.