MA in Technology , NEW FULL-TIME SCHOLARSHIP FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS! University of Technology, The program provides two state-commissioned places for stud- ies, which exempts from tuition fee (deadline for applying for The Technology Governance Masters program is state-commissioned place is 1 July, 2013). a technology-focused special graduate degree in All international students are encouraged to apply for Policy, Industrial Policy and Develop- the Ragnar Nurkse scholarship, named after probably the th ment Economics. Theoretically, it presents a realistic most internationally recognized Estonian scientist of the 20 alternative to mainstream (“Standard Textbook”) century. The scholarship 7 200 euros will be financed Economics. It is taught entirely in English – partially through the budget of TUT Ragnar Nurkse School of in modules (intensive two-week long classes) and Innovation and Governance and it will be awarded to a stu- partially by overarching courses and workshops. dent who will start studies at the Because of its specific focus and trans-disciplinary MA in Technology Governance approach, it is interesting for those working in tech- programme in the academic year nology fields, such as ministries, devel- 2013/2014. SPRING TERM opment and promotion authorities, and private com- The scholarship recipient will CASE STUDIES IN BUSINESS, panies and NGOs dealing with the subject matter. be selected on the basis of candi- TECHNOLOGIES AND INDUSTRIES Five reasons to study on the program: dates’ previous professional and aca- PROF. demic accomplishments (minimum • studying in one of the top “funky towns” of Technology Governance and public policies that GPA to be considered for selection the world, a UNESCO world heritage site & the support innovation are highly context-specific. Many Ragnar Nurkse, copy Vladimir Taiger, Eesti Post is 3.5). The application should also European Capital of Culture 2011; successful policies become unsuccessful in a new include a recommendation letter from one of student’s previ- • studying at one of the leading technical uni- context, many not reach goals etc. Thus, learning ous professors. Finally, student’s MA thesis proposal will be versities in the region on a specialized, recognized from specific real case studies of historically and/or evaluated to determine whether it has the potential to create new MA program; currently successful policies, and from failures, con- knowledge and could be converted into a journal article. • lectures by top international scholars, thinkers stitutes a crucial skill. This course is based on case Please send scholarship applications (a 1-2 page letter descri- and authors in the field – , Erik S. Reinert, method developed and at Harvard Business Schools. bing your thesis proposal and previous professional experience; Jan A. Kregel, and Wolfgang Drechsler among them; Credit: 3+2 ECTS; Grade: yes • classes are always rated highly by incoming proof of previous academic results; CV; academic recommendation letter) and other inquiries to Rainer Kattel at [email protected] Erasmus and other international students; DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND GLOBALIZATION st • low tuition (3 225 euros for the whole program), no later than April 1 2013. Please use .pdf files. PROF. RAINER KATTEL, ERIK S. REINERT scholarships available to cover tuition&travel costs. In addition, 6 foreign students can apply for reimburse- Globalization creates numerous challenges for develop- For further information, please visit us on Facebook and: ment of costs, related to obtaining visa, arranging health insurance and travelling to Estonia. ment policies. In globalizing economy a country may www.technologygovernance.eu be locked into specialization in technological dead- www.ttu.ee/admissions More information: http://technologygovernance.eu/eng/ ends, but also specialize in being cost-cutting process admissions/graduate_scholarships/ and in both cases create vicious circles of poverty while innovating. This course discusses devel- STATE AND GOVERNANCE opment policies, in particular the challenge of globaliza- PROF. WOLFGANG DRECHSLER tion in the context of development policies. AUTUMN TERM Credit: 3 ECTS; Grade: yes HISTORY OF ECONOMIC POLICY AND This course will first discuss the State, as a theo- THE THEORY OF UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT retical and historical phenomenon, from its origins E-GOVERNANCE PROF. ERIK S. REINERT in the Greek polis to its contemporary existence PROF. WOLFGANG DRECHSLER in a globalized world and its European form, as The course gives an overview of economic and the basis and source of any policy as well as of This course introduces the main theories and practice development policies that have made rich coun- authority, decision, and the manifestation of the relating to ICT in public administration and governance, tries rich, while at the same time introducing the common will and weal. Then, the concept of gov- with a special focus on E-stonia and its achievements elements of a theory of uneven economic devel- ernance is investigated: its relation to Staatswis- and challenges. It covers topics such as the current opment. The course discusses policies from the senschaften, its origins, its difference from state and development of the information society and Renaissance, mercantilism and cameralism of corporate governance, the place of government e-Governance (including issues such as e-voting, Web continental Europe, and the successful policies of within governance, and the specific case of “Good 2.0 governance, and cyber security); the impact of the development and industrialization from the rise of Governance”. Special attention is given to the role information society on public service delivery (such as the USA, Germany and Japan to the success of of the state, and to the concept of governance, in e-Health, e-Learning); the impact of e-Government on Ireland and Finland in the late 20th century the formulation and implementation of Technology the private sector; and the critique of e-governance. Credit: 4 ECTS; Grade: yes Governance. Credit: 3 ECTS; Grade: yes Credit: 3 ECTS; Grade: yes TECHNICAL CHANGE AND TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY TECHNO-ECONOMIC PARADIGMS INTRODUCTION TO TYPES OF CAPITALISM PROF. WOLFGANG DRECHSLER PROF. CARLOTA PEREZ PROF. ERIK S. REINERT The goal of this class is to see what can be learned The course discusses the nature, sources and This introductory section is based on four case for technology primarily from dealing with the critique forms of evolution and diffusion of technical studies developed at Harvard Business School on thereof, as a sophisticated understanding of technology change at various levels, the changing windows different types of capitalism: English, American, – and technology governance – requires that one look of opportunity for companies and countries and German and Japanese. What are the technological at, and understands, its “dark side” and its existence- the impact on socio-economic institutions of the and geographical dynamics of capitalism? When changing, epochal power in the modern world. We will different stages of diffusion of each of the five does capitalism cause peripheral poverty and when deal in detail with ICT as the paradigmatic technology of technological revolutions experienced from the does it produce sequential upgrading? our time, and here with a focus on the Web 2.0. “Industrial Revolution”. The object is to understand Credit: 2 ECTS; Grade: no (pass/fail) Credit: 3 ECTS; Grade: yes the current Information Technology Revolution, its impact and the possibilities it opens, within a wider INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS NON-WESTERN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION historical framework. The course combines theory PROF. MICHAEL KULL PROF. WOLFGANG DRECHSLER with analysis of case studies and involves several exercises that help connect the subject matter with This course discusses the growing and necessary role This course introduces the two main systems of Pub- current developments of international organizations in international financial lic Administration that evolved independently of the Credit: 4 ECTS; Grade: yes stability, in innovation and in economic development. “Western”, now globalized system, the Chinese and Credit: 2 ECTS; Grade: no (pass/fail) “Islamic” (especially Ottoman) ones, which are stud- FINANCIAL POLICIES, INNOVATION ied in detail. The idea is to look at PA in the context AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EMPIRICAL-HISTORICAL ECONOMICS of governance and to see whether similar problems PROF. JAN A. KREGEL PROF. WOLFGANG DRECHSLER have been addressed in different but maybe even bet- ter ways. The goal of the class is both the familiariza- Any economy can be seen as consisting of two The German Historical School of Economics (GHS), tion with the two systems and the reflection of the different spheres, the financial/monetary economy especially its younger and youngest part, whose “Western” one through the comparative mirror. and the “real economy“ of production and distribu- eminence in Continental Europe can roughly be Credit: 2 ECTS; Grade: yes tion of goods and services. This section covers the dated from 1860 to 1940, was in its time the financial aspects of economic growth and develop- main competitor to the neoclassical approach that SMALL STATES ment and the synchronization of the financial and seems to have won the day, in the form of Stand- PROF. TIINA RANDMA-LIIIV the real economies: The role of a financial sector ard Textbook Economics (STE), today. Historically, and a financial policy as necessary scaffolding sup- the GHS also formed the basis of the Social Market Small states face often highly different problems than porting the real economy and financing innovations. Economy, arguably the foundation of the economic larger states, both in terms of the nature of problems Financial theory of growth and development is pre- order of the EU, as well as of much of the think- (size of the market) and in potential solutions (limited hu- sented, as well as the role of financial institutions, ing on Innovation (because static stability is not its man capital). Innovation and industrial development often central banks, and the Bretton Woods Institutions. goal), even though Schumpeter denied this. In the depend on long-term and large-scale investments and Keynesian theory and the mechanisms causing context of Technology Governance, it is therefore growing markets, both lacking by nature in small states. financial fragility and financial crises, like the Asian particularly relevant to deal with this type of “Rea- Thus, the specific innovation and industrial policy context Crisis and the current one, are explained. lity Economics”, which this course sets out to do. of small states build a special focus of the course. Credit: 4 ECTS; Grade: yes Credit: 2 ECTS; Grade: no (pass/fail) Credit: 3 ECTS; Grade: yes