Politics & Economics Courses in London & Online

Get an introductory understanding of human rights and how they work in practice.

We will examine multiple causes of conflict in Myanmar ranging from issues of identity to lack of accessibility to resources (especially land); from ambiguous land laws and economic exploitation to non-inclusive decision-making. We will also study the challenges against the backdrop of turbulent political history, deep-seated socio-economic concerns and a resilient civil society.  

Many countries still criminalise gay sex. Learn how looking at colonialism and the law can help answer this question. 

Join this one-day introductory course designed to provide you with a foundational understanding of key political concepts, global power dynamics, and contemporary international issues.

From traditional speechwriting to social media campaigning, this course examines the various methods of communication used by modern politicians to get their ideas across to the British public.

Agriculture continues to be a very important instrument for employment creation, poverty reduction and sustainable development in the 21st century. Asian economic giants like India and China have a significant proportion of their population still dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods. This course aims to understand and analyze various aspects of the agricultural sector including changing agrarian policies by examining the rural landscapes of India and China.

Dr Reshmi Banerjee is a political scientist with specialization in food security, agricultural policies and cross-border studies on North East India/Myanmar. She was previously a visiting research fellow in the King’s India Institute (KII), King’s College, London, an academic visitor in the Asian Studies Centre (Programme on Modern Burmese Studies) in St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, a research associate in the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, a post-doctoral fellow in the department of international relations, University of Indonesia (UI) and a researcher in the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jakarta. Reshmi has been a Visiting Professor in Jamia Millia Islamia, a fellow in the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies (RGICS) and a visiting research fellow in the Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi. She has taught in Delhi University and in the University of Indonesia (UI). She has a Masters, M.Phil and Ph.D from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi and a Masters in Museum Cultures from Birkbeck, University of London. She is the author/editor of several books and journal articles. Her research focus areas are: conflict, identity politics and institutional interventions.