Managing of Global Risks- Multi-level Strategies for Prevention, Preparedness and Response - Single View

Susanne Weber-Mosdorf is a German politician („Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands“ – SPD) and a former Assistant Director-General - Executive Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Office at the European Union. She studied Economics, Legal Sciences and Politics, as well as Administrative and Management Sciences, specializing in Public Law and Financial Sciences at the University of Konstanz (1972-1978). This was followed by work experience at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg and advanced studies in Management Sciences at the „Ecole Nationale d'Administration in Paris“ (ENA), before commencing a career in the higher German civil service.

She held there several positions, such as being a Mayor of Kirchheim in Southern Germany (1988-1992) and a Permanent Secretary of State at the Ministry of Family Affairs, Women, Further Education and Art in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg  (1992-1996).

In 2003, Susanne Weber-Mosdorf became Ministerial Director at the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Security. From 2006 to 2011, she worked at the WHO. After leaving this organization, Ms. Weber-Mosdorf has been involved with its international projects and with cultural institutions such as the Marbach Literature Archive and  the „Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg“.

Es wird noch einen Einführungstermin per Skype mit Frau Weber-Mosdorf geben: 25.10.2019, 12-13Uhr, 3.07.2.27 

The number of participants for this course will be restricted

Der Titel der Lehrveranstaltung wird umbenannt in: "Managing of Global Risks - Multi-level Strategies for Prevention, Preparedness and Response". 

The AIM of the course is to introduce students into the complex territory of global governance. While the architecture of multilateral institutions loses its significance global challenges such as Climate Change or security concerns require close as well as anticipatory cooperation across national borders. Starting with essential individual needs such as food safety, health and environmental protection we are looking at various schemes of risk governance: discerning urgent priority issues for global action,  analyzing the limited capacities of national governments to protect their citizens from cross border threats and exploring new ways of cooperation/collaboration between governments, multinational corporations and civil society in order to cope with complex interconnected issues.

The expected outcome is to understand the multifaceted factors causing risks and the largely dispersed impacts of those, the fair repartition of responsibilities for sustainable action as well as the criteria for good risk governance such as transparency, accountability and legitimacy.

The STRUCTURE of the course is divided into two block sections.

During the first section an introduction will be given into the theoretical foundation of risk; different risk events will be examined (Ebola and other pandemics, Antimicrobial Resistance, Climate Change, a food safety issue), existing multilateral governance schemes will be presented (including the EU level) and a simulation of a negotiation case will be organized.

The second block will be dedicated to reflections on the societal and cost benefits of prevention. The students are requested to prepare presentations on the topics to be dealt with.

PREREQUISITS

This course will be open also for students who do not acquire credit points. All students are requested to participate actively to the discussions and with short presentations. For credit points supplementary term papers should be delivered (term papers account for 50%, presentation for 30%, participation for 20% of the grades).