• A comprehensive knowledge of the actors, organizations, and key points of tension involved with the issues being investigated
• knowledge and understanding of theories and concepts that are relevant to analysis of the issue
• ability to link the theories to the empirical material in a methodologically reflexive manner

The Organizing Global Markets course examines professional and organizational competition as markets change to bring in the green transition. The course uses theories, methods, and approaches from International Political Economy and Sociology to examine how actors advance or impede the green transition needed to mitigate climate breakdown. We place particular stress on analyzing how a variety of actors coordinate and compete, tracing how they develop networks across different types of organizations. Students will apply theoretical frameworks and network and sequence analytic methods to a range of green transition issues. The course includes issues such as: environmental standards; plastics, energy and water use; food and agriculture; carbon markets; green accounting, taxation, pensions and investment, among others. International organizations, NGOs, firms and financial institutions, consultancies, and expert groups are considered as key actors in how issues are controlled. Students will be required to present ‘work in progress’ to the class, in groups, to test their arguments and cases. These presentations may also be used as a basis for the submitted individual paper. The course develops students’ analytical skills in understanding competition and coordination, their capacity to locate actors who influence issues, and their case knowledge of green transition issues and change dynamics in the international political economy.