• 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

How do we reorganize global markets to bring in the green transition and fight climate breakdown? The OGM course examines how experts, authorities, firms compete and coordinate to influence the green transition. 

Seen through the lens of International Political Economy this competition comprises not only states but also firms, experts, NGOs and other actors who want to control how standards are set for green transition, how assets are valued, and who ultimately benefits.

The OGM course develops your understanding of different issues on the green transition, drawing on current research (including faculty’s own), providing cases on green investment, sustainability consulting, climate activism, taxation and the climate breakdown, plastics, food, and others. We will also talk to IBP alumni who are now working directly with the green transition, including sustainability consultants, those involved with green investment, and those developing policy. 

The OGM course also develops your analytical capacity to understand who gets the upper hand, and how professional networks underpin many policy and market arrangements for the green transition. You will be trained in methods to detect who has influence, and you develop a paper tracing how actors control an issue linked to the green transition. Students will receive dedicated feedback from faculty to test their arguments and cases throughout the course.

The course is directed at those who want to develop their analytical capacities for thinking about how macro political and economic processes, which enable and constrain the green transition, are linked to micro and meso-level mechanisms of competition and coordination among experts and authorities. The OGM course is especially suited to those who wish to have a career in consulting and policy that is linked to the green transition.