Teaching

Jean Monnet Courses • Spring 2026

European Union Politics (PO341/IR362)

Introduction to the European Union. Covers EU decision-making, responses to crises (pandemic; war on its border, changing geopolitical/ economic relations) and political systems of major member states, along with challenges such as its democratic legitimacy and the rise of populism.

Effective Spring 2026, this course fulfills a single requirement in each of the following BU Hub areas: 1) Critical Thinking, 2) Social Inquiry 1.

Political Economy of the European Union and the United States  (PO528)

Prerequisites: Any two 300-level social science courses in CAS.

This course explores challenges to democracy in Europe and the United States linked to the changing character of global capitalism.  Covers topics such as rising wealth and wage inequality, automation in production and global supply chains, housing crises, cross-cultural differences in political support for welfare states the rise of populism, and assetization of basic human needs. Approximately 2/3 of the class material in this course is on Europe Union.

Effective Fall 2025, this course fulfills a single requirement in each of the following BU HUB areas: 1) Critical Thinking, 2) Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, 3) Social Inquiry 2.