BNS-2001 Regional Economy and Innovation - 10 stp

The course is an elective for the Bachelor of Northern Studies.

The subject can be taken as a single course.

Admission requirements:

Nordic applicants: Generell studiekompetanse. Admission procedures for foreign applicants, please read: https://en.uit.no/education/art?p_document_id=351800

Admission code: 9199

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

Knowledge

• Describe basic knowledge about globalisation and its key actors.
• Explain the dynamics of evolutionary and institutional economics, regional clusters, the concept of (global) value chains as well as a general understanding of innovation and innovation systems, institutional pillars of modern spatial economics and regional development policy.

Skills

• Analyse international value chains and issues of globalisation, and the impact of economic institutions.
• Assess main dynamics of international trade and competitiveness in the regions.

General competence

• Insight and knowledge on the changing pattern of modern regional enterprises and the new role of states in the globalised world

Lectures alternating with seminars including group work.

Students are expected to apply topics from theory to real-life cases taken from personal experience and/or public sources of information. Over the period of the course, students will subsequently work on their respective individual term papers.

Quality assurance; Upon completion, students will anonymously evaluate the course.