About the programme

The Master is focused on how to assess, manage and enhance private and public institutions’ governance with a wide range of economic and digital intelligence tools.

The programme is taught by renowned researchers and experienced professionals who combine second to none practical expertise and academic credentials. It combines on-site teaching, case studies, consulting missions, research thesis, and distant learning tools.

Overview of the academic year

Live in Rome, Berlin and Nice and learn how, today more than ever, governance is a game changer in the global economy.

The Joint Master in Global Economic Governance and Public Affairs (GEGPA) is a one-year programme that takes place in three different cities:

October to January: Rome (Italy)
The programme starts in Rome, on the campus of LUISS, School of Government. Courses will give an introduction to Global Governance, focusing on the context and challenges of economic governance and policy in the 21st century.

February to April: Berlin (Germany)
The programme continues in Berlin, in the CIFE premises. Teaching will be concentrating on new forms of transnational and interregional governance as a way forward towards Sustainable Development in the context of major climate and demographic changes.

April to June: Nice (France)
Courses conclude in Nice, in CIFE’s main premises. A special focus will be laid on Policy Intelligence, inciting participants to investigate how far the digital society enables transforming economic data into policy knowledge. As part of their academic requirements, students will complete a final Master thesis.

Programme structure & learning outcomes

Stretching over one academic year the programme is structured into four modules. Throughout the whole curriculum in Rome, Berlin and Nice students will participate in networking meetings with national and international government officials, private sector representatives and leading academics organised by LUISS School of Government in Rome and by CIFE in Berlin and Nice.

1. Global Governance at LUISS School of Government in Rome

Learn the context and challenges of economic governance and policy in the 21st century while attending the following courses:

• Democracy and Global Governance: conceptual and methodological issues
• Global politics: power shifts in an age of globalisation
• Statistics for international public affairs
• The political economy of the Eurocrisis

2. Sustainable Development, the way forward? at CIFE in Berlin

Study new forms of transnational and interregional governance as a way forward towards sustainable development in the context of major climate and demographic changes by completing the following courses:

• Transnational Innovation
• Global and Local Regulation
• Interregional innovation

3. Policy Intelligence at CIFE in Nice

Investigate how far the digital society enables transforming economic data into policy knowledge by studying:

• Cybergovernance
• Economic Indicators
• Global Risk Management

4. Applied Research Methodology, case studies, simulation exercises and skills workshops throughout the whole curriculum in Rome, Berlin and Nice