2. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (Course number GOVT 298, Fall 2012) Car Barn (CBN) Room 202 Class day & time: Tuesday & Thursday, 11am-12:15pm Instructor: James Raymond Vreeland, Professor 2.0JamesRaymondVreeland WE ARE GLOBAL GEORGETOWN! 1

3. Who is this guy? WEGG

4. What is this class about? 3

5. Two words*: Cooperation & Sacrifice 4

6. Among states Formalized through “institutions” Scary but exciting times (GFC 2008) *Change 5

7. Expectations?... 1.Substance: International Organizations –Focus: Intergovernmental Organizations –Others: Non-governmental Organizations, Multinational Corporations 2.Analytical tools 3.Standards of Excellence 6

8. What do professors do? Teaching Service Research 7

9. My classes International Political Economy –Economics: distribution of scarce resources –Politics: the role of the state in such distribution –International: how the flows of such resources across borders plays a role Flows: goods & service (trade), money (capital mobility), people (immigration), pollutants (the environment), violence (terrorism) International Organizations –The ways international institutions impact these flows The IMF –Specific financial flows 8

10. Pedagogy Substance Analytical tools Teaching to fish 9

11. Technology in the classroom Professor 2.0 – bring your laptops to class Syllabus: http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/jrv24/GOVT_298.html http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/jrv24/GOVT_298.html Google: http://www.google.com/search?q=james+vreeland&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1 http://www.google.com/search?q=james+vreeland&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1 Google scholar: –http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=james%20vreeland&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wshttp://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=james%20vreeland&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=ws Wikipedia? 10

12. Service (Meetings, committees) Advising students Service to the profession –Conferences –Reviewing research –Giving talks… 11

13. Research Informs what I teach Keeps me on the cutting edge Signals to the world Georgetown faculty strength –Signal attracts great students (peers) –Signals employers the university’s caliber 12

14. Striving for a global impact Teaching: Research position: Presentations of research: 13

15. Cultural exchanges Co-authors 14

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20. What are YOUR responsibilities in this class? Go to the syllabus! www.profvreeland.com http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/jrv24/GOVT_298.html 19

21. Grading (mix of cooperation & conflict) Standards of excellence Greatness in this room! 20

22. Questions, please 21

23. Thank you WE ARE GLOBAL GEORGETOWN! 22