Masters’ Weeks: a week of online events to discover ESPOL’s Masters Programmes

Are you a Bachelor’s student looking to continue your studies in political science in France? Join us for our Masters’ Weeks to explore ESPOL’s Master’s programmes!

These online events will give you the opportunity to:

• Participate in real masterclasses to experience what studying at ESPOL is like;
• Get a glimpse of student life in Lille and interact with current and former Master’s students;
• Learn about the admission procedure at ESPOL and get all the answers you need.

Programme of the event

All events will take place online. You will receive a link to join after you have registered.

• 1 December (5 p.m. — 6 p.m. CET): Opening event — ESPOL’s MA degrees & admission procedure
  by Johannes Karremans, Director of Master programmes, and Oliwia Baran, Head of Development and Campus
• 2 December (5 p.m. — 6 p.m. CET): Masterclass “Reasons for hope amid turbulence? Global climate governance in 2025”
  by Joseph Earsom, Head of the Master’s in Climate and Sustainability Politics
• 4 December (5 p.m. — 6 p.m. CET): Masterclass “Responsiveness and Responsibility in Multilevel Europe”
   by Johannes Karremans, Head of the Master’s in Multilevel Governance in Europe
• 8 December (5 p.m. — 6 p.m. CET): Masterclass “When Your Face Becomes Data: Power, Risk, and Justice in the Age of Algorithmic Surveillance”
  by Sarah Perret, Head of the Master’s in Digital Politics and Governance
• 9 December (5 p.m. — 6 p.m. CET): Masterclass “Green is the New Gold: Will Africa Win or Lose the Next Scramble?”
  by Sara Dezalay, Head of the Master’s in International and Security Politics
  
  

More information about the Masterclasses

“Reasons for hope amid turbulence? Global climate governance in 2025”
Although the climate crisis continues to worsen, geopolitical tensions and economic headwinds have cast a dark cloud over global cooperation on climate change. This webinar reviews recent developments in global climate governance, including COP30 in Brazil, while introducing students to the key role that local actors continue to play in pursuing climate goals, despite tensions at the international level. It also highlights opportunities in renewable energy and climate finance that can help us transform communities around the world.

“Responsiveness and Responsibility in Multilevel Europe”
Can democracy work in a system with so many rules? Can governments still respond to voters’ demands if they have so many and intrusive European commitments? This lecture will provide a preliminary investigation into these questions, introducing the concepts of democratic responsiveness and institutional responsibility, both of which are at the core of the legitimacy of democracy-as-we-know it.

When Your Face Becomes Data: Power, Risk, and Justice in the Age of Algorithmic Surveillance
When your face becomes data, who decides you’re a threat—and who profits from that decision. This masterclass explores how surveillance technologies such as facial recognition transform relations between technology, security, and justice, in order to evaluate what a just digital future might require.

“Green is the New Gold: Will Africa Win or Lose the Next Scramble?”
Power, Law, and the New Green Race for Africa’s Future
The green transition promises a cleaner world — but will it also reproduce old patterns of inequality? This master class examines the emerging “green scramble” for Africa’s critical minerals, asking whether international law can move the continent from the margins of extraction to the center of global value creation.