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Microeconomics for Humanitarian Contexts (IRDR0030)

Key information

Faculty
Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Teaching department
Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction
Credit value
15
Restrictions
N/A
Timetable

Alternative credit options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

This module introduces several tools of microeconomic analysis and their application to humanitarian contexts. Tools from microeconomics are important in humanitarian studies to understand issues of decision and choice, the production and exchange of goods, the pricing and use of inputs, and economic welfare.听 Key topics include preferences, constraints and incentives, production, the market as a mechanism to allocate resources, market failures, principal agent problems, social interaction as games, institutions, the role of the government and the efficiency and fairness of policy. The module will develop students鈥� critical thinking and reasoning skills. Students will also develop the confidence to interrogate and apply selected microeconomic concepts and models to specific case-studies from post-disaster, 听recovery or other humanitarian settings.

Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year

Intended teaching term: Term 1 听听听 Undergraduate (FHEQ Level 5)

Teaching and assessment

Mode of study
In person
Methods of assessment
40% In-class activity
60% Exam
Mark scheme
Numeric Marks

Other information

Number of students on module in previous year
55
Module leader
Dr Rozana Salih Himaz
Who to contact for more information
irdr-education@ucl.ac.uk

Last updated

This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.

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Important information

The catalogue has been updated with key information about the modules that will run during the 2024/25 academic session. Current and prospective students can browse through the catalogue to consider possible module choices for the coming year.

Please note,听information in the catalogue is听subject to change as teaching and assessment arrangements for 2024/25 may need to be adjusted in line with the University's Feedback and Assessment principles and operating model.

Centrally managed exam durations will be provided on students' individual exam timetables. Arrangements for locally managed exams and in-class activity will be confirmed by the teaching department for the module.

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