Mandatory (Obligatoria)

Mandatory (Obligatoria)

Decision maker in political or international organizations; political or international analyst; political or international consultant.

1 Introduction to Rational Choice Theory

2 Group choice and majority rule

3 Game Theory.

4 Cooperation and the logic of collective action.

5 Institutional analyses of collective choice.

6 New Technologies and the future challenges of decision-making institutions.

7 Gamification and decision-making.

Topics for discussion and group works (final list to be agreed in class):

Referendums and international politics

Human rights and international law

AI and democracy

Online communities and collective action

Alternative collective actions institutions

Gamification of decision-making processes or institutions

CB2. That students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and possess the skills that are often demonstrated through the development and defense of arguments and problem solving within your area of study.

CB3. Students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data normally within their area of study of to make judgments that include a reflection on relevant social, scientific, or ethical issues.

CB4. To enable students to convey information, ideas, problems, and solutions to a specialized audience as unskilled.

CB5. Students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake studies with a high degree of autonomy.

CG1 - Apply the knowledge acquired to solve specific problems in new or unfamiliar environments within of broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts.

CG3 - Develop organizational, task planning and project coordination skills that facilitate teamwork.

CG4 - Develop skills to design and implement practical problem-solving plans and programs with a global or multidisciplinary approach.

Analysis of individual and collective decision-making theory

Analysis of applied social change

Ability to reflect on theoretical issues.

Ability to analyze empirical information.

Ability to link empirical analyses and theoretical issues.

• Binmore, K. Game Theory, a Very Short Introduction Oxford University Press, 2007.
• Fielitz, M., & Marcks, H. Digital fascism: challenges for the open society in times of social media.2019
• Hargreaves-Heap, S., & Varoufakis, Y. Game theory: A critical introduction. Routledge. 2004
• Hodgson, G. M. (2012). On the limits of rational choice theory. Economic Thought, 1(1, 2012).
• Morrow, J. D. Game theory for political scientists. Princeton University Press. 1994.
• Crawford, Garry&Muriel, Daniel. 2018. Video games as culture: considering the role and importance of Video Games in contemporary society  New York, NY: Routledge.
• Shespsle, K. Analyzing Politics: Rationality, Behavior and Instititutions (2nd ed.) Norton, 2010.
• Seymour, Richard. The Twittering Machine. Editorial Akal. 2020.

Avalilable at the Studium platform

The evaluation aims at verifying the advance of students during the entire semester. The knowledge taught is progressive. It ranges from the simplest to the most complex items.

Presentations: 30%

Final Assignment: 50%

Participation and debates: 20%

• Planning and conducting an experiment on decision making.
• Elaboration of different essays for the analysis of the results of the different experiments.
• A final work in which the students will have to apply the theoretical knowledge acquired to the analysis of a real case of decision making.

Attend classes, follow the course closely trying to achieve the objectives in each unit.

All content will be evaluated in the second call. It will consist on a research paper where the student will have to demonstrate that he or she has acquired all the skills of the course. Grades from previous exercises, such as reports or tests, will not be considered at this stage.