Economic History: Advanced Analysis of Economic Change

Education facts

Code: EKHM87

<p>Why are some countries rich and others poor? This course gives you the tools to explore long-term economic change using data, theory and hands-on analysis. You’ll learn to ask sharp questions—and answer them with confidence.</p><p>Advanced Analysis of Economic Change helps you understand how economies evolve over time—and why they differ. You’ll explore major debates in development economics from a historical perspective, focusing on long-term patterns and global variation.</p><p>The course introduces key concepts like national income, living standards, income distribution and growth drivers. You’ll learn how to measure these using quantitative tools, and how to interpret results in context.</p><p>You’ll also study how institutions, historical turning points and production factors shape development. Questions like “Why is income more unequal in some countries?” and “Can we trace today’s wealth back to historical causes?” are central to the course.</p><p>Whether you’re interested in policy, history or data analysis, this course gives you a solid foundation for understanding economic change—and the skills to explore it rigorously.<br/></p>

Entry requirements

Students accepted for the following master’s programmes are qualified for this course: EAEUT Economic Growth and Development, EAETU Economic Growth, Population, and Development, EAISD Innovation and Spatial Dynamics, EAIGH Innovation and Global Sustainable Development and EAGCH International Economics with a Focus on China and. Other students applying for this course should have at least 60 credit points in either economic history, economics, history, economic and social geography, sociology or the equivalent knowledge.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Economic History: Advanced Analysis of Economic Change

  Lund University

  Lund

  Start date: 19 January 2026

  End date: 22 March 2026

  Pace of study: 50 %