Political Geography: Space and Power

Education facts

Code: 2KU267

The course examines the spatial dimensions of power and politics, including territoriality, borders, and geopolitics. Building on advanced theoretical perspectives in political geography, it analyzes how political processes shape, and are shaped by, geographical contexts across multiple scales. The course highlights how spatial orders and power relations can be understood through concepts such as scale, place, and networks. In an era of global tensions and shifting power relations, spatial perspectives on politics are more relevant than ever. The course provides theoretical and analytical tools for advanced analysis and critical examination, with particular relevance for research in political geography and for careers in spatial planning, policy analysis, and international relations.

Entry requirements

Fulfilment of the requirements for a Bachelor´s degree, from an internationally recognised university. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

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.

• Political Geography: Space and Power

  Uppsala University

  Uppsala

  Start date: 3 May 2027

  End date: 6 June 2027

  Pace of study: 100 %